2022 2022WITH WITH SEPTEMBER 8-9 WOMEN IN TOURISM & WHOSPITALITY OMEN IN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY SAN DIEGO, SCA AN DIEGO, CA CONFERENCE CONFERENCE
1380HarborIslandDrive SanDiego,CA92101 September8-9,2022 Charting our Future: Leading with Resilience 1
Their words and their messages are informed by the experiences and challenges they have overcome, the success they have attained, and the inspiration they have felt along their journey
MCCSN is pleased to present and provide this great opportunity for you to participate in an immersive, engaging and provocative day long program, where people passionate about hospitality gather, connect, share and hear from leaders in their fields.
We are thankful to our sponsors and supporters who share our mission of investing in the professional development of our future industry leaders. We are an industry of Resilience, and face to face meetings is what we do best We encourage your continued and active participation in our work. Thank you for investing in your future. Together we will come back stronger and better!
We have created a program and format that will enable you to interact with top industry leaders, executive and experts from all industry segments and discuss the conference theme, ‘Charting our Future: Leading with Resilience’.
We encourage your active participation in this great occasion of sharing and networking
They will address the concerns and the challenges of the twenty first century and suggest strategies to overcome them They will generously promote collaborations that expand our understanding of our interconnectedness, and the difference we can and must make together.
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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd Annual Women in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH) national conference presented by MCCSN and the WITH Advisory Board
Congratulations to our phenomenal 2022 WITH Honorees! Thank you for the awesome work you are doing to make a difference in our industry.Keep blazing the trail!
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Charting our Future: Leading with Resilience
Apart from the invigorating program, I am fully confident that WITH 2022 will offer you an unforgettable cultural experience with like minded men and women emerging as leaders for diversity, equity and inclusion in the hospitality and tourism industry.
2022 WITH CONFERENCE!
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THANKYOU THANKYOUTO TO OURSPONSORS! OURSPONSORS! HonoreeTableSponsors HiltonGardenInn/HomewoodSuites HiltonLaJollaTorreyPines MainlyMozart OVG360 RARHospitality SanDiegoConventionCenter SanDiegoTheaters SmartCityNetworks IndustryPartners BeBellaDesign EvansHotels HiltonSanDiegoGaslamp OmniSanDiegoHotel SheratonSanDiegoHotel&Marina TheBreiningGroup TheShipyard HiltonSanDiegoBayfront GoodmanJohnsonandAssociates VisitCarlsbad Exhibitors BartellHotels OptionsforAll SanDiegoTourismAuthority BroadwaySanDiego CalCoastCreditUnion UncleKeith’sGourmetFoods Women@Hyatt 4
Special Thanks to Our ClaraCarter KarimaZaki,CHA DeeAnneSnyder,CMP DaniaDuke RobertRauch,CHA President&FounderMulti CulturalConventionServices WomeninTourismand Hospitality FounderFatKatRealty InvestmentGroup DirectorofEventServicesfor SanDiegoConvention CenterCorporation GeneralManager DavidsonHotelsandResorts ChiefExecutiveOfficer RARHospitality ADVISORYBOARD LucyBurni PrincipalandPresident BurniEnterprises OliviaWilson ReggieWoolridge GeneralManager MarriottInternational CarolynJohnson GoodmanJohnsonAssociates Click each picture learn more about our Advisory Board 5
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GENERAL SESSION | SILVER PEARL A&B
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH
7:30AM 4:00PM
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | SILVER PEARL A&B
4:00PM 7:30PM
8:30AM 8:35AM
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11:30AM 12:00PM
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GENERAL SESSIONS | SILVER PEARL A&B
10:20AM-11:00AM
AWARDS PRESENTATIONS | SILVER PEARL A&B
SUCCESSION PLANNING WITH PATTI ROSCOE | SILVER PEARL C&D
8:40AM-9:10AM
7:00AM 1:00PM
EXHIBITOR MARKETPLACE | SILVER PEARL C&D
1:15PM-1:30PM
4:00PM 5:30PM
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WELCOME RECEPTION | EVENTIDE GARDENS
BREAKFAST WITH EXHIBITORS | SILVER PEARL C&D
BAYSIDE CHAT: STORYTELLING | SILVER PEARL A&B
2:00PM-2:45PM
CLOSING REMARKS | SILVER PEARL A&B
5:30PM-7:30PM
7:30AM-8:30AM
DEI PANEL DISCUSSION | SILVER PEARL A&B
