JEFF ADELI | TREASURER PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Partner STEPHEN AICHELE Saul Ewing LLP, Partner ANNIE ALLMAN Reading Terminal Market, CEO & General Manager LAKSHMAN AMARANAYAKA American Airlines, Vice President, American Airlines at PHL GEORGE BEACH | EMERITUS Beach Creative Communications, Chairman, President & CEO ROMONA RISCOE BENSON Riscoe Benson Strategies, President & CEO ALISON BIRDWELL Aramark Sports and Entertainment, President & CEO ROBERT BOGLE | EMERITUS The Philadelphia Tribune, President & CEO MIKE BOWMAN Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, President and CEO KAREN DOUGHERTY BUCHHOLZ | CHAIR Comcast Corporation, EVP, Administration LEONARD BUCKLEY The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia General Manager ROCHELLE CAMERON Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, President & CEO TOM CARAMANICO Independence Historical Trust, Executive Director GREGG CAREN Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, President & CEO JOHN CHIN Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, Executive Director ANTHONY CONTI Visit Philadelphia, Chair A. BRUCE CRAWLEY | EMERITUS Millennium 3 Management, President & CEO JOEL DAVIS NBC Universal, President & General Manager NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS | EMERITUS Aqua America, Chairman Emeritus LARRY DUBINSKI The Franklin Institute, President and CEO J. DONALD DUMPSON, PH.D Diverse Arts Solutions, President and CEO THE HONORABLE DWIGHT EVANS | EMERITUS U.S. Congress, U.S. Congressman DONNA FARRELL Independence Blue Cross, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Communications KAREN FEGELY | EX OFFICIO City of Philadelphia, Commerce Department Acting Commerce Director DANIEL FITZPATRICK | EMERITUS Citizens Bank - PA/NJ/DE, President & CEO RYAN FLEUR The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, President & CEO JOE FORKIN Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, President AMY GIDDINGS Temple University - STHM, Associate Dean TODD GLICKMAN Comcast Spectacor, Chief Revenue & Business Officer JOHN GRADY Wexford Science & Technology, Sr. Vice President, Northeast Region EDWARD GROSE Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, Executive Director PREMA GUPTA Center City District, President & CEO WILLIAM HANKOWSKY Wayne Street Enterprises LLC, President JODIE HARRIS Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp., President CAROL HUNT Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, Retired VP of Finance ROBERT JAEGER | EMERITUS WNW Hospitality Group, President THE HONORABLE KENYATTA JOHNSON EX OFFICIO Philadelphia City Council, President JAZELLE JONES | EX OFFICIO City of Philadelphia, City Representative ASHLEY JORDAN, PH.D African American Museum of Philadelphia, President JOHN KROLL Keating Partners, President DAVID LIPSON Advisor KATHRYN OTT LOVELL Philadelphia Visitor Center Corp., President JOHN MCNICHOL | VICE CHAIR Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, President and CEO JOSEPH METERCHICK PNC Bank, Regional President, Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware MEGAN MOYER | SECRETARY Saul Ewing LLP, Partner DAVID NASATIR Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, Chair PATRICK OATES, PH.D EMSCO Scientific Enterprise, Sr. Vice President of Business Development CATHERINE PIOTROWSKI 30th Street Station/Vantage Group, General Manager LEAH POPOWICH University of Pennsylvania, Office of the President KEN REED | VICE CHAIR Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, General Manager ANNE RYAN | EX OFFICIO Commonwealth of PA - DCED, Deputy Secretary of Tourism Development SCOTT SAUER SEPTA, General Manager STEVEN SIMS Independence National Historical Park, Superintendent EDWARD SLEVIN | EMERITUS Ballard Spahr LLP, Retired Partner RICHARD LEE SNOW United Negro College Fund, Regional Development Director STEPHEN STARR STARR Restaurant Group, Founder and CEO LAUREN SWARTZ World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, President & CEO MARIAN TASCO | EMERITUS Former City Councilmember ANDREW TOD GF Management, Executive Vice President ANGELA VAL Visit Philadelphia, President & CEO STEVE WILDEMANN Advanced Staging Productions, President KENNETH WONG CIG Asia Ltd., President PHLCVB BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025 ANNUAL REPORT 51