The Association of Corporate Travel Executives promoted Stephanie Smook to EMEA director, a role she's occupied on an interim basis since July 2017. Before joining ACTE in 2014, she was a corporate travel buyer for Nike Europe. Smook replaces Caroline Allen, who will work on special projects into next year.
Meanwhile, the Global Business Travel Association has established an advisory board for WINiT, the career-development network for women that GBTA acquired this summer. Members are:
- Chair: Best Western Hotels & Resorts chief marketing officer & SVP Dorothy Dowling
- Vice Chair:WINiT founder and Arrow 212 managing director Mick Lee
- Boeing Indirect Supply Chain VP Delores Alexander
- Hertz chief marketing officer & EVP Jodi Allen
- Deloitte global chief procurement officer Michele Bryant
- GBTA SVP of professional development and research Amanda Cecil
- Tramada Systems North America head Mary Ellen George
- GBTA president and Johnson Downie VP of travel and business services Christle Johnson
- Avis Budget Group SVP Beth Kinerk
- Expedia Global Partner Group SVP Melissa Maher
- GBTA executive director and COO Michael McCormick
- Sabre lodging, ground and sea SVP Traci Mercer
- Hyatt Hotels Corp. chief HR officer Malaika Myers
- SpotHero for Business head Becca Rabinowitz
- WINit program development VP Dawn Repoli
- Delta sales operations and development VP Kristen Shovlin
- GBTA Allied Leadership Council president and Dav El|BostonCoach Chauffeured Transportation Network president and CEO Scott Solombrino