Gino Marasco
Marasco is managing director of hospitality sales for Timbers Company. He most recently worked as corporate director of sales and marketing at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, leading the company’s lifestyle and upscale brands. He also held leading roles with The Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin; The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island and The Cloister and The Lodge at Sea Island in Georgia.
Daniel Tiepelman
Tiepelman is vice president of operations and asset management for Cort Events. Based in the Greater Memphis area, Tiepelman has spent the last eight years as director and regional vice president of operations at Dufresne Spencer Group LLC, Ashley Furniture Homestore’s largest franchisee.
Aurore Braconnier
Braconnier is general manager of Event Leaders Exchange in London. Braconnier has 15 years in the events industry, most recently worked as an event industry consultant with Freelance AB Consulting in the United Kingdom. She is currently a board member of Raccoon Events.
Roy Scardina
Scardina has been named chief operating officer for creative agency and production house Switch. Before this, he worked as vice president of operations for Audio Visual Management Solution in Seattle. He also worked as an executive consultant for multimedia and technology studio SenovvA.
Tom Evans
Dreamscape Companies has named Evans chief marketing officer. Evans previously worked as chief marketing officer at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for the last six years. The Nevada native has been a part of the opening of more than 10 hotels and casinos in the Las Vegas area, including Bellagio and Aria Resort & Casino.
Barbara Beckwith
Beckwith is general manager at Mills Falls at the Lake in Meredith, New Hampshire. She most recently worked with Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa in Whitefield, North Hampshire, as managing director. Additionally, Beckwith has worked as special meeting and events manager at DBA Excelebrations and catering sales manager for Fine Catering by Russell Morin, both in Newport, Rhode Island.
Erik Grazetti
Grazetti is Viceroy Chicago’s director of sales and marketing. He comes from The Peninsula Chicago, where he led the hotel’s sales and marketing team. In his 30 years in the hospitality industry, he has been part of five opening hotel teams, including The Jefferson Washington DC, Loews Chicago Hotel and Sofitel Chicago Water Tower.
Luke Wynen
Blue Mountain Resort in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, has named Wynen director of sales. A former professional snowboarder, Wynen has plenty of experience on the sales and marketing side of the industry as well. Before this, he worked as director of sales training and marketing manager for Buckman’s Ski and Snowboard Shops, based in Pennsylvania. He has also worked as sales manager and general manager for Saucony Creek Brewing Company + Gastropub in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
Jessica Dillree
Dillree has been promoted to associate director of marketing for Louisville Tourism. Dillree has been with the organization since 2007 and has worked in numerous capacities, including as sales assistant, marketing communications coordinator, and most recently, digital marketing manager.
Mathew Ratner
Ratner is director of sports and entertainment tourism for Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB). For the last 10 years, Ratner worked as the organization’s associate director of sports and entertainment. Before joining GMCVB, he was assistant sports information director for Florida International University.
Robert Beckham, Reginald Charlot and Makiko Matsuda Healy
Beckham is senior vice president of tourism market development for Europe; Charlot is senior vice president of tourism market development for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Luxury and LGBTQ+ markets; and Healy is senior vice president of tourism market development for the Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa markets for New York City Tourism + Conventions, formerly NYC & Company.
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Beckham joined the team in 2002 and has worked on the membership development and services team since 2014. He has experience in sales and marketing for restaurants, attractions and destinations, including The Walt Disney Company, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants and Hard Rock International.
Charlot previously worked as managing director for tourism market development for the organization, leading efforts in Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S. Before joining NYC Tourism + Conventions, Charlot worked at Thai Airways and Air France. He is a former chair member for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association Foundation, and a current member of The Virtuoso Black Diversity Advisory Board and NYC Tourism + Conventions DEI Advisory Board.
Healy previously worked as managing director for tourism market development and will continue working in the Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa markets.
