The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has announced its 2025-26 board of directors, including the newly elected directors who will officially begin their two-year terms at the close of this year’s Travel Advisor Conference, concluding today in Salt Lake City, UT. The event was held May 20-22 at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City.
The board annually elects directors to serve on its executive committee, consisting of a chair, vice chair/secretary and treasurer. The chair of the Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) also serves on the Executive Committee and is selected by the voting members of the CAC. Zane Zerby, the president and CEO of ASTA, is also an ex officio, non-voting member.
Following the vote by the board of directors, the 2025-26 executive committee is as follows:
- Chair — Lee Thomas, NousTravel, LLC
- Vice Chair/Secretary — Eric Maryanov, All-Travel
- Treasurer — Anita Pagliasso, KHM Travel Group
- CAC Chair— Amanda Klimak, Largay Travel
The entire board of directors is as follows:
- Chandra Brown, Cruise Planners – Global Travel Pros LLC
- Cindy Coggin, Coggin Travels
- Melinda Fortunato, Best Travel
- William Haire, Travelink
- Pamela Irwin, Mansour Travel / ATB Travel
- Amanda Klimak, Largay Travel
- Anne MacIntyre, On the Map Travel
- Eric Maryanov, All-Travel
- Anita Pagliasso, KHM Travel Group
- Virginia Peterson, Lake Shore Travel Service
- Lynda Phillippi, Renaissance Travel
- Shelly Phillips, Travel By That Girl
- Alex Sharpe, Signature Travel Network
- Lee Thomas, NousTravel, LLC
- Cynthia Tyo, Travel Travel Fargo – Moorhead, Inc.
In a press satement, ASTA said it “wishes to recognize the outgoing directors and thank them for their outstanding leadership: Kathy Bedell, Deb Belchak, Kelly Bergin, Jackie Friedman, Kareem George, Rob Hale and Rhonda Shumway.
“ASTA would also like to thank all the membership that participated by voting in the election process. We appreciate your commitment to ASTA’s leadership.”
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