Board of Directors*

ATA's Board of Directors comprises governments, airlines, wholesalers, tour operators, hotels, PR firms, and media, among others.

Governments

Cameroon
Hon. Baba Hamadou

Minister of Tourism

Ethiopia (Vice President)

Hon. Amin Abdulkadir Bereket

Minister of Culture and Tourism

Senegal (Vice President)
Hon. Thierno Lo

Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts

Liaison with the Private Sector & Small Businesses

Tanzania
Honorable Ezekiel Maige

Minister of Natural Resources & Tourism

The Gambia (President)
Hon. Fatou Mass Jobe Njie

Minister of Tourism and Culture

Uganda (Vice President)

Hon. Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otaffire

Minister of Tourism, Trade, and Industry

Zambia
Hon. Catherine Namugala

Minister of Tourism, Environment & Natural Resources

Airlines

Arik Air

Mr. Robert Brunner, US Country Manager

Delta Air Lines
Mr. Chuck Imhof, Staff Vice President, New York Sales

Ethiopian Airlines
Mr. Tewolde G. Mariam. Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

South African Airways
Mr. Gregg Truman
Vice President, Marketing

Hotels

CHI Hotels & Resorts

Nicholas Borg
Regional Director of Sales - MMEA

Expedia Travel

Mr. Diego J. Lofeudo, Senior Director of Market Management, EMAF, MEIO, GR & TK & CY, Expedia Travel

Garden Group of Hotels - Zambia
Mr. Gaudenzio Rossi, General Manager

Sheraton Addis (Vice President)
Mr. Omar Carrera, Area Director, Sales & Marketing for East Africa

Southern Sun Tanzania
Mr. Adam Fuller, General Manager

Wholesalers / Tour Operators

Africa Tour-Rific (USA)

Ms. Doris Wooten

Eco-Tur (Angola)
Mr. Paul Wesson

Henderson Travel Services (USA)
Dr. Gaynelle Henderson-Bailey

KTI Express Travel (Sierra Leone)
Ms. Patricia Brown

Passport Health (USA)
Ms. Tammy Broghammer

Production Travel & Tours (USA)
Mr. Ronald Mracky

Webisco Travel (Nigeria)
Chief Rev. Margaret B. Idowu Fabiyi

West Africa Tours (Mali & Senegal)
Mrs. Mariama Ludovic de Lys

Allied

Travel World News (Treasurer)
Mr. Charlie Gatt Jr.

The Bradford Group (First Vice President)
Ms. Karen Hoffman

Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH)
Ms. Jane Thompson

Associates

Ogo Sow Communications
Mr. Ogo Sow

The African Birthright
Mr. Robert Washington

Ms. Emily Bayley (Secretary)

Ms. Carleen Cumberbatch

