The U.S. Legislative Advisory Council promotes the interests of the business traveler and their organizations through advocacy on legislative issues and other government relations initiatives designed to maintain a transparent, competitive and frictionless business travel community that minimizes adverse impacts to business travel.

The mission of the U.S. Legislative Advisory Council is to review, research, and make recommendations on legislation and policies that impact the business travel community and to help determine GBTA’s legislative action.

GBTA advocates across the globe for policies that better the business travel industry.

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  • Champion Rules of the Road for Optimizing Business Travel
  • To inform the GBTA Board, committee chairs, and members of legislative priorities
  • To educate and communicate legislative initiatives throughout our membership
  • To act on all legislative policies deemed appropriate by the Executive Director & COO or the GBTA Board

U.S. Legislative Advisory Council Application

Leadership

Tricia Alsup
Chair
Travel Manager
Dollar General

Matt Assolin
Vice Chair
Vice President
RMA Worldwide Chauffeured Services

Members

Susan Altman
Chief Sales Officer
AmTrav

Ronni Anderson
Director of Sales & Marketing
Tempo by Hilton Nashville Downtown

Sam Bean
Vice President of Sales
LTD Hospitality Group

Mark Champagne
Sr. Business Development Manager
Viciniti

Benjamin Coleman
Head of Global Security Protective Services, Leadership Support
Meta

Shane Downey
Vice President, Government Relations
GBTA

Bobbi Huber
Global Travel Administrator
Cornerstone Information Systems

Max Izmaylov
Director Global Sales
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

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

Evan Koppel
Director of Sales – Atlantic Region
United Airlines

Jack Lever
Global Business Travel Category Manager
Novartis

Rebeca Palatka
Global Travel & Expense Manager
BDP International, Inc.

Scott Phillips
Director of Sales and Marketing
Moxy Hotel Nashville

Ray Rackham
Senior Vice President: Thought Leadership, Advocacy and Public Policy
Newland Chase – a CIBT Company

K. Edward Raleigh
Partner
Fragomen

Kristen Reeves
Global Commodity Manager, Travel, Meetings and Events, Corp Cards
MKS Instruments

Becky Schlereth
Travel Manager
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company

Michele Wilson
Sr. Regional Account Executive
Hunter World Travel