2010 Chicago BTA Board of Directors

Chairperson

Carole Liberti, CCTE, GLP
Symphony IRI carole.liberti@symphonyiri.com
312-474-3401

President

Cindy Gillen, CCTE
BDO Seidman, LLP
cgillen@bdo.com
312-729-7367

1st Vice President

Victoria Gutowski, CCTE
USG Corporation
vgutowski@usg.com
312-436-4120

2nd Vice President

Max Schroeder
The Peninsula Chicago
mschroeder@peninsula.com
312-573-6607

Secretary

Faye Zeidlhack
McDonalds Corporation Faye.Zeidlhack@us.mcd.com
630-623-8587

Treasurer

Andrea Smagacz
Emirates Airline
andrea.smagacz@emirates.com
847-292-6063

2010 Chicago BTA Standing Committees

Membership Committee

Co-Chair

Christine Blum
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
312-224-8657
cblum@carlsonwagonlit.com

Co-Chair

Wafa Haleem, CCTE
Boston Coach
847-451-3422
wafa.haleem@bostoncoach.com

Charity Committee

Chair

Debi Cretacci
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
847-566-2447
debi.cretacci@hyattselect.com

Co-Chair

Christine Duffy
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
312-528-8308
cduffy@hyatt.com

Education & Programs Committee

Chair

Robin Anderson, CMP, CCTE
630-838-2930
robinlcanderson@aol.com

Co-Chair

Amy Hansen
Embassy Suites Hotel O'Hare
847-928-7626
amy_hansen@hilton.com

Roundtables

Carole Liberti, CCTE, GLP
Information Resources, Inc.
carole.liberti@infores.com
312-474-3401

Scholarship Committee

Chair

Rebecca Enk, CCTE
Information Resources, Inc.
312-474-3139
rebecca.enk@infores.com

Technology Committee

Chair

Wayne Urbanek, CCTE
Lighthouse Consulting, Inc.
847-549-8548

wayne.urbanek@lighthc.com

Sponsorship Committee

Co-Chair

Patricia Corbino
Carlson Wagonlit
630-842-4116
pcorbino@carlsonwagonlit.com

Co-Chair

Janet Friedman
ADTRAV Travel Management
847-917-1165
janet.friedman@adtrav.com

Partner Liaison Committee

Chair

Nick Wambach, CCTE
Steigenberger Hotel Group
312-914-9261
nick.wambach@steigenbergerhotelgroup.com

Volunteer Committee

Chair

Patricia J. Sage
Huron Consulting
312-583-8773 psage@huronconsultinggroup.com

C0-Chair

Vivian Smith
Travel Focus
630-875-6313 VSmith@travelfocus.com

Co-Chair

Candi Gilar
American Express Travel
630-579-6651  Candi.L.Gilar@aexp.com

NBTA PAC Liaison Committee & CBTA's Government Relations Team

Co-Chair

Guy Parker, CMP, CCTE
O'Hare-Midway Limousine Service, Inc.
847-948-8768
grparker@ohare-midway.com

Co-Chair

James Sisco
Reed Elsevier

630-288-8869
james.sisco@reedelsevier.com

Co-Chair

Elizabeth Peterson
847-368-0655
mpeterson@aol.com

Historian

MaryAnn Rodriguez
Preferred Hotel Group
708-235-1450
mrodriguez@preferredhotelgroup.com

Allied Council

Allied – Agency

Vivian Smith, CCTE
Travel Focus
630-875-6313
vsmith@travelfocus.com

Allied – Airline

Mary Hustad
Delta Airlines
708-386-4396
mary.hustad@delta.com

Allied – Ground Transportation

David Castelloni
Avis Budget Group
773-825-4700
david.castelloni@avisbudget.com

Allied – Hotel

Max Schroeder
The Peninsula Chicago
312-573-6607
mschroeder@peninsula.com

Allied – Technology & Consulting

Kathy Garret
GetThere 
312-861-0599
kathy.garrett@getthere.com