The board members serve from October 1, 2019 until September 30, 2020. Coinciding with the recent appointments and the new decade is the launch of the Destination Strategic Plan (DSP) for 2020-2025 and Annual Action Plan for 2020.The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised of the following individuals:  Chair, Christine Johnson, President, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast; Vice Chair, Nicholas Mavrikis, General Manager, Embassy Suites; and Secretary/Treasurer, Lorrie Liang, Chief Operating Officer, Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Steven High, Executive Director, The Ringling Museum is the Immediate Past Chair. 

Returning general members of the VSC Board are: Heather Kasten, Executive Director, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Patrick Moreo, Professor and Dean of College of Hospitality & Tourism Leadership, USF-Sarasota Manatee; Russell Matthes, Owner/V.P. of Marketing, Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar; Sondra Guffey, Marketing & Business Development Specialist, The City of North Port; and Varinia Van Ness, Esquire, Van Ness Law Group, P.A. New appointments to the Board are: Alan Maio, County Commissioner, Sarasota County Commission; Gil Reyes, General Manager, Westin Sarasota; Lori Ruth, Associate Publisher, Observer East; and Richard Russell, Executive Director, Sarasota Opera.

To learn more about the Fiscal Year 2020 Board of Directors, the 2020-2025 DSP or the 2020 Annual Action Plan, visit www.VisitSarasota.com or contact Britney Guertin at BGuertin@VisitSarasota.org.