ACTE Elects Three Int'l Buyers To Board

For the first time in its history, residents of countries other than the United States dominate the global board of directors of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. New board members of the Alexandria, Va.-based organization are Alisa Bornstein of Sweden, Peter Sijbers of the Netherlands and Megan Stowe of Singapore. Their terms commence immediately and will remain in effect until 2008.

Additionally, Rick Robert was reelected to Canada's region for a second term, and Tony D'Astolfo was appointed as the U.S. region's representative to complete the term vacated by the late Mary Kay Bellersen.

Serving as one of two new board members at large is Alisa Bornstein. As a sourcing area manager for Ericsson Group AB, she is responsible for such strategic managed travel sourcing activities as market analysis, supplier evaluation, and negotiation of global and national travel services agreements. She is an 11-year travel industry veteran.

Peter Sijbers, global commodity manager at Philips International BV, also will aid as board member at large. Sijbers is responsible for the company's worldwide airline program that has operations in 30 countries. Sijbers spent 17 of his 26 years in the industry in travel management and procurement.

Brian Donnelly, FCm Travel Solutions' regional director in the United Kingdom, and Marcos Isaac, director of corporate and distribution channels with E-Travel in Spain, also vied for the at-large seats.

Megan Stowe ran unopposed to fill the Asia/Pacific regional seat. She is manager of global hotel sourcing and Asia/Latin America sourcing travel at Intel and has worked for Intel in both managing marketing events and procurement for the past 10 years.

Rick Robert, who also ran unopposed in Canada's region, is the associate director of travel and expense management at Bell Canada. Tony D'Astolfo is vice president of travel services at Rearden Commerce.

"It is the board's diverse expertise that continues to set us apart as a global association," ACTE president Greeley Koch said in a statement. "They'll play a vital role in determining the direction we take and the impact we'll have on critical issues."