GBTA Convention 2024 | Global Business Travel Association - GBTA | 22 July 2024 | Georgia World Congress Center, Building B, Level 1, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

The premier global event for the business travel industry where diverse voices come together for a common purpose.

• Connect in person with thousands of industry peers, suppliers, and partners, as they benefit from unparalleled opportunities for professional and business growth
• Learn from and be inspired by insightful speakers and leading experts on timely topics that matter most
• Grow your career and skills with unmatched sessions for learning, training and professional development tailored for all levels and interests
• Discover tools, research and resources – from the latest industry outlook and trends, to best practices and technologies – that empower you to advance your organization, travelers, and teams

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dan Ariely
Professor, Duke University

Carla Harris
Senior Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Dr. Bertrand Piccard
Founder and Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation

MODERATORS:

Thomas Arnold
Head of Customer Success, Corporate Traveler

Charles Bacharach
Senior Vice President, North America, Areka Consulting

Hank Benedetti
Chief Commercial Officer, Blockskye

Olivier Benoit
Senior Vice President, Global, Advito

Dawn Brandenburg
Director, Business Development, Dwellworks Living

Jay Campbell
Journalist and Co-Founder, The Company Dime

Keesup Choe
CEO, Predictx

Shawn Cole
Vice President, Global Sales, Delta Air Lines

Christine Connolley
Senior Crisis Program Manager, Global Crisis Management, BCD Travel

Rob Connors
Vice President of Business Development, Enterprise Holdings

Christine Corrigan
General Manager, Corporate Travel, Delta Air Lines

Shane Downey
Vice President, Government Relations & Volunteer Relations, GBTA

Trish Earles
Director, Business Solutions, AMEX

Kelly Ellis
Global Practice Lead, Engage By Advito, Advito

Katharine Farrell
Manager, Sales Digital Marketing Communications, Delta

Greg Forbes
Managing Director - Airport Experience, Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Kelsey Frenkiel
Director, Sustainability Program in Foundation & Advocacy, GBTA

Robyn Grassanovits
GBTA Sustainability Committee Chair

Shalini Iyer
Director of Strategic Partnerships, hubli

Nicole Jackson
Principal Solutions Consultant, Brex

John Keichline
Chief Executive Officer USA, Reed & Mackay

Brian Kelly
Founder, The Points Guy

Jason Kramer
Head of Air Solutions, TRIPBAM

Brett Lindsey
Director of Sales, Corporate Traveler

Jo Lloyd
Head of Global Account Management & Consulting, FCM Travel

Samantha McKnight
VP Enterprise Sales, CIBT

Andrew Menkes
Founder and CEO, Partnership Travel Consulting

John Morhous
Chief Experience Officer, Flight Centre Travel Group

Elizabeth Oliveira
Manager, Global Travel, OMERS

Will Pinnell
SVP & Managing Director - Americas, HRS

Stacie Prusha
Director, Housing and Travel, Medical Solutions

Lena Sanok
Sales Manager – Corporate Project Travel, Hilton

Carrie Song
Senior Vice President, Commercial, Neste

Amanda Vining
Global Chief Sales & Customer Officer, Corporate Traveler

Kari Wendel
Global VP, Global Customer Strategy & Operations, CWT Meetings & Events

Beth West
Editorial Director, BTN Group

Shauna Whitehead
VP, Customer Solutions, BCD M&E

PANELISTS:

Carlos Alemendros
Senior Global Travel & Card Category Manager, Cisco

Michelle Amos
Associate Director of Travel, Qualtrics

Matt Anderson
Travel Manager, Roche Diagnostics

Barbara Arena
Outsourced Global Category Manager, Festive Road

Bryan Bachrad
Vice President, Lodging & Ground Partnerships, Navan

Townsend Bailey
Head of Corporate Responsibility, Americas, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Kathy Bedell
Senior Vice President, Americas & Affiliate Program, BCD Travel

Linda Bekoe
CEO, APLBC

Nicole Bergstrom
Senior Director Accessibility, Hilton

Brian Berry
Global Business Travel Manager, Wiz

Suellen Bolles
Senior Director, Global Sales, Marriott

Chelisa Boyd
Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Travel, Truist

Audra Bright
Clinical Research Program Manager, Indiana University

Robert Buckman
Senior Vice President, Solution Consulting, Amadeus

Brian Burtzlaff
Vice President Sales, Eastern US & CAN, The Hertz Corporation

Christiane Cabot Bini
Vice President, Global Business Travel Sales, Hilton Worldwide Sales

Melissa Carr
Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Travel & Meetings Procurement, PPG

Ian Cava
Deputy Program Manager, AskTSA, Transportation Security Administration

Lis Chmiel
Key Account Director- Team Lead, IHG Hotels and Resorts

Barry Coburn
Managing Director - Corporate Security, Delta Air Lines

Benjamin Coleman
Head of Protective Services, Travel and Response, Meta

James Conigliaro
President and CEO, Dwellworks Living

Melissa Conley
Executive Director, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Chris Crist
Chief Technology Officer for Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Brenda Crocker-Pierce
Sr. Global Sourcing Manager Meetings & Events, GE Healthcare

Ana Paula De Souza
Director, Sales Canada & Global Accounts, Air Canada

Heather Dee Frankovich
Author, Sourcing Joy

Heather Dennis
Global Travel Manager, KBR

Ann Dery
Director, Global Category Lead, Travel & Meetings, Johnson & Johnson

Helene Rene Dieck
Lead, Supply Chain Sustainability, Neste

Nick Estrada
CEO, Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA)

Jodi Fernandez
Director of Global Sales, The Wellbeing Collective

Dr. Mark Fischer
Regional Medical Director, International SOS

Mike Fitzgerald
Sr Manager, Digital Sales, United Airlines

Niki French
Customer Service Branch Manager, Transportation Security Administration

Angie Gadwood
SVP Sales, Wyndham

Natalie Gardner
Sr. Global Travel Manager, Electronic Arts

John Giacalone
VP Global Safety and Risk Management, Hilton

Scott Gillespie
Industry Advisor, tClara

Robyn Gilmartin
Principal Enterprise Account Manager, Navan

Kristine Godding LaRocque
Director, Business Services, Clean Harbors

Gloria Gonzalez
Sr. Account Management, Direct Travel

Kim Hamer
Partner / Co-Founder, Results Plus Consulting

Megan Henshall
Strategic Solutions Lead, Google

Mary Ellen Hess
Executive Vice President Business Development, Corporate Travel Management

Cindy Heston
Director, Travel & Events, Elevance Health

Andrew Hoag
Category Manager, Meetings and Events, Biogen

Katie Hollien
Corporate Travel, M&E Manager, Intuitive

Glenn Hollister
VP Sales Strategy & Effectiveness, United Airlines

Tyler Hosford
Regional Security Manager, International SOS

Jill Huffman
Global Security Travel Manager, Cardinal Health

Amy Hunke
Sr. Manager Travel & Meetings, Ametek

Fernando Iraola
EVP/GM, Global & US Large Enterprises, American Express

Kevin Iwamoto
GLP, GTP, Independent Consultant, US Board - Proske

Kimberly Johnson
Senior Manager, Global Travel Operations & Corporate Aviation, Salesforce

Chris Jones
Managing Director, Enterprise Corporate Sales, Delta Air Lines

Colleen Kearney
Global Corporate Travel Leader, RTX

Daryl Keiper
Sr. Manager, Travel, Genentech, Inc.

Gina Kilchenman
Senior Vice President of Sales, Highgate

Alys Klouse
Senior Director, Partner Engagement & Development, Crisis 24

Grace Knowlton
Director Global Travel & Expense, General Atlantic

Tim Kraft
Managing Director, CX Strategy, Integration & Personalization, Delta Air Lines

Sabrina Kronk
Travel Manager, Vanderbilt University

Eric Laing
General Manager - SkyMiles Strategy and Redemptions, Delta Air Lines

Melissa Lee
Global Travel Operations Manager, ExxonMobil

Jason Lim
Identity Management Capability Manager, Transportation Security Administration

Steven Lo
President & CEO, Vaxart

Katie Mak
Travel and Expense Manager, Figma

Rosemary Maloney
Senior Director, Corporate Travel, Freeman Company

Rossana Martin
Senior VP Global Sales, North America, BCD Travel

Carlos Mauricio Garcia
Corporate Affairs Policy and Standards Manager, Qatar Airways

Julietta McCurry
Vice President, In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity Strategy, Delta

Kelly McGuire
Principal, ZS

Bruce McIndoe
President, McIndoe Risk Advisory

Karla McIntyre
Sr. Director, Global Travel, Viatris/SPE

Kim Meck
Manager, Global Travel, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

David Menezes
Director, Strategic Sourcing, Aecon Group, Inc

Joe Metallo
Global Travel and Security Risk Manager, Argonne, a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory

Louise Miller
Partner, Results Plus Consulting

Bruce Miller
Director, Fleet and Travel Services, Regeneron

Patrice Mistretta
Business Operations Manager, Eliquent Life Sciences

Erika Moore
President and Owner, World Travel, Inc.

