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Travel South USA - Board of Directors
Executive Board
Kentucky
Kristen Branscum - Commissioner, Kentucky Dept. of Tourism & Chair of the Board
Kristen Branscum was named Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism in January 2016, returning to the office after previously serving as Tourism...
South Carolina
Duane Parrish - Director, South Carolina Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Tourism & Vice Chair of the Board
Duane Parrish is the Director for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (SCPRT). Parrish has dedicated over 35 years of his professional career...
West Virginia
Chelsea Ruby - Commissioner, West Virginia Dept. of Tourism & Secretary / Treasurer of the Board
Chelsea Ruby was appointed Tourism Commissioner by West Virginia's 36th Governor Jim Justice in January 2017. Tourism is a pillar of Governor Justice's administration.
Board of Directors
Alabama
Lee Sentell - Director, Alabama Tourism
Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell has set about creating many “firsts” in the 57-year history of the state agency.
During his first four years, Sentell received national and regional awards and saw tourism increase in his state...
Arkansas
Jim Dailey - Tourism Director, Arkansas Dept. of Parks & Tourism
Jim Dailey serves on the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Parks Recreation & Travel Commission, chairing it last year. He was Mayor of the City of Little Rock from 1993 until 2006, and served...
Georgia
Kevin Langston - Deputy Commissioner, Tourism Division, Georgia Dept. of Economic Development & International Committee Chair
Kevin Langston is deputy commissioner for the tourism division at the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), Georgia’s...
Louisiana
Doug Bourgeois - Asst. Secretary, Louisiana Office of Tourism & Advertising Committee Chair
Prior to joining the Department for Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Bourgeois worked for Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge as the Director of the Conference Services Department...
Mississippi
D. Craig Ray - Director, Visit Mississippi & Earned Media Committee Chair
D. Craig Ray is the Director of Visit Mississippi, the Tourism office of the Mississippi Development Authority. In this role, he promotes Mississippi as a travel destination and film location by highlighting the state’s culture, heritage...
Missouri
Ward Franz - Director, Missouri Division of Tourism
Ward Franz served the people of Howell County for eight years in the Missouri House of Representatives, during which time he served as Chairman of Family Services...
North Carolina
Wit Tuttell - Director, Visit North Carolina & Chair of the Board
Wit Tuttell was named Executive Director of Visit North Carolina in November 2013. He oversees the strategic planning, policy development, and marketing initiatives for North Carolina's official state tourism office and the industry...
Tennessee
Mark Ezell - Commissioner, Tennessee Dept. of Tourist Development
Mark Ezell, a seventh generation Tennessean, will serve as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. Ezell has worked with Dean Foods since 1998 as a senior executive ...
Virginia
Rita McClenny - President & CEO, Virginia Tourism Corporation
Rita D. McClenny serves as president and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation, the state agency charged with marketing the Commonwealth as a premier travel...