Leadership | Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board

EXECUTIVE TEAM

The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is a private, non-profit 501(c)(6) business association whose primary mission is to market and promote Los Angeles as the premier site for leisure travel, meetings and conventions as the City’s official tourism marketing organization.

Ernest Wooden Jr.
President and CEO
Don Skeoch
Chief Marketing Officer
Adam Burke
Chief Administrative & Financial Officer
Darren K. Green
Senior Vice President, Sales
Patti MacJennett
Senior Vice President, Business Affairs
 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is headed by a member Board of Directors representing a cross-section of the Los Angeles business community impacted by LA's travel and tourism industry. These elected directors serve on a non-paid, voluntary basis. The programs and policies approved by the voluntary leadership are carried out by a full-time professional staff of more than 100 under its President & CEO, Ernest Wooden Jr.

Alan Rothenberg, Esq.
Chairman of the Los Angeles Tourism Board
1st Century Bank
Chairman
Carl Schuster
Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles Tourism Board
Wolfgang Puck Catering
President & CEO
Robert Alter
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Seaview Investors, LLC
President
Clay Andrews
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Figueroa Hotel
General Manager
 
Charles A. Bassett
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
L&R Group of Companies
President of Operations
Mark Beccaria
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Aames-Warner Corporation
President
Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Natural History Museum of L.A. County
President & Director
Javier Cano
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles & JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE
Vice President & Market General Manager
 
Grant Coonley
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Hilton LA Airport
General Manager
Mark Davis
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Sun Hill Properties & Hillcrest Real Estate
President & Chief Executive Officer
Hilton Los Angeles Universal City
General Manager
Bill Doak
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Hotel Group with CIM Group
1st Vice President
Maria Elena Durazo
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Unite Here
Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity
 
Susan Feniger
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Border Grill Restaurant
Chef/Owner
Tom Gilmore
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Gilmore Associates
CEO
Todd Goldstein
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
AEG
Chief Revenue Officer
Bob Gregson
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
The Line Hotel
General Manager
 
James Holleran
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Reach Agency
EVP, Head of Entertainment Division
Karen Irwin
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Universal Studios Hollywood
President & COO
Brian Johnson
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Loews Hollywood Hotel
Managing Director
Danny Kahn
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
Executive Director
 
Peter Kwong
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Best Western Plus Dragon Gate Inn
Owner
Martin V. Lee
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Triac Development Corp.
Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan Litvack
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown
General Manager
Murray Lowe
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Warner Center Marriott
General Manager
 
Kyle Mabry
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
American Airlines
Vice President - Western Division
Scott Mills
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
The Garland
General Manager
Michael Newcombe
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
General Manager
Chris Park
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Hanjin International Corp.
Senior Vice President
 
Dr. Timothy Potts
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
J.Paul Getty Museum
Director
Jean-Jacques Reibel
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown
General Manager
Jeffrey N. Rudolph
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
California Science Center
President and CEO
Helen Simmons
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Omni Los Angeles Hotel
General Manager
 
Heather Vandenberghe
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Westfield
CMO – U.S. Operations
David S. Aikenhead, Esq.
Los Angeles Tourism Board Member
Aikenhead, Cipes & Supanich
Legal Counsel