Clients and Partners

The following is a representative list of our many clients and partners:

Mark Brown
Senior Market Research Analyst
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
Phone:  (202) 482-4754
E-mail:  mark.brown@trade.gov

Liping Cai, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Office of Diversity and International Programs
Purdue University
Phone:  (765) 494-8196
E-mail:  liping@purdue.edu

Joanna Craig
Executive Director
Historic Camden (South Carolina) Foundation
Phone:  (803) 432-9841
E-mail:  hiscamden@att.net

Leonardo (Don) A.N. Dioko, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, International Tourism Research Centre (ITRC)
Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau (IFT)
E-mail:  Don@ift.edu 
Phone:  853 8598 3040

Roger Dow
President and CEO
U.S. Travel Association
Phone:  (202) 408-8422

Rick Duke, CEcD, EDFP
Director
Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development
University of Southern Mississippi
Phone:  (601) 266-5090
E-mail:  Rick.Duke@usm.edu

Michael D. Gehrisch
President and CEO
Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI)
Phone:  (202) 835-4219
Phone:  (202) 296-7888 ext. 214
E-mail:  mgehrisch@destinationmarketing.org

Jake Kheel
Environmental Director
Punta Cana Ecological Foundation
Dominican Republic
Phone:  (809) 959-9221
E-mail:  jkheel@puntacana.com

Ike McLeese
President and CEO
Greater Columbia (South Carolina) Chamber of Commerce
Phone:  (803) 733-1111
E-mail:  IMcLeese@columbiachamber.com

Michelle McCollum
President and CEO
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Phone:  (864) 338-4841
E-mail:  mccollum@scprt.com

Gail Pesyna, Ph.D.
Vice President of Human Resources and Program Management
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Phone:  (212) 649-1655
E-mail:  pesyna@sloan.org

Jonathan Tisch
Chairman and CEO
Loews Hotels
Phone:  (212) 521-2801

Lisa Thompson
Director of Education and Research
National Tour Association
E-mail:  lisa.thompson@ntastaff.com
Phone:  (859) 226-4275

Muzaffer Uysal, Ph.D.
Professor
Virginia Tech
Phone:  (541) 231-8426
E-mail:  samil@vt.edu