Richmond Region Tourism

visitrichmondva.com

Changes

8 changes

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    Ariana Cooper Added to Richmond Region Tourism's staff page

    Accounting & Administrative Specialist

  • Addedvisitrichmondva.com

    Corey Lane Added to Richmond Region Tourism's staff page

    Vice President of Marketing

  • No longer listedvisitrichmondva.com

    Dayna Flowers No longer listed on Richmond Region Tourism's staff page

    Destination Services Manager

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    Madison Mel Alexander Added to Richmond Region Tourism's staff page

    Community Relations Engagement Manager

  • Title changevisitrichmondva.com

    Grantland Steele Title changed from Manager of Executive and Board Operations to Manager of Executive Administration

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    Haley Rubi Added to Richmond Region Tourism's staff page

    Sales Administration Coordinator

  • Title changevisitrichmondva.com

    Robin Chidester Title changed from Senior Manager of Accounting to Director of Finance and Administration

  • Title changevisitrichmondva.com

    Ashleigh Wilson Title changed from Sales Administrative Coordinator to Sports Events Specialist

Detected automatically each week from the official staff page. Not verified: a page redesign or an extraction error can produce a change that never happened, so check the linked page before acting on a row.

Current leadership

6 leaders

Top leader

Katherine O'Donnell, CDME

President and CEO

Executive

Jerrine Lee, STS, CSEE

Chief Growth Officer

Vice president

Corey Lane

Vice President of Marketing

Vice president

Danielle Fitz-Hugh

Vice President of Community Relations

Vice president

Matt Robinette, CSEE, CMP

Vice President of Visitor Experience

Vice president

Shavonne Harding

Vice President of Destination Sales

Team

26 people

Team by function

  • Sales & convention services9
  • Marketing & communications6
  • Partnerships & community5
  • Finance & administration3
  • Visitor experience1
  • Operations & technology1
  • Other1

Sales & convention services

9 people

  • Ashleigh Wilson

    Sports Events Specialist

  • Casey Armstrong

    National Destination Sales Manager

  • Danny Bonifas

    Director of Sports & Events

  • Elise Hrabe

    Destination Sales Manager

  • Gerald K. Taylor

    Sports Sales & Events Manager

  • Haley Rubi

    Sales Administration Coordinator

  • Jason Whitt

    National Destination Sales Manager

  • Morgan Kenley

    Sports Events Manager

  • Reed Patterson

    Senior Event Services Manager

Marketing & communications

6 people

  • Alex Eady

    Senior Content Marketing Manager

  • Aubrey Lipscomb

    Public Relations Manager

  • Carla Murray

    Director of Marketing Communications

  • Chase Gunn

    Senior Creative Marketing Manager

  • Mike Ritchie

    Director of Marketing & Creative Services

  • Rebecca Kontos

    Digital Content Manager

Partnerships & community

5 people

  • Madison Mel Alexander

    Community Relations Engagement Manager

  • Sarah Hunter

    Community Relations & Events Manager

  • Tameka Jefferson

    Senior Manager of Cultural Tourism & DEI

  • Tamera Harris

    Director of Community Relations

  • Toni Bastian

    Director of Accessibility & Tourism Sales

Finance & administration

3 people

  • Ariana Cooper

    Accounting & Administrative Specialist

  • Grantland Steele

    Manager of Executive Administration

  • Robin Chidester

    Director of Finance and Administration

Visitor experience

1 person

  • Shelly Jiggetts

    Visitor Experience Manager

Operations & technology

1 person

  • Courtenay White

    CRM Database Administrator

Other

1 person

  • Liana Acevedo, CMP

    Director of Destination Services

6 in leadership and 26 grouped by function. Captured Oct 18, 2026 from the official team page.

From the IRS Form 990 (FY2024)

Revenue $145,491

Contractors (0)

None listed on the filing.

Officers and directors (8)

  • KATHERINE O'DONNELL — PRESIDENT/CE
  • LISA SIMS — CHAIR
  • NEIL AMIN — SECRETARY
  • NANCY THOMAS — DIRECTOR
  • SUSAN P DIBBLE — TREASURER
  • DR MARK MILLER — 1ST VICE CHA
  • ELLEN ROBERTSON — 2ND VICE CHA
  • DANIEL SCHMITT — PAST CHAIRMA

As reported on the organization's IRS Form 990 for tax period 202506. Compensation is shown only where the filing reports an amount above zero. View the filing on ProPublica.

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