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# Visit Fort Worth

## Changes (0)

No staff-page changes recorded for this organization yet.

## Current leadership (9)

- Mitch Whitten — President & CEO
- Amy Brown — Chief Sales & Strategy Officer
- Jessica Hill — Chief Marketing Officer
- Kurt Fournier — Chief Financial Officer & Head of Research
- Drew Hays — Vice President of Sports at Visit Fort Worth & Executive Director of Fort Worth Sports Commission
- Kimber Foster — Vice President of Public Relations & Community Tourism
- Lacy Lange, CMP — Vice President of Innovation
- Melanie Hoover — Associate Vice President of Convention Sales
- Tom Martens — Senior Vice President of Creative & Brand

## Team

Captured Oct 22, 2026 from the official team page: <https://www.fortworth.com/about/fort-worth-staff/>

### Sales & convention services (14)

- Adrain Armstrong — Convention Sales & Sports Coordinator
- Carrie Huff — Senior National Sales Director
- Cassie Poss — Director of Business Development
- Cathy McNulty, CMP — Destination Event Manager
- Douglas J. Dvorak — Director of Sales - Midwest Region
- Elizabeth Story — Convention Sales Coordinator
- Juana Barba-Adame — Convention Sales Coordinator
- Julie Gorman — Director of Sales - Western Region
- Katie Heldreth — Sports Sales Manager
- Kayla Anderson — National Sales Manager
- Marcus White — Event Manager
- Mary Wilson — Director of Sales - Central Texas Region
- Melissa Hayden — Director of Sales - Mid-Atlantic Region
- Velenda Dewberry — Director of Sales - SE Region

### Other (8)

- April Montez — Sr. Manager of Destination Experience
- Austin Cox — Production Designer
- Buster Frierson — Assistant Trail Boss
- Georgia Cartwright — Trail Boss
- Hillary James — Executive Assistant to the CEO
- Paige Witherspoon — Business Intelligence Analyst
- Scott Baker — Production Designer
- Stephanie Rodriguez, CMP, SEPC — Director of Destination Experience

### Marketing & communications (6)

- Alex Catterton — Director of Marketing
- Aspen Moreno-Sanchez — Digital Marketing Manager
- Becca Berger — Director of Marketing & Public Relations
- Francesca Cicconetti — Sports Marketing Coordinator
- Sarah Arriaga — Marketing Coordinator
- Taylor Hardy — Film Commissioner, Director of Video Content

### Finance & administration (2)

- Catherine Locsin — Administrative Assistant, Finance & Accounting
- Cheryl Wilson — Finance & HR Manager

### Visitor experience (1)

- Olivia Coleman, PDM — Visitor Experience Manager

### Operations & technology (1)

- Heath Aucoin — Director of Operations

## From the IRS Form 990 (FY2024)

Revenue: $19,648,744

Contractors (5), largest first:

- UHS PREMIUM BILLING — HEALTHCARE INSURANCE — $617,298
- CITY OF FORT WORTH -FORT WORTH CONVENTIO — EVENT VENUE RENTAL — $583,795
- MAFW DBA TRAIL DRIVE MANAGEMENT CORP — EVENT VENUE RENTAL — $575,240
- KING STREET PRODUCTIONS INC — TV\FILM PRODUCTION INCENTIVES — $525,000
- EQUESTRIAN SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LLCE — FOOTING FOR EQUESTRIAN EVENTS — $428,290

Officers and directors (28):

- ROBERT JAMESON — PRESIDENT & CEO — $394,683
- MITCH WHITTEN — COO — $271,132
- KURT FOURNIER — CFO — $256,447
- AMY BROWN — SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT - SALES — $240,523
- JASON SANDS — VP OF SPORTS — $177,997
- MELANIE HOOVER — AVP SALES — $171,280
- THOMAS MARTENS — AVP BRAND & CREATIVE DIRECTOR — $164,842
- JESSICA CHRISTOPHERSON — VP OF MARKETING & FILM COMMISSIONER — $150,755
- DOUGLAS DVORK — DIRECTOR OF SALES -CHICAGO — $150,462

Others listed without compensation: BRIAN NEWBY (IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR); SUSAN ALANIS (CHAIR); LARRY AUTH (SECRETARY & TREASURER); CARLOS FLORES (DIRECTOR); DREW HAYDEN (DIRECTOR); GLENDA THOMPSON (DIRECTOR); SYLVIA TRENT-ADAMS (DIRECTOR); ROBERT AHDIEH (DIRECTOR); ELIZABETH BECK (DIRECTOR); MARUCHY CANTU (DIRECTOR); SLOAN DEAN (DIRECTOR); DAVID GLASSER (DIRECTOR); RONNY KORB (DIRECTOR); RICHARD ROBY III (DIRECTOR); KEN SCHAEFER (DIRECTOR); MARIANNE AULD (VICE CHAIR); KRISTIN ASSAD (DIRECTOR); MIGUEL CALERA (DIRECTOR); BRYAN EPPSTEIN (DIRECTOR)

Source: IRS Form 990, tax period 202509: <https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/752147792>

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