Conference Speakers

Abigail Rome, Consultant, Terra Vista Consulting
Alan Graefe, Associate Professor, Penn State University
Angela West, National Program Manager-Tourism & Community Services, Bureau of Land Management
Andrew Fairley, Treasurer, Board of Directors, The International Ecotourism Society
Arthur DeJong, Mountain Planning and Environmental Resource Manager, Whistler Blackcomb
Betsey Howell, Executive Director, Central Pennsylvania Convention & Visitors Bureau
Bill Bryan, Co-Founder and Chairman, Off the Beaten Path / Member Company, Adventure Collection
Bob Krumenaker, Superintendent, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI, National Park Service
Bob McElwee, Publisher, Modern Traveler magazine
Bruce Poon Tip, President and CEO, G.A.P Adventures
Carol Kline, NC Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina State University
Carol Patterson, President, Kalahari Management Inc.
Carol Sheedy, Director General, External Relations and Visitor Experience Directorate, Parks Canada Agency
Carole Summers Morris, President, Meritage Consulting
Christina Cavaliere, Director of Training and Education, The International Ecotourism Society
Clinton Belcher, President, CB Powers Enterprises, Proudly Representing Absolute Customer Service Group & Canadian Ecotourism Services
Costas Christ, Judging Chairman, World Travel and Tourism Council -Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Daniel Dustin, Department Chair, College of Health, Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, University of Utah
Dan Gifford, Manager, Expeditions Travel Program, National Wildlife Federation
Daniel-Paul Bork, CEO, Aboriginal Tourism Canada
Dave Butler, Director, Land Resources, Canadian Mountain Holidays Inc.
Dave Sollitt, Executive Director, The International Ecotourism Society
David Taylor, Professor, University of North Texas
Deb Kerstetter, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Penn State University
Ed Sanders, Founder and President, Ecotourism International
Francis Farrell, Publisher, National Geographic Adventure magazine
Frances Figart, Editor, Modern Traveler magazine
George Wendt, “President and Founder, O.A.R.S.
Hans Peter Jorgensen, Owner, Heartland Consulting, LLC / Group Tour Manager, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Hugh Hough, President, Green Team Advertising
Ian Robertson, Executive Director, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Rocky Mountaineer Vacations
Jan Joannides, Executive Director and Co-founder, Renewing the Countryside
Jane Karhi, Initiatives Officer, Tourism, FedNor-Industry Canada
Jason White, Project Specialist/General Manager, Absolute Customer Service Group & Canadian Ecotourism Services
Jeremy Roberts, Senior Staff Naturalist, Papoose Creek Lodge
John Imes, Executive Director, Wisconsin Environmental Initiative /Travel Green Wisconsin /Co-owner, Arbor House, an Environmental Inn
John Ivanko & Lisa Kivirist, Owners, Inn Serendipity / Co-Authors, Rural Renaissance & Renewing the Countryside
Julia Washburn, Co-Chair, National Park Service Education Council /Principal, Trillium Resources Group
Karin Leperi, Agritourism Consultant, USDA
Karen Lewis, Co-Founder and Owner, Lapa Rios Ecolodge /Board of Directors, The International Ecotourism Society
Keith Sproule, Tourism Planner, Indepedent Consultant, Longmont, Colorado/Board of Directors, The International Ecotourism Society
Kelly Bricker, Chair, Board of Directors, The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), Associate Professor – Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, University of Utah
Kimberly Lisagor, Freelance journalist and Author, San Luis Obispo, California
Kim Whytock, President & Strategic Planner, Kim Whytock & Associates Inc.
Krista Flanagan, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kristin Lamoureux, Director, The International Institute of Tourism Studies, The George Washington University
Laurie Adams, Developer/Project Manager and General Manager, E’Terra
Lori Pennington-Gray, Associate Professor and Director, the Center for Tourism Research and Development, University of Florida
Marie Uehling, Director of Donor Stewardship, National Wildlife Federation
Martha Honey, Executive Director, Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development
Megan Epler-Wood, Partner, Native Energy Travel Offsets
Michael Strigel, Executive Director, Gathering Waters Conservancy
J. Michael Robbins, Partner, The Tourism Company
M.J. Viederman, Vice President of Communications, Lindblad Expeditions
Paige Schneider, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, & Resource Studies, Michigan State University /Head of Research, Xola Consulting
Pamela Ward, Executive Director, Metepenagiag Heritage Park
Peter Biermeier, Section Chief, External Relations and Planning, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Peter Krahenbuhl, Vice President, Sustainable Travel International
Randy Williams, President and CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Richard Franko, Principal, MITHUN
*Rick Brooks, Program Outreach Manager for the Department of Professional Development & Applied Studies, Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin /Advisory Council, VolunTourism
Rick MacLeod Farley, Principal Consultant, MacLeod Farley & Associates
Robert B. Richardson, Assistant Professor, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies, Michigan State University
Robin McGinley, Executive Director, Cree Outfitting and Tourism Association
Nancy Sandstrom, Co-owner/Innkeeper, Pinehurst Inn, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Steve Sandstrom, Co-owner/Innkeeper, Pinehurst Inn, Bayfield, Wisconsin /Sustainability Educator, Northland College & UW-River Falls
Steve Brachman Waste Reduction and Management Specialist and Distinguished Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Extension Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
Stuart Cottrell, Associate Professor, Global Tourism Coordinator, Colorado State University
Sylvie Blangy, EU Marie Curie Research Fellow, Carleton University
Tom Farley, Director of Marketing, Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tony Turrini, Senior Counsel, National Wildlife Federation, Alaska Natural Resource Center
Trace Gale, Community Based Business Development and Extension Assistant Professor, West Virginia University Extension Service
Valerie Sheppard, Senior Tourism Development Officer, Tourism Development Branch, Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Province of British Columbia