San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Board Chair

(贝博体彩app)2月. 10, 2023 – San Francisco Travel Association, the official destination marketing organization for the City and County of San Francisco, 柯尔斯滕·科莫罗斯克宣布, Executive Director of 华特迪士尼家庭博物馆, has been named the association’s new Board Chair, 有效的2月. 7.

San Francisco Travel’s Board of Directors elected Komoroske at the association’s annual retreat this week following the resignation of current Board Chair Ike Kwon. Currently the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Government Affairs for the California Academy of Sciences, Kwon is relocating to his hometown of Chicago to take a new role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Field Museum. Komoroske will chair the board through Kwon’s remaining term until December 31, 2023, 当选主席特里·刘易斯, the Complex General Manager at Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco, assumes her two-year term as Board Chair.

“We are thrilled to have Kirsten take the helm as SF Travel’s Board Chair at this pivotal time for San Francisco’s tourism industry and SF Travel. She brings a wealth of experience and acumen to the role and will be critical in charting the organization’s future as Co-Chair of the CEO 搜索 Committee,” said San Francisco Travel President and CEO Joe D’Alessandro, who announced in December 2022 that he would retire at the end of this year. “We also want to thank Ike for the many years he’s served on the board, including the past 14 months as Board Chair. He has been a tremendous leader and supporter of SF Travel and believes deeply in San Francisco and the mission of SF Travel. We wish him well in his new role at the Field Museum.”

Komoroske joined 华特迪士尼家庭博物馆 as Executive Director and Member of the Board of Directors in 2013. 华特迪士尼家庭博物馆 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that celebrates the life story of Walt Disney, and is located in the scenic Presidio of San Francisco. Komoroske has held a number of executive, 法律和董事会职位, including General Counsel and Vice President of Human 资源 for Tyco Electronics Corporation, Vice President of Human 资源 at Groupon, 公司., and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. 在她进入博物馆之前, 她是一名执业律师, advising organizations on a wide range of strategic, 业务, 风险资本和私募股权, 人力资源问题.

In 2018, Komoroske was elected to the Board of Directors of the Hiller Aviation Museum and San Francisco Travel. She served on San Francisco Travel’s Finance Committee in 2021 and as Vice Chair, 执行委员会委员, 多样性委员会主席, 股本, 公司lusion and Accessibility Council in 2022. She will co-lead the search for D’Alessandro’s successor with Lewis this year.

“I’m honored to support the important work of SF Travel’s CEO and Board of Directors as its new Chair. It’s a challenging time for San Francisco, but it’s also a time of great opportunity. My goal is to help harness the creativity and innovation of the SF Travel stakeholders and Bay Area community to forge a path to a robust recovery and reimagined future. 贝博体彩app是一个标志性城市, 精致的, vibrant city that has shown its resilience many times before, 我希望, 在这个角色中, I can help contribute to another comprehensive comeback,科莫罗斯克说.

Kwon说, “It has been a privilege to lead SF Travel since December 2021 and serve on the board for the last decade. I’m proud of the successes we’ve enjoyed during my tenure, with the return of tourism and conventions to the city. I know SF Travel and San Francisco will be well served by Kirsten, who has been a key board member since 2018 and brings great insight and a passion for San Francisco to the role.”

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The San Francisco Travel Association is the official destination marketing organization for the City and County of San Francisco. Tourism is San Francisco's largest industry. 25人以上.8 million people visited the destination in 2019, 花费近100亿美元, 超过86岁,000 jobs are supported by tourism in San Francisco.

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