Daniel Moretta
President, Globespan Travel Management

Kathy Morgan
Vice President, Product Management, Sabre

Paige Motes
Vice President, Sustainability and Impact, Hertz Corporation

Denise Naguib
Global Vice President, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity, Marriott International

Kim Napolitano
Executive Director, Industry Relations & Intermediary Group Sales, Hilton

Lydia Nickerson
Corporate Travel Manager, Ameresco

Teddy Oberts
Sr. Procurement Manager - Corporate Travel, Meetings & Events, Salesforce

Jeff Ochaita
Senior Director, Customer Technology & Global Solutions, Adelman Travel

Michelle O'Donnell
Senior Account Manager, Direct Travel TMC

Tim Oldfield
Vice President, Corporate Accounts, Marriott International

Nicholas Osborne
GM Global Environmental Products CERT, Shell

Duane Overgaard
SVP & President, Connectivity for DerbySoft

Lydia Paglierani
Marketing Executive, Americas, FCM Travel

Jennifer Pape
Global Meetings Manager & CPM, Shell International Ltd

Ben Park
Executive Director Travel & Sustainability, Parexel

Carey Pascoe
Director of Global Travel and Card Program, Dolby Labs

Abhijit Patel
Vice President, Revenue Management & Global Distribution, Choice Hotels

Mariaha Pedder
Travel Manager, Technip Energies

Raul Perez Vazquez
Global Category Manager, Intel

Kyle Pettit
Head of Channel Development - Partnerships, Ramp

Ryan Pierce
Senior Travel Manager - AMER/JAPAC, Salesforce

Juliann Pless
SVP, Travel Solutions, Edenred Pay

Wendy Prewitt
Head of North America, Areka Consulting

Ian Race
SVP Sales & Business, Direct Travel

Ray Rackham
Managing Director, UK, CIBT

Eddie Raleigh
Partner, Fragomen

Karthik Ramanathan
Data & Analytics Procurement Manager, Google

Kristen Reeves
Global Commodity Mgr. Travel, MKS Instruments Inc.

Jay Richmond
Senior Director, Global Solution Consulting, Amadeus

Christine Roesch
SVP - Corporate Services, Cerberus

Brianna Ryan
Account Executive, Enterprise Solutions, Cvent

Jenny Sabineu
Senior Manager, Travel & Sustainability, Salesforce

Christopher Salzwedel
Global Procurement Manager, Abbott

Rahul Samant
CIO, Delta Air Lines

Becky Schlereth
Global Mobility, Travel, and Expense Manager, Watlow

Barbara Schulte
Head of Global Travel, FIFA

Steve Sear
EVP, Global Sales and Distribution, Delta

Lisa Simpson
Travel & Card Services Specialist, J.M. Huber Corporation

Peggy Smith
Chief Innovation Officer, National Corporate Housing (NCH)

Dan Stagnitta
Travel Services Consultant, Elevance Health

Candace Steele Flippin
CEO, Global Career Advancement Institute

Carmen Stinson
Managing Director, Travel Services, National Corporate Travel

Dorian Stonie
Sr. Director Global Travel, Salesforce

Julie Stuckey
Managing Consultant, Advito

Johnny Thorsen
VP, Business Development for Content Distribution, Spotnana

Terasa Tierney
Global Travel Manager, Atec, Inc.

Christopher Truss
Global Sustainability Director, Reed & Mackay

Cindy Van der Elst
Global Meetings & Events and Fleet Leader, Kimberly Clark

Rita Visser
Director Global Travel Sourcing & GPO, Oracle

Phillipp von Lamezan
CEO, Squake

Nick Vournakis
EVP and Chief Customer Officer, CWT

Ed Waite
Head of Global Expense & Travel Operations, Barclays

Holly Walker
Manager, Travel Services, Northrop Grumman

Philip White
AVP, Global Sales, Enterprise Mobility

Greg White
Director, Global Security, Trane Technologies

Tom Wilkinson
Director, Distribution, SAP Concur

Kimberly Wilson
Sr Vice President Global Sales, Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Cari Wurzbacher
Key Account Manager | Military & Government, United Airlines

Faye Zeidlhack
Global Travel Lead, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Mark Ziegler
Senior Travel Manager, NetApp

SESSION LEAD:

Muriel Carroll
Managing Director, Hilton

Sarah Chou
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Southwest Airlines

Jason Cohen
Executive Director, Global Corporate M&E Sales, Accor

Phil Crofton
Senior Director, BCD Travel

Geert de Boo
Vice President of Global Business Travel, JTB Business Travel

Beth Dooley
Client Solution Lead, Thrust Carbon

Megin Dressel
Travel Manager, Keller North America

Lora Ellis
Principal, Festive Road

Val Ferraro
Manager, Program Operations, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Ted Finn
CEO and Co-Founder, Uplift Ventures LLC

Craig Gardner
Director, Global Business Travel Sales, Strategic Accounts, Hilton

Ron Glickman
Vice President - North America, Snowfall

Alison Guilbeaux Brown
Director of Customer Success, Prime Numbers Technology

Greeley Koch
Director - The Americas, The Apartment Network

Ana Lenis
Sr. Director, Business Services, AARP

Stacey Mack
Director of Sales, BTP Automation

Andrew Slaiby
Senior Manager, Travel, Raytheon Technologies

Peter Stark
Owner, Chaos Navigation, Inc.

