Mission Statement   |   Members   |   Directors, Officers & Staff

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Mission Statement

The North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition is a nonprofit trade association comprised of associations, businesses, industries, resorts, attractions, convention and visitor bureaus and other organizations throughout North Carolina, all working together to promote public policies that encourage the growth and development of North Carolina's travel, tourism and hospitality industry.

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Members

• Biltmore
• Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau
• The Carolina Panthers
• Carteret County Tourism Development Bureau
• The Charlotte Bobcats
• Charlotte Regional Visitor's Authority
• Convention and Visitors Bureau of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
• Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau
• First Carolina Management
• Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
• The Grove Park Inn
• Hospitality Alliance of North Carolina 
• LiveNation
• Lowe's Motor Speedway Charlotte
• Lumberton Tourism Development Authority
• Nash County Travel & Tourism Council
• N.C. Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus
• N.C. Chamber
• N.C. Restaurant & Lodging Association
• N.C. Vacation Rental Managers Association
• Paramount's Carowinds
• Pinehurst Resort & Country Club
• RBC Center
• Shelton Vineyards
• South Atlantic League Baseball
• Summit Hospitality Group
• Turnpike Properties, Inc.
• Visit Winston-Salem

 

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Directors, Officers & Staff

Board of Directors (2008) Each member organization has one representative on the Board of Directors.
Tom Ruff	Biltmore
William Traurig	Carolina Hurricanes
DeSales Wagster	Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Richard Thigpen	Carolina Panthers
Jared Bartie	Charlotte Bobcats
Mike Butts	Charlotte Regional Visitors' Authority
Kelly Miller	Convention & Visitors Bureau of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
Carol Lohr	Crystal Coast Tourism Authority
Reyn Bowman	Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dick Tharrington	First Carolina Management
Dennis Edwards	Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau
Henri Fourrier	Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Doug Stafford	Griffin Stafford
Craig Madison	The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa
Jim Hobbs	Hospitality Alliance of North Carolina
Emma Bennett	LiveNation
Chris Kouri	Lowe's Motor Speedway Charlotte
Sarah Freeman	Lumberton Tourism Development Authority
Martha Lamm	Nash County Travel & Tourism Council
Donna Bailey-Taylor	NC Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus
Lew Ebert	NC Chamber
Paul Stone	NC Restaurant & Lodging Association
Julia Batten Wax	NC Vacation Rental Managers Association
Scott Brewton	Pinehurst Resort & Spa
Ed Shelton	Shelton Vineyards
Doyle Parrish	Summit Hospitality Group, Ltd.
Allen Ives	Turnpike Properties, Inc.
Robert McCoy	Visit Winston-Salem

Directors Emeritus
Pat Corso
Jack Goldstein

Officers
Doyle Parrish, Chair, Board of Directors
Carol Lohr, Secretary
Paul Stone, Treasurer
B. Davis Horne, Jr., Esq. General Counsel

Executive Committee
Donna Bailey-Taylor
Jim Hobbs
Chris Kouri
Richard Thigpen

Staff
B. Davis Horne, Jr., Esq., General Counsel
Dana E. Simpson, Esq., Legislative Counsel
Amy D. McConkey, Legislative Assistant
Rebecca McGhee, Executive Director
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan