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News Release


 NBTA President Kevin Maguire Appoints New Foundation Board Members 

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) announced four new members for 2009 of the Board of Trustees of the NBTA Foundation, NBTA’s education and research foundation.

 

NBTA President & CEO, Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, said, “I am pleased to announce the two-year appointment of these prominent industry leaders to the NBTA Foundation Board of Trustees. With their industry experience and insights, I am confident they will help to further the NBTA Foundation’s mission to provide the business travel industry with timely and accurate research, scholarships and unparalleled educational programs.”

 

New Board Members

Jeff Cacy

Managing Director, Airline Marketing Services

The Boeing Company

 

 

Michael Fegley

Vice President Global Sales

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Sharon Fogarty, CCTE

Director, Travel Services

Thomson Reuters

 

 

 

Steve Schoen

Director, Mobility Services

Siemens Shared Services, LLC

 

 

 

 Continuing Board Members

 

Fay Beauchine, Chair

President-Engagement & Events

Carlson Marketing

Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP

President & CEO, NBTA

Travel Manager for Intercollegiate Athletics

The University of Texas at Austin

Katina Tryforos, Vice Chair

Travel Manager, Airline Programs and Customer Service Field Operations

Deloitte Services LP

Robert Lambert

Senior Vice President-Commercial Sales

Avis Budget Group

Daphne Bryant, Secretary/Treasurer

Foundation Director

NBTA Foundation

Debi Scholar

Meeting & Event Services Director

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Bill Connors, CTC

Executive Director & COO

National Business Travel Association

Steve Sear

Vice President Sales

Delta Air Lines

Suzanne Fletcher
Chairman/Past President, NBTA
Director of Travel Management
Concur

Steve Singh

Chairman & CEO

Concur Technologies

Ralph Colunga

Director, Global Travel
Salesforce.com

 



About the NBTA Foundation
The NBTA Foundation is the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), the world’s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. NBTA and its regional affiliates – NBTA Australia/New Zealand, the Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV), NBTA Canada, NBTA Europe, NBTA Mexico and NBTA USA – serve a network of more than 15,000 business travel professionals around the globe with industry-leading events, networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy. The foundation was established in 1997 to support NBTA’s members and the industry as a whole. As the leading education and research foundation in the business travel industry, the NBTA Foundation seeks to fund initiatives to advance the business travel profession. The NBTA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information, see www.nbta.org and www.nbtafoundation.org.