The National Business Travel Association's education and research foundation today announced the appointment of Fay Beauchine, executive vice president for Carlson Marketing and a former Northwest Airlines sales executive, as the new chair of its board of trustees.
The foundation's new vice chair is Katina Tryforos, travel manager for airline programs and customer service field operations for Deloitte Services LP.
New members of the board include Ralph Colunga, director of global travel sourcing and meetings and events for Oracle Corp. and
BTN's 2007 International Travel Manager of the Year
(BTN, Nov. 19, 2007); Robert Lambert, senior vice president of commercial sales for Avis Budget Group; Debi Scholar, meeting and event services director for PricewaterhouseCoopers and one of Meetings Today's 2007 Best Meeting Practitioners
(Meetings Today, July 23, 2007); Steve Sear, vice president of sales and customer care for Northwest/KLM Airlines; and Steve Singh, chairman and CEO of Concur Technologies.