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Meet the BestCities Team

Portrait of Julia Swanson

Julia Swanson

Board Chair & Member of Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Melbourne Convention Bureau

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Melissa A. Riley

Incoming Board Chair & Member of Executive Committee and Senior Vice President, Convention Sales and Services, Destination DC

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Sam Johnston

Board Treasurer & Member of Executive Committee and Manager, Dublin Convention Bureau

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Edward Koh

Executive Director Conventions, Meetings & Incentive Travel Experience Development Group, Singapore Tourism Board

Portrait of Michael Drake

Michael Drake

Vice President, Meetings, Conventions & Events, Destination Vancouver

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John Solis

Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services, Visit Houston

Toyota Sone

Director of Sales, Business Events Team, Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau

Gustavo Staufert Buclon

CEO, Guadalajara Convention & Visitors Bureau

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Karina Lance

Associate Vice President, Business Events, Dubai Business Events

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Kit Lykketoft

Director of Convention, Wonderful Copenhagen

Portrait of Corne Koch

Corne Koch

Head of Convention Bureau, Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau

Portrait of Marco Oelschlegel

Marco Oelschlegel, CMP

Director Conventions, visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office

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David Noack Pérez

Director, Madrid Convention Bureau

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Nicolena Oborn

Chief Sales and Customer Experience Officer, Melbourne

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Tara Miller

Director of Global Sales, Destination DC

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Michelle Taylor

Manager, Meeting & Convention Sales, Canada & International, Vancouver

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Asuka Tashiro

Senior Assistant Manager Business Events Team, Tokyo

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Elke Wong

Assistant Director, Conventions, Singapore

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Reyes Lopez Garcia

Head of Business Development, Madrid

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Daniel Palomo

Director of Global Sales, Houston

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Ligia Gonzalez

Business Manager, Guadalajara

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Neasa Ni Dhomhnaill

Business Development Officer Conferences, Dublin

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Walid Abdulla Sulaiman Marhoon

Senior Manager at Dubai Business Events

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Adriaan Fourie

Business Development Manager: International Business Events, Cape Town

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Manuel Wrobel

Head Of Business Development, Berlin

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Cathrine Tvede

Alliance Business Development Chair and Senior Sales Manager, Copenhagen

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Caryn Wong

Associate, Alliance Operations

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Marlieke Kemp-Janssen

Marketing Project Manager

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Sonu Lake

PR Manager

Nigel Brown, CICS

Director, Marketing & Partnerships

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Tia Daniels

Director, Business Development & Community Engagement

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Loren Christie

Managing Director