Brian Sullivan
Vice President of Product Management, Cvent

Paul Swanston
Managing Director, Global Network Sales, UATP

Katie Virtue
Head of Sales and Marketing, Festive Road

SPEAKERS:

Robert Alexander
CEO, RMA Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation

Leslie Andrews
Global Category Leader - Travel, JLL

Samuel Basson
Manager of Customer Solutions, Oversee

Danielle Bilbao
Executive Director, Global Corporate Clients and Strategic Events, Accor

Stephen Bunkiewicz
Key Account Manager, United Airlines

Doreen Burse
Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales, United for Business

Maria Chevalier
Global Director, Travel Expense, Pretium

Mark Corbett
Founder, Thrust Carbon

Mary Corrales
Director, Global Business Development, Synergy Global Housing

Monica Crawfurd
Managing Director of Sales – Caribbean & Latin America, Hilton Worldwide Sales

Jasmine Crowe-Houston
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Goodr

Brenda Davis
EA/ Travel Manager, North America, International SOS

Dr. Shawn Dubravac
CEO and President, Avrio Institute

Chris Ely
Director, Research, GBTA

Veronica Fernandez
Senior Vice President, Head of Visa Commercial Solutions - North America, Visa Inc.

Edward Galvin
Vice President - Head of B2B Commercial Sales - North America, Visa

Emese Graham
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager, Americas, Flight Centre Travel Group

Jon Gray
Principal, Rockport Analytics

Glen Hauenstein
President, Delta Air Lines

Richard Johnson
VP and Global Head of Consulting Services, CWT

Kate King
Account Management Lead, International SOS

Jeff Klee
CEO, AmTrav

Greeley Koch
Managing Director, 490 Consulting

Peter Koh
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs

Dan Kroeger
EVP Engineering and Product, Cornerstone

Jennifer La Fuente
Senior Vice President of SMM & Meeting Solutions, BCD Meetings and Events

Ariel Lifschitz
Director of Product, Oversee

Nora Lovell Marchant, Esq
Vice President Global Sustainability, American Express Global Business Travel

Nina Marcello
Principal Commercial Lead, American Express Global Business Travel

Mark McBride
Senior Director - Revenue Management, Hilton

Chris Merritt
Director, Regional Sales, Groups360

Suzanne Neufang
Chief Executive Officer, GBTA

Mat Orrego
CEO, Cornerstone

Kevin Pereira
Co-Founder, GoodLike Group

Tahnee Perry
Consultant, temoji

Kjarsten Philipsen
Senior Vice President, Americas, BCD Travel

Ali Prejean Smith
Director, Marketing & Communications, BCD Travel

Laura Puglisi
Senior Director of Sales, Hotel Sourcing & Housing Solutions, Cvent

Gavin Purcell
Co-Founder, AI For Humans

Eric Rhode
Director Global Travel, Expense, and Corporate Cards, Meta

Tammy Routh
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Marriott International

Dawn Schuller
Manager, West Central National Accounts, Southwest Airlines

Lisa Scott
Senior Vice President Regional, BCD Travel

Daniel Senyard
Global SVP of Digital Evolution, FCM Travel

Mark Sharoff
Sr. Research Manager, GBTA

Carmen Smith
Manager, Global Travel & Expense Services, Immunocore

George Smith
Global Head of Strategy - Issuing, Adyen

Steve Solomon
Vice President, Global Customers and Data Products & Chief Commercial Officer, Airlines Reporting Corporation

Lindsay Straub
Global Head of Sales, FCM Travel

Albena Taseva
Global Travel Procurement Manager, WSAudiology

Chrissy Taylor
President and Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Mobility

Rick Versace
CEO, A1A Airport & Limousine Service

Sena Williams
Manager, Client Success, Adelman Travel, a BCD Travel Company

Robert Winkler
Vice President, Global Agency Sales, Sabre

Chu Yong-Yi
Vice President Corporate Travel, Shell

Joff Romoff
President - Lodging, FLEETCOR

Grant Caplan
President, Procurigence, Inc.

Joe Healy
Chief Growth Officer (CGO), Taxback International

Steven Malcolm
Client Partner, DataArt

PRESENTER:

Heather Wright
Vice President of Global Product Marketing, BCD Travel

2024 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• Choice Hotels
• Skyteam
• United for Business

PLATINUM:
• Amadeus
• American Express
• BCD Travel
• BWH Hotels
• CWT
• Travelport
• Turkish Airlines

MAIN STAGE:
• Enterprise Mobility
• Marriott Bonvoy

ENERGY:
• Shell

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP:
• Adyen
• CLC Lodging
• Corporate Traveler
• Brex
• Oversee
• VISA