Destination Pulse

Visit Fort Worth

fortworth.com

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Current leadership

9 leaders

Top leader

Mitch Whitten

President & CEO

Executive

Amy Brown

Chief Sales & Strategy Officer

Executive

Jessica Hill

Chief Marketing Officer

Executive

Kurt Fournier

Chief Financial Officer & Head of Research

Vice president

Drew Hays

Vice President of Sports at Visit Fort Worth & Executive Director of Fort Worth Sports Commission

Vice president

Kimber Foster

Vice President of Public Relations & Community Tourism

Vice president

Lacy Lange, CMP

Vice President of Innovation

Vice president

Melanie Hoover

Associate Vice President of Convention Sales

Vice president

Tom Martens

Senior Vice President of Creative & Brand

Team

32 people

Team by function

  • Sales & convention services14
  • Other8
  • Marketing & communications6
  • Finance & administration2
  • Visitor experience1
  • Operations & technology1

Sales & convention services

14 people

  • 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 people

  • 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 people

  • 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 people

  • Catherine Locsin

    Administrative Assistant, Finance & Accounting

  • Cheryl Wilson

    Finance & HR Manager

Visitor experience

1 person

  • Olivia Coleman, PDM

    Visitor Experience Manager

Operations & technology

1 person

  • Heath Aucoin

    Director of Operations

9 in leadership and 32 grouped by function. Captured Oct 22, 2026 from the official team page.

From the IRS Form 990 (FY2024)

Revenue $19,648,744

Contractors (5)

  • 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
19 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

As reported on the organization's IRS Form 990 for tax period 202509. Compensation is shown only where the filing reports an amount above zero. View the filing on ProPublica.

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