GBTA President Christle Johnson Appoints New GBTA Foundation Board Members

Alexandria, VA – December 1, 2015 – The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) announced today that GBTA President Christle Johnson has appointed four new members for the 2015 Board of Trustees for the GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of GBTA.

“I am pleased to announce the two-year appointment of these prominent industry leaders to the GBTA Foundation Board of Trustees,” said Christle Johnson, GBTA President. “The GBTA Foundation continues to make great strides in providing significant programs and tools to successfully propel the business travel professional forward in their career. These new Board members bring industry experience and insights to help to further GBTA Foundation’s mission to provide the business travel industry with unparalleled research, education and scholarship programs.”

“I am pleased to welcome these new members to the GBTA Foundation Board,” said Douglas Anderson, GBTA Foundation Board Chair and President & CEO of Carlson Wagonlit Travel. “I look forward to working with them as we build and improve on the Foundation’s record of excellence when it comes to industry leading research and education.”

New Board Members:

Michael Dominguez
SVP & Chief Sales Officer
MGM Resorts International

Jeremy Gardner, GTP
Vice President, Business Services
Accent Indy, a DMC Network Company

David Henstock
Head of Global Commercial Product
Visa Inc.

John Snyder
President & CEO
BCD Travel

Christle Johnson, CCTE, GLP, GTP
GBTA President
Vice President Travel & Business Services
Johnson Downie LLC

Continuing Board Members:

Douglas Anderson, Chair
President & CEO
Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Laurie Kazimer, Vice-Chair
Manager, Travel Services
Target

Beth Kinerk
Senior Vice President – Sales, North America
Avis Budget Group

Daphne Bryant
Executive Director
GBTA Foundation

Michael W. McCormick
Executive Director & COO
GBTA

Jim Wilkins
Sr. Director, Corporate Travel Services
Turner Broadcasting System

Donna Kelliher, CTC, GLP
GBTA Chairperson and Past President
Director, Travel & Corporate Services
Dominion

Victor Pynn
Chief Operating Officer
Amadeus North America, Inc.

Kristen Shovlin
VP Sales Operations
Delta Air Lines

Ross Hosking

About the GBTA Foundation
The GBTA Foundation is the education and research foundation of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s premier business travel and meetings trade organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with operations on six continents. Collectively, GBTA’s 7,000-plus members manage more than $345 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually. GBTA provides its growing network of more than 28,000 travel professionals and 125,000 active contacts with world-class education, events, research, advocacy and media. The Foundation was established in 1997 to support GBTA’s members and the industry as a whole. As the leading education and research foundation in the business travel industry, the GBTA Foundation seeks to fund initiatives to advance the business travel profession. The GBTA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information, see gbta.org and gbta.org/foundation.

About the Global Business Travel Association
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world’s premier business travel and meetings trade organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with operations on six continents. GBTA’s 9,000-plus members manage more than $345 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually. GBTA and the GBTA Foundation deliver world-class education, events, research, advocacy and media to a growing global network of more than 28,000 travel professionals and 125,000 active contacts. To learn how business travel drives lasting business growth, gbta.org