Executive Board

Gregg Mervis
President
Scott Dring
Dublin CVB

Tim Walsh
President-Elect
Tim Walsh
Cedar Point


Treasurer
Debbie Robinson
Cambridge/Guernsey County VCB

Secretary
Kelly Blazosky
Marietta/Washington County CVB


Immediate Past
President
Gregg Mervis
Akron/Summit CVB


Northeast
Lute Harmon Jr.
Great Lakes Publishing


Northwest
Michelle Doyle
Toledo Zoo

Southwest
Debbie Stamper
Clinton County CVB

Southeast
Kyrsten Vogel
Ross-Chillicothe CVB

Central
Karen Eylon
Gahanna CVB

Marc McQuaid
Ohio Travel Association

Trustees and Chairs

Northeast
Lee Tasseff (2010)
Mansfield/Richland County CVB

Lute Harmon, Jr. (2011)
Great Lakes Publishing

Virgil Lengel (2009)
Lakefront Lines

Northwest

Dawn Weinhardt (2010)
Sandusky/Erie County VCB

Donna Grube (2011)
Auglaize/Mercer Counties CVB

Michelle Doyle (2009)
Toledo Zoo

Central

Susan Peters (2010)
COSI

Susan Fryer (2011)
Greater Licking County CVB

Karen Eylon (2009)
Gahanna CVB

Southeast
Tom Hampton (2010)
Creative Coach Company

Kyrsten Vogel (2011)
Ross-Chillicothe CVB

Kim Bauer (2009)
Portsmouth-Scioto County VB

Southwest
Violet Rae Downey (2010)
Cincinnati Museum Center

Mark Hecquet (2011)
Butler County CVB

Mark Schutte (2009)
Northern Cincinnati CVB

At Large

Louise Mikesell-Wireman (2010)
Center for Innovative Food Technology

Debbie Stamper (2011)
Clinton County CVB

Karen Raymore (2011)
Hocking Hills Tourism Association

Randie Adam (2009)
Cincinnati USA CVB

Committee Chairs
Ohio Conference on Tourism
Heather Kessler
Northern Cincinnati CVB

Education
Debbie Stamper
Clinton County CVB

Legislative
Diana Thompson
Miami County VCB

Membership
Mark Winchell
Ashtabula County CVB

Heartland Travel Showcase
Scott Dring
Dublin CVB

Marketing
Tim Walsh
Cedar Point

Nominations & Elections
Kelly Blazosky
Marietta/Washington County CVB

Paul Sherlock Award
Dan Hostetler
Medina County CVB

Public Relations
Lute Harmon, Jr.
Great Lakes Publishing

Jim Mahon
Akron/Summit CVB

Scholarship/Student Affairs
Michelle Doyle
Toledo Zoo

Code of Regulations
Violet Rae Downey
Cincinnati Museum Center

Long Range Planning
Gregg Mervis
Akron/Summit CVB

Ohio Tourism Leadership Academy
Melinda Huntley
Lake Erie Coastal Ohio

Diana Thompson
Miami County VCB

*Information in parentheses denotes the year the board member's terms expires. Board members are elected at Conference on Tourism and serve three-year terms.

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