Orientation Center Subcommittee

The Orientation Subcommittee serves to instruct and guide newcomers, called STAR delegates, during their first American Bus Marketplace. Subcommittee members cultivate communication, instruction and delivery methods to best service the new attendees, thereby providing an integral component to the Marketplace experience. This mission is achieved by operating the Orientation Center, conducting Marketplace Floor Tours, and producing a STAR education workshop.

The Orientation Center offers personalized counseling sessions performed by subcommittee members and/or Marketplace volunteers. In a friendly member-to-member format, new attendees learn about Marketplace practices, Marketplace procedures, expectations and activities from industry veterans. STAR delegates also have the opportunity to tour the Marketplace floor before their appointment session and to broaden their ABA and industry insight in specially designed STAR workshops. Throughout the week, subcommittee members also serve as Marketplace mentors aiding and guiding STAR delegates.

View STAR delegate information »

View Star Packet »

Orientation Center Subcommittee Members

Co-Chairman

Steve Brinkman
Belz Enterprises/Festival Bay Mall
Orlando, FL
E-mail Steve

Co-Chairman

Mary Lou Manier, CTIS, CTP
Grand Rapids/Kent CVB
Grand Rapids, MI
E-mail Mary Lou

Members

Bill Adams
International Spy Museum
Washington, DC
E-mail Bill

Barbara Kosterski
Banff Aspen Lodge
Banff, AB
E-mail Barbara

Joyce Stinnett Baki
Annapolis & Anne Arundel Co. Conference & Visitors Bureau
Annapolis, MD
E-mail Joyce

Rene Kuziv
Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kissimmee, FL
E-mail Rene

Kristy Becker
Clarion Inn Willow River
Sevierville, TN
E-mail Kristy

Alexis Rice
Morgan’s Bus Tours Inc
Capital Heights, MD
E-mail Alexis

Kathleen Boozer
Group Sales Solutions
Hunt Valley, MD
E-mail Kathleen

Marty Rice
Tourism London
London, ON
E-mail Marty

Melisa Brown
Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
Mount Pleasant, MI
E-mail Melissa

Anne Garrison Ross, CTIS, TMP
Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism
Pigeon Forge, TN
E-mail Anne

Marilyn Clear, CTIS
Kalamazoo County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kalamazoo, MI
E-mail Marilyn

Deanna Sorge
Boyds Bear Country
Pigeon Forge, TN
E-mail Deanna

Bryan Cole
Super Holiday Tours
Orlando, FL
E-mail Bryan

Sue Thomas, CTIS
High Hotels Ltd.
Lancaster, PA
E-mail Sue

Dianne Eckert
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Concord, NC
E-mail Dianne

Dick Trammell
Golden Corral Corporation.
Charleston, SC
E-mail Dick

Denise George
Sunsational Receptive Tours
Orlando, FL
E-mail Denise

Lew White
Lew White Tours
Indianapolis, IN
E-mail Lew

John Groves
Choice Hotels International
Scottsdale, AZ
E-mail John

Mike Woolfington
Marshall County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Plymouth, IN
E-mail Mike