Government Relations Committee 


Mission

 

The mission of the Government Relations Committee is to review, research, and make recommendations on legislation and policies that impact the business travel community and to help determine GBTA’s legislative agenda.

 

Goals

  • To inform the GBTA Board, Committee Chairs, and membership of legislative priorities
  • To act on all legislative policies deemed appropriate by the Executive Director & COO or the GBTA Board

 

Members

 

Dianne Bradley

Chair

Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc.

 

Jim McMullan
GBTA President
Research Triangle Institute

 

Kevin Maguire
GBTA Vice President
University of Texas

 

Craig Banikowski
GBTA Chairman/Past President
Hilton Worldwide

 

Toni Bonnette-Verdi
Best Western International

 

Jeremy Gardner
Accent on Indianapolis

 

Cindy Gillen
BDO Seidman, LLP

 

Jim Lennon

Price Waterhouse Coopers

  

Jeff Johnson

Choice Hotels International 

 

Bhart Sarin
Corn Products International

 

Max Schroeder
The Peninsula Hotel

 

Jennifer Steinke
U.S. Foodservice


 

Staff Liaisons

 

Pattty Higginbotham
Vice President of GBTA Government Relations


Shane Downey
Director, Public Policy