Destination Pulse

Travel Lane County Eugene Cascades Coast

eugenecascadescoast.org

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Current leadership

5 leaders

Top leader

Samara Phelps

President and CEO

Vice president

Emily Forsha

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Community Relations

Vice president

J.B. Carney

Vice President, Destination Sales and Services

Vice president

Liz Bocking

Vice President of Finance and Administration

Vice president

Stephen Hoshaw

Vice President, Marketing

Team

14 people

Team by function

  • Marketing & communications4
  • Sales & convention services4
  • Other3
  • Visitor experience2
  • Operations & technology1

Marketing & communications

4 people

  • Julia Voigt

    Director, Destination Marketing

  • Melanie Griffin

    Creative Director

  • Philis McLennan

    Director, Convention and Sports Marketing

  • Taj Barnhart Morgan

    Director, Web and Content

Sales & convention services

4 people

  • Alayna Newman

    Sports Sales and Services Manager

  • Cass Moore

    Sales and Services Coordinator

  • Fiona Gledhill

    Sales and Services Manager

  • Heidi Albertson

    Convention Sales Manager

Other

3 people

  • Georgia Richardson

    Project and Platform Coordinator

  • Haley Mendez

    Membership Coordinator

  • Megan Temple

    Senior Director, Membership and Partnerships

Visitor experience

2 people

  • Eli Panero

    Visitor Services Specialist

  • Kyle Chase

    Visitor Services Specialist

Operations & technology

1 person

  • Clarissa Warrick

    Director, Operations

5 in leadership and 14 grouped by function. Captured Oct 14, 2026 from the official team page.

From the IRS Form 990 (FY2024)

Revenue $4,479,091

Contractors (4)

  • SPARKLOFT MEDIA — MEDIA — $152,291
  • SOJERN — DIGITAL MARKET — $129,233
  • GRANICUS — DIGITAL SVCS — $110,447
  • 8TH & OLIVE LLC — RENT — $102,183

Officers and directors (32)

  • KARI WESTLUND — PRESIDENT, C — $162,722
  • SAMARA PHELPS — PRESIDENT, C — $45,090
30 others listed without compensation
  • DANA TURELL — BOARD PRESID
  • SARAH SMITH — BOARD VICE P
  • JOHN BAROFSKY — BOARD SECRET
  • PAM WHYTE — BOARD TREASU
  • IRENE ALLTUCKER — DIRECTOR
  • RICHARD BOYLES — DIRECTOR
  • COREY BULLER — DIRECTOR
  • ROBERT CANAGA — DIRECTOR
  • JULIE COLLINS — DIRECTOR
  • DOUG COOMBS — DIRECTOR
  • IAN DOBSON — DIRECTOR
  • MIKE DRENNAN — DIRECTOR
  • TOM DRISCOLL — DIRECTOR
  • MIKE DUNCAN — DIRECTOR
  • GREG EVANS — DIRECTOR
  • ALYSSA GOMEZ — DIRECTOR
  • JONNIE HELFRICH — DIRECTOR
  • COMMISSIONER DAVID LOVEALL — DIRECTOR
  • RON MOORE — DIRECTOR
  • JOSH NECKELS — DIRECTOR
  • MICHAEL NEWMAN — DIRECTOR
  • LORRIE NORMANN — DIRECTOR
  • TINA PATEL — DIRECTOR
  • DAVID PENILTON — DIRECTOR
  • GEORGE ROGER — DIRECTOR
  • BEV SMITH — DIRECTOR
  • TIM SMITH — DIRECTOR
  • VANESSA THARP — DIRECTOR
  • KAARIN KNUDSON — DIRECTOR
  • MICHELLE WEBBER — DIRECTOR

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.

Contact details

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