Destination Pulse

Visit Knoxville

visitknoxville.com

Changes

2 changes

  • Addedvisitknoxville.com

    Ce'Nedra Dillard Added to Visit Knoxville's staff page

    Senior Director of Sports Commission

  • No longer listedvisitknoxville.com

    Parker Medley No longer listed on Visit Knoxville's staff page

    Senior Director of Sports Commission

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

1 leader

Top leader

Kim Bumpas

President

Team

7 people

Team by function

  • Marketing & communications2
  • Sales & convention services2
  • Visitor experience1
  • Finance & administration1
  • Other1

Marketing & communications

2 people

  • Alyssa Sloan

    Senior Director of Marketing

  • Shera Petty

    Senior Director of Marketing Partnerships

Sales & convention services

2 people

  • Ce'Nedra Dillard

    Senior Director of Sports Commission

  • Curt Willis

    Senior Director Film Office

Visitor experience

1 person

  • Monica Armstrong

    Senior Director of Visitor and Retail Services

Finance & administration

1 person

  • Nicole Merlino

    Senior Director of Finance & Administration

Other

1 person

  • Kelli Gibson, CMP

    Senior Director of Destination Services

1 in leadership and 7 grouped by function. Captured Oct 18, 2026 from the official team page.

From the IRS Form 990 (FY2024)

Revenue $13,468,204

Contractors (3)

  • SIMPLEVIEW — ANNUAL AGREEMENT FOR CVB TOURISM SOFTWAR — $168,001
  • CHROMA ENERGY GROUP — CONSTRUCTION — $167,042
  • ACR III LSC HOLDINGS LLC — VISITOR GUIDE PRINTING — $154,125

Officers and directors (13)

  • KIM BUMPAS CDME CMP — PRESIDENT — $216,677
  • CHAD CULVER — SR DIRECTOR SPORTS COMMISS — $117,677
11 others listed without compensation
  • PAUL JORDAN — DIRECTOR
  • JAY KRAMER — TREASURER
  • ROBIN PATE — SECRETARY
  • CHRIS OOTEN — CHAIRMAN
  • LOLA ALAPO — VICE CHAIRMAN
  • MARGARET COUNTS — DIRECTOR
  • KRISTIN FARLEY — DIRECTOR
  • BECKY HUCKABY — DIRECTOR
  • COURTNEY BERGMEIER — DIRECTOR
  • JOSEPH MACK — DIRECTOR
  • CHRIS PARROTT — 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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