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH
WITH AWARDS LUNCHEON | SILVER PEARL A&B
NETWORKING | QUINN'S ALE HOUSE
NETWORKING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS & C SUITES | SILVER PEARL C&D
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AUDACIOUS WOMEN - BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH PANEL | SILVER PEARL A&B
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
1:30PM 2:00PM
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER | SILVER PEARL A&B
REGISTRATION | EVENTIDE GARDENS
EXHIBITOR MARKETPLACE | SILVER PEARL C&D
12:40PM-1:15PM
SELF-CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION & NEGOTIATIONS PANEL | SILVER PEARL A&B
REGISTRATION | SILVER PEARL FOYER
HONOREES INTRODUCTION & PANEL | SILVER PEARL A&B
MEETING SPACE: MARINA TOWER
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The WITH Networking Mixers was added in 2017 as a networking opportunity for industry career professionals to connect in a relaxed and professional atmosphere. Guests at the mixers include WITH Honorees, key industry executives, business owners, industry suppliers, meeting and event planners, industry colleagues, community leaders, and entrepreneurs. Everyone at all levels has expressed appreciation for this opportunity to mix business with pleasure and enjoy the entertainment, hearty appetizers and opportunity gifts. and more.
Women In Tourism & Hospitality (WITH) Program History
The WITH Awards Luncheon and celebration was the original WITH program emphasis. Clara Carter says ”We believed that celebrating well known, respected, influential, and unsung women at the pinnacle of their careers would also inspire tomorrow’s leaders. We were right! Guests at the luncheon include tourism executives, industry insiders, new professionals, entrepreneurs, and students. They have coined the term “WITH IT!” to express their delight in the concept of the award, the sisterhood embodied within it, and the event itself.” Thanks to WITH supporters, industry sponsors, and donors, WITH has grown by 25% every year since 2015 and now includes a Silent Auction to raise funds for the WITH Scholarship.
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W.I.T.H. UNITY was created to foster the idea of bringing women together in community. It helps support our mission and increase our capacity to lead, collaborate and create positive change. It is THE way members can access the WITH executive network, connect to peers, learn new industry trends, market ourselves and our brands globally, talk creatively about the future of our industry, and have FUN.
Clara Carter, President and CEO of MCCSN, founded the WITH Program in 2015 to fulfill her dream to recognize and encourage the contributions of women professionals at all stages of their careers. Her work began with a local focus on the women in tourism and hospitality in the San Diego metro area. In five short years WITH has grown and become the premier program significantly impacting the tourism and hospitality industry. It now embraces the recognition, collaboration, diversity, inclusion, elevation and community of women nationwide.
C h a r t i n g o u r F u t u r e : L e a d i n g w i t h R e s i l i e n c e
The WITH Advisory Board, WITH Good Guy and WITH UNITY were created in 2019, in response to requests from honorees, supporters and attendees to have greater involvement in what had become “the WITH movement”. Our mission: WITH supports, empowers and strengthens diversity and inclusion for women in the hospitality industry and provides education, leadership strategies, mentorship and networking opportunities in a forward thinking environment.
The WITH Advisory Board was created to be the “Guiding Light” for Clara’s vision. The Board is comprised of past honorees and industry executives selected because of their amazing work in the industry, their superb experience, their excellent reputation, their perceptive insight into industry trends, and their ongoing support of the WITH program. Through their membership on the Advisory Board, these women and men continue to shape the inclusiveness of our industry by supporting today’s women leaders, helping to guide and prepare leaders of the future and helping to achieve WITH’s Clara’s vision of expanding this program to include a “WITH Conference”. WITH MEN was created to reflect the organization’s Clara’s commitment to inclusion and diversity. It is the Male/Female Executive Nexus (MEN) linking and connecting the women and the men thought leaders who support women in the workplace.
Annual W.I.T.H. Conference is the next step towards our ultimate vision of a beautiful world where women collaborate with each other, companies, educational institutions, governments, corporations, and non governmental organizations to strengthen diversity and inclusion, and financial capacity. Thanks to the enthusiastic response and interest from around the globe, the program is well on its way to realizing that vision. Join us, follow us and work with us as we make history and become WITH INTERNATIONAL. As Clara says, “ The future belongs to those who dream and work”. Let’s Get WITH it! Building Capacity for Women Together.
Women In Tourism & Hospitality (WITH) Program History
C h a r t i n g o u r F u t u r e : L e a d i n g w i t h R e s i l i e n c e
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MEETTHESPEAKERS MEETTHESPEAKERS OPENING KEYNOTE OSPEAKER PENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER LUNCHEON KEYNOTE LSPEAKERS UNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TYRONNESTOUDEMIRE TYRONNESTOUDEMIRE SeniorVPGlobalDiversity,Equity &InclusionforHyattCorporation CAROLINEBETETA CAROLINEBETETA President&CEOof VisitCalifornia TASHABOERNERHORVATH TASHABOERNERHORVATH CaliforniaStateAssemblymember 76thDistrict Click each picture to learn more about the speakers!12
C hart i n g our Fut ur e : Lead i n g wit h Resil i ence Congrats to Our Honorees! These women are role models, high achievers, women who combine extraordinary imagination and generosity with realism and action. women game changers, rule breakers, and trailblazers. Women who are WITH it! e 14
NiveeshaHill GeneralManager,HiltonGarden Inn&HomewoodSuites VanessaYbarraDavis GeneralManager BroadwaySanDiego MardeenMattix ChiefFinancialOfficer,SanDiego ConventionCenterCorporation ColleenAnderson ExecutiveDirector,SanDiego TourismMarketingDistrict AlyssaTurowski GeneralManager HiltonLaJollaTorreyPines Joyce Leveston Senior Vice President Convention Centers at OVG 360 Nancy Laturno CEO and Founder Mainly Mozart Honorees Honorees 2022 2W.I.T.H. 022 W.I.T.H. Congratulations to the Scan or click to learn more about our Honorees! 15
Meet Meet Meet the the the Hosts! Hosts! Hosts! TERRI BREINING CAROLYN JOHNSON Goodman, Johnson Associates ROBERT RAUCH RAR Hospitality KARIMA ZAKI FatKat Realty Investments ANNETTE GREGG Meeting Professionals Int'l Click here to learn more about our hosts! Breining Group Mist r e ss o f C e r e mo n y P a n e l Mo d e r a t o r P a n e l Mo d e r a t o r P a n e l Mo d e r a t o Pr a n e l Mo d e r a t o r 17
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SHIRLEY HIRAI SPARSONS HIRLEY HIRAI PARSONS Manager of DEI San Diego Port District DIVERSITY,EQUITY, DIVERSITY,EQUITY, ANDINCLUSIONPANEL ANDINCLUSIONPANEL WORKINGTOWARDSAMOREINCLUSIVE,EQUITABLEANDJUSTWORKPLACE WORKINGTOWARDSAMOREINCLUSIVE,EQUITABLEANDJUSTWORKPLACE 9:20AM 99:50AM :20AM-9:50AM JOYCE JLEVESTON OYCE LEVESTON Senior Vice President Convention Centers OVG360 TYRONNE TSTOUDEMIRE YRONNE STOUDEMIRE Senior Vice President Global DEI Hyatt Corporation CAROLYN CJOHNSON AROLYN JOHNSON Goodman Johnson DEI Consulting, Panel Facilitator 19
MasteringtheArtof SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION &NEGOTIATIONS &NEGOTIATIONS &NEGOTIATIONS JJODYBLACKINTON JODYBLACKINTON ODYBLACKINTON RegionalVPofOperations, HershaHospitalityManagement MARILYNHANNES MARILYNHANNES MARILYNHANNES SeniorVPofStrategic RelationshipsforSeaWorldParks FounderFatKatRealty Group,Moderator KARIMAZAKI KARIMAZAKI SKARIMAZAKI SARITAMAYBIN SARITAMAYBIN ARITAMAYBIN WorkTogetherBetterKeynote Speaker,CommunicationExpert 110:20AM-11:00AM 10:20AM-11:00AM 0:20AM-11:00AM 20
Liceria & Co. LOÁNLAKE MTHM,Communications&Public RelationsStrategist THEIMPORTANCEOF THEIMPORTANCEOF TODAYSDIGITALWORLD: TODAYSDIGITALWORLD: BUILDINGYOURPERSONALBRANDTHROUGHSTORYTELLING BUILDINGYOURPERSONALBRANDTHROUGHSTORYTELLING MARILEEKOSTADIMAS CMP,DMCP CreativeDirector&ChiefStoryteller BAYSIDECHAT BAYSIDECHAT 2:00PM-2:45PM 2:00PM-2:45PM 21
LYDIA BARTELL VP of Bartell Hotels LUCY BURNI CEO Burni Enterprises DAVONNE REAVES CEO The Vonne Group & Vesterr Crowdfunding LAN ELLIOTT Principal & Cofounder of Acacia Hospitality LLC BOB RAUCH CEO RAR Hospitality Moderator THE AUDACIOUS WOMAN OF TODAY: BUILDINGYOURLEGACYANDGENERATIONALWEALTH BUILDINGYOURLEGACYANDGENERATIONALWEALTH WITHHOTELOWNERS|3:00PM-3:45PM WITHHOTELOWNERS|3:00PM-3:45PM 22
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Jody Blackinton Regional VP of Operations, Hersha Hospitality Management
President & CEO of San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
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Executive Director and Founder of WorldBeat Cultural Center
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Kimberly J. Becker
Sara Arjmand CEO of Formula Marketing
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WITH's LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE
After 4 years Clara of positive reception and feedback, and the encouragement of industry leaders, women and men who committed to become part of the WITH Advisory Board, Clara formed Women in Tourism and Hospitality, International (W.I.T.H. Int’l.), a California Corporation. The WITH mission is to support, empower, and strengthen diversity and inclusion for women in the hospitality industry and to provide education, leadership strategies, mentorship, and networking opportunities in a forward thinking environment. WITH aims to provide strategies to achieve both professional growth and prosperity for women and to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion within the industry.
In 2019, with the help of the WITH Advisory Board and its supporters, Clara took a bold leap of faith and launched and produced MCCSN’s first annual WITH Conference. Because of the restrictions and devastating impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, Clara was forced to cancel the conference within one week of its debut in September 2020.
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OUR HISTORY
Success for women was usually tied to their ability to put on the lens of the male dominated leadership and see and do things their way. Clara knew this “truth” was accepted by and detrimental to the entire tourism and hospitality industry its women, its men, and its clients.
WITH was founded by Clara Carter in 2015. During her more than 22 years in both the corporate world and as an entrepreneur, President and Founder of the Multi Cultural Convention Services Network (MCCSN), Clara observed and learned a universal truth about business: it wasn’t only about what you knew, it was also about who you knew and who you were perceived to be.
Clara determined to campaign for “a way for women to be and be seen as we are as our authentic valuable selves”. Her campaign to bring about political or social change led her to create Women in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH International). WITH’s original mission was to acknowledge C suite trailblazing women for their work in the hospitality and tourism industry.
WITH's LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
During the 20-month period of COVID-19 restrictions, WITH planned and held the WITH 2021 National Conference. It was the first successful in person conference in San Diego in 2 years and attracted over 250 industry influencers, entrepreneurs, hospitality professionals to include meeting planners and students.
While other organizations in San Diego’s tourism industry were trying to figure out a path forward, WITH quickly pivoted that same year and in 2020 WITH expanded its on line presence. WITH developed a series of webinars that reached, involved, and impacted the industry’s women worldwide reaching 32 states and 7 countries!
AND…WITH International, Inc. became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation!!! We are delighted to have achieved this formidable and impressive accomplishment. Our nonprofit status will facilitate our mission, allow our donors to make tax deductions contributions, and incentivize them to provide additional funds.
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This 2022 WITH conference, produced by MCCSN, is designed for you all the Women in our industry at every level who are its present and its future. The conference environment will ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate in all sessions. Our presenters and honorees will inspire you, our interactive discussions will inform and motivate you, our interactive topics will equip and empower you and our reception will entertain you!
We are pleased to announce that effective immediately, WITH is now WITH INTERNATIONAL,INC. a 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT CORPORATION!!!
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Experts and students explore their own creativity, support their business goals, grow, transform, sustain successful operations, and increase income and wealth. The WITH INCUBATOR TO PROSPERITY is for those women wishing to develop and up level critical role-related skills and for those people, women and men, who are industry experts and leaders wanting to provide training and actionable feedback.
WITH INTERNATIONAL
ABOUT
We have done much more than just change our name. We have perfected our existing programs and designed new ones to meet our goals to uplift women in the tourism and hospitality industry.
WITH INTERNATIONAL BUILDS . This NEW program provides an opportunity for people who want to participate in the WITH INCUBATOR TO PROSPERITY. The incubator provides twelve workshops per year (four 3 hour incubators) to eighty women at all levels.
WITH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTS This continuing program provides more opportunity for individuals, groups, and companies to collaborate with peers and executives and become members of its main component, WITH UNITY. WITH UNITY collaborate digitally and in person. Members will have preferential access to Mixers, and one Job career small business fair. It provides opportunities for marketing, advertising, advice, access, support, relationship building and collaboration with like minded members who are potential mentors and mentees, donors, customers, financiers, presenters, facilitators, volunteers, and interns. This program links motivated, visible, and engaged people within their community, living and working together authentically, and operating successfully.
WITH INTERNATIONAL, INC offers the following four program ways for you to GET WITH IT:
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Recognition and acceptance of women leaders. WITH Annual Awards will impact awareness and recognize six extraordinary inspiring and unsung executive women. We highlight their stories and showcase the wisdom and voices that reflect the diverse ways of thinking and decision making that led to better products and services.
ABOUT WITH INTERNATIONAL
WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPACT This program provides an opportunity for people who want to accelerate change in four impact areas:
WITH INTERNATIONAL LEARNS This program provides an opportunity for women to learn or teach and build relationships. Learning opportunities include live moderated discussions and Q&A at one hour webinars and virtual learning on our internet platforms. You can read or listen to WITH Blog posts, podcasts, and newsletters discussing current events and industry trends that learners can seamlessly fit into their schedules, and their journeys anytime and anywhere. Presenters are inspiring leaders from our worldwide community of dynamic partners. Topics include entrepreneurship, leadership, financial management, community building, marketing, the art of storytelling, work-life balance, and creating positive productive work environments. WITH UNITY members will have the additional exclusive opportunity to participate in a continuous community forum. Members can submit suggestions and comments for consideration or ask for critique and feedback. This program is for women who want to be inspired and learn what they need to know to increase their awareness of current events and industry trends; advance their knowledge, practical skills, and everyday wisdom; and bring moments of learning into their day.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. WITH DEI IMPACT works to impact the disparities are doing a disservice to both the people who do the work and the people who use the products and services in our industry. This work will increase our ability to benefit from the underutilized skills, intelligence, and abilities of women already in our industry. It also helps attract and encourage and the gifted, energetic, less biased, and more open, young women needed to keep the industry growing and responsive to the changing needs and values of the industry and community. This program provides consultations, data, information, and tools that decision makers need to decrease persisting double standards, unequal treatment, and pay gaps. We will deliver four half-hour consultations upon request from top corporate officials, groups, and business owners. The consultations will include oral interviews and questionnaires, and written results recommending workplace strategies tailored to achieve cultural change in how businesses are owned and operated.
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We are looking for donors to
Industry professionalism. WITH IMPACTS STUDENTS helps secure our industry’s future by providing scholarships, internships and volunteer opportunities for women, students particularly underserved women of color to experience the generosity and inspiration shown to us along our journey.
WITH INTERNATIONAL, INC is looking for you. When you donate your time, your talent, or your treasure to one or more WITH INTERNATIONAL programs, you will affect and influence our work and our industry and receive a tax deduction at the same time.
Community Participation. WITH IMPACTS COMMUNITY encourages women to make a powerful impact and difference through volunteer service on corporate and community boards and committees. Participation will give back to and strengthen their civic and business communities and enhance their resumes. Performing community service together benefits the community and the participants. It lets women break through the “male only” network, show leadership skills, gain insights, and build relationships with male mentors who accept them and help them understand how men do business and how to talk to men so men will listen and hear. It helps men in our male-dominated industry learn from and value the perspectives of its women.
We are excited. We are energized, we are ready. We hope you are too. Our 501(C)(3) nonprofit status allows you to make tax deductions contributions and provide additional funds to facilitates our mission.
WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPACT initiatives are for women and men who want to provide direct help, give information, raise awareness, and advocate for an equitable and just world that accepts, respects, values and compensates women commensurate with their contribution.
ABOUT WITH INTERNATIONAL provide fees, partners, grants, exhibits and sponsorships identify and sponsor promising women candidates; Provide expertise or identify organizations where expertise can be exchanged in the areas of leadership, entrepreneurship, financial management, employment preparation, wealth building and administrative support. Provide tools, equipment, administrative support, and space for office, classrooms, and events;
The support and funds you provide will help us do more excellent and good work. Contact Clara Carter to express your intention, commitment, areas and activities of interest, levels of engagement, questions, suggestions, and ideas.
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PLANNING TEAM Special Thanks to Our CLARA CARTER Event Producer/Sponsorship VIP Protocol MCCSN DANA NITTI Meeting Planner Assistant San Diego Event Production ROZ WAKEFIELD Administrative Assistant Registration Manager Marina Village Conference Center COURTNEY DADE Lead Strategic Marketing CSD Marketing and Consulting MACKS FLEMING Digital Marketing CSD Marketing and Consulting & VOLUNTEERS! JAHARI WEIR HARRISON JEANIQUE FRANCIS ANN FULCHER DOSHIA W. BROWN WAYNE DANIELS CINDY SANBORN CHARLOTTE SIMS
WITH CREATIVE TEAM! Special Thanks to Our JAQAILAH BELL Brand Creative/Website Developer Bell of the Ball & Co. SANDRA DRYDEN Sr. Copy Content Manager/Blogger Write it Plain ARON MARTINEZ Photographer Aron Martinez Photo & Digital Video CARLTON JONES AV/Audio CWJ Audio Visual PETE PANDIT AV/Audio JOE WILLIAMS Videographer LargeKar Productions 41
PEGGY BERG
GBTA, Washington, DC
MARILYN HANNES
Grand Hyatt San Diego
2016 WITH Honoree
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GWEN FRANCO
GREGORY HANOIAN
FRANK ROBINSON Bank
2019 WITH Honoree
CARMEN SMITH
2021 WITH Honoree
DANIA DUKE
Women@Hyatt Visit California
TERRI BREINING
MITCH MITCHELL
2022 WITH CHAMPIONS
PATTI ROSCOE
JODY BLACKINTON
DANIEL KUPERSCHMID
2017 WITH Honoree
ANNETTE GREGG
Sempra Energy
2016 WITH Honoree
Broadway San
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Castell Project, Atlanta, GA
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LUCY BURNI
Disney Theatrical Productions VANESSA YBARRA DAVIS
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About WITH
Get to Know GUs! et to Know Us!
Clara expanded the W.I.T.H. mission in response to the positive reception and encouraging feedback she received and the devastating impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. In 2020, she formed Women in Tourism and Hospitality, International (W.I.T.H. Int’l.), a California non profit Corporation that aims to provide strategies for professional growth and prosperity for women and strategies for achieving diversity and inclusion in the industry.
leisure travelers and corporations seeking exciting destinations for meetings, conferences and conventions.
Women in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH) was founded in 2015 by Clara Carter. Its original mission was to acknowledge C suite trailblazing women for their work in the hospitality and tourism industry.
MCCSN is the only independent meeting management company in San Diego County that has fully realized the significance of responding to the needs of an often underserved segment of the market the ethnic conference and its attendees.
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About MCCSN
The Multi Cultural Conventions Services Network (MCCSN) is a meeting and destination management company that provides global hotel sourcing and contract negotiation services to our clients, as well as, event management services. The San Diego based company is primarily focused on groups of 10 to thousands from associations,
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