Board of Directors

 
The members of the board play an important role in helping us achieve our mission to empower our members to increase the success of their destinations. Board members serve 2-year terms and oversee the strategic initiatives of the association. Members are required to chair or serve on a TACVB committee and attend all board meetings and TACVB educational events.

Officers

John Friebele (Chair)
Destination Bryan

Kurt Fournier (Chair-Elect)
Visit Fort Worth

Blaire Friar (Treasurer)
Seguin CVB

Jorge Franz (Secretary)
Visit Houston

Larry Woods (Past Chair)
Boerne CVB

Kathleen Davis
TACVB

Directors

Heather Egan
Grapevine CVB

Jose Garcia
Destination El Paso

Wesley Lucas
Visit Austin

Tracy Rohrbacher
Pearland CVB

Aaron Werner
Visit McKinney

Lisa Bethea
Visit Frisco

Joel Novosad
Victoria CVB

Alysha Carse
Visit Plano

April Brown
Visit South Padre Island &
2024 Texas Trailblazer Award Winner

Ex-Officio

Erika Boyd
Texas Travel Alliance

Scott Joslove
Texas Hotel & Lodging Association
 

 

TACVB's Past Chairs

2023-2024 - Larry Woods
Visit Boerne


2016-2017 – Shari Lee
Visit Tyler

2014-2016 – Marla Roe
Visit Frisco

2013-2014 – Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez
San Marcos CVB

2011-2013 – Shannon Overby
Bryan-College Station CVB

2010-2011 – Charlie McIlvain
Granbury CVB

2009-2010 – Dean Conwell
Beaumont CVB

2007-2009 – Dan Quandt
South Padre Island CVB

2006-2007 – Mark W. Thompson
Plano CVB

2005-2006 – Connie Kuehl
Killeen CVB

2004-2005 – Paul Anderson
Longview CVB

2003-2004 – Kim Phillips
Denton CVB

2002-2003 – Linda Sweatt
Odessa CVB

2022-2023 - Mark Thompson
Visit Plano


2001-2002 – Ava Harmon
Palestine CVB

2000-2001 – Carol Ann Anderson
Kingsville CVB

1999-2000 – Robert Warren
Galveston Island CVB

1998-1999 – Jerry Holt
Amarillo Convention and Visitors Council

1997-1998 – Tom Caradonio
El Paso CVB

1997-1998 – Lucia Arrant
Richardson CVB

1995-1996 – Douglas Harman
Fort Worth CVB

1994-1995 – Elizabeth Taylor
Waco CVB

1993-1994 – Nanci Liles
Abilene CVB

1992-1993 – Jef C. Russell, III
Beaumont CVB

1991-1992 – Sudie Burditt
Kerrville CVB

1989-1991 – Paul W. McCallum
Grapevine CVB

1989-1989 – Jim Donnelly
El Paso CVB

2017-2022 – Amy Zientek
Visit Lubbock


1988-1989 – Michael Benton
Irving CVB

1987-1988 – Ann Bell
Bryan-College Station CVB

1987-1988 – K. Carl Little
Arlington CVB

1986-1987 – Marion Szurek
San Angelo CVB

1984-1985 – John Mosty
San Antonio CVB

1983-1984 – Jack Speer
Amarillo Convention and Visitors Council

1982-1983 – Chuck Snyder
Laredo CVB

1981-1982 – Leonard Rolston
Houston CVB

1980-1981 – David Ferguson
Waco CVB

1978-1980 – "Bones" Oldenburg
Austin CVB

1977-1978 – LuAnn Bennett
Victoria CVB

1976-1977 – Jack Andrus
Dallas CVB