Destination Pulse

Visit Anchorage

anchorage.net

Changes

4 changes

  • No longer listedanchorage.net

    Laura Barber No longer listed on Visit Anchorage's staff page

    Tourism Development Sales Manager

  • No longer listedanchorage.net

    Kyle Brunger No longer listed on Visit Anchorage's staff page

    Events and Community Outreach Manager

  • Addedanchorage.net

    Toni Walsh Added to Visit Anchorage's staff page

    Events and Community Outreach Manager

  • Title changeanchorage.net

    Autumn Murray Title changed from Member Services Manager to Lead Member Services Manager

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

4 leaders

Top leader

Julie Saupe

President & CEO

Vice president

David Kasser

Senior Vice President of Sales

Vice president

Jack Bonney

Vice President of Communications

Vice president

Linda Brandon

Vice President of Destination Services

Team

28 people

Team by function

  • Sales & convention services11
  • Other9
  • Marketing & communications5
  • Visitor experience1
  • Partnerships & community1
  • Finance & administration1

Sales & convention services

11 people

  • Alex Wong

    Convention Sales Manager

  • Andrea Schmidt

    Convention Sales Manager

  • Cherise Arola

    Convention Sales Manager

  • Cindi DeClue

    Convention Sales Operations Manager

  • Heather Ruhle

    Tourism Development Sales Manager

  • Jody Overstreet

    Convention Sales Manager (Statewide)

  • Kara Troglin

    Tourism Development Sales Manager

  • Katie Purrington

    Convention Sales Manager

  • Katy Ouellette

    Tourism Development Sales Manager

  • Marlene Geils

    Convention Sales Manager

  • Tia Froehle

    Director, Tourism Sales

Other

9 people

  • Angela Arturo

    Shared Services Manager

  • Autumn Murray

    Lead Member Services Manager

  • Brandon Bass

    Shared Services Assistant

  • Britta-Lis Perry

    Production Manager

  • Gretchen Kime Setzer

    Executive Assistant

  • Hillery Baerny

    Shared Services Specialist

  • Mallary Schwarz

    Member Services Manager

  • Nedra Anderson

    Human Resource Manager

  • Shawn Bass

    IT Director

Marketing & communications

5 people

  • Lauren Culhane

    Digital Marketing Manager

  • Lilly Kelly

    Director of Marketing

  • May Stokes

    Content & Engagement Manager

  • Teri Hendricks

    Communications Operations Manager

  • Terika Kons

    Content Specialist

Visitor experience

1 person

  • Julie Jokinen

    Visitor Services Manager

Partnerships & community

1 person

  • Toni Walsh

    Events and Community Outreach Manager

Finance & administration

1 person

  • Angela Johnstone

    Controller

4 in leadership and 28 grouped by function. Captured Oct 22, 2026 from the official team page.

From the IRS Form 990 (FY2024)

Revenue $16,013,730

Contractors (4)

  • MSI COMMUNICATIONS — PUBLIC RELATIONS — $704,227
  • ALASKA CHANNEL — PUBLIC RELATIONS — $250,417
  • THOMPSON AND CO — PUBLIC RELATIONS — $144,150
  • MCKINLEY RESEARCH GROUP INC — PUBLIC RELATIONS — $139,000

Officers and directors (34)

  • JULIE SAUPE — CEO & PRESIDENT — $222,446
  • DAVID KASSER — VP SALES — $163,136
  • SHAWN BASS — IT DIRECTOR — $120,049
  • JACK BONNEY — VP COMMUNICATIONS — $113,729
  • SARAH PURRINGTON — CONVENTION SALES MANAGER — $101,114
29 others listed without compensation
  • CYRUS ALDEMAN — MEMBER
  • ALLISON BENDIS — MEMBER
  • LAUREN DREITZLER — MEMBER
  • LORI BREWER — MEMBER
  • KAREN BRONGA — MEMBER
  • JIN CHEN — CHAIR
  • LANIE DOWNS — MEMBER
  • RAQUEL EDELEN — MEMBER
  • NICOLE GEILS — MEMBER
  • CARISSA GILIAM — MEMBER
  • SCOTT HABBERSTAD — MEMBER
  • MANDY HAWES — VICE CHAIR
  • ALEXA DONAHE — MEMBER
  • JACOB LYON — MEMBER
  • CHAR MCCLELLAND — MEMBER
  • MIKE MONTERUSSO — MEMBER
  • ANGIE OBERLITNER — MEMBER
  • KAMERON PEREZ-VERDIA — MEMBER
  • AMY GREEN — PROFESSOR
  • LANA RAMOS — MEMBER
  • MIKE ROBBINS — MEMBER
  • SCHAWNA THOMA — SECRETARY
  • CARL JOHNSON — MEMBER
  • TONI WALKER — MEMBER
  • SONYA WELLMAN — PAST CHAIR
  • MATT WORDEN — MEMBER
  • RADHIKA KRISHNA — ADVISOR
  • CHRIS SWALLING — ADVISOR
  • JENNA WRIGHT — ADVISOR

As reported on the organization's IRS Form 990 for tax period 202412. Compensation is shown only where the filing reports an amount above zero. View the filing on ProPublica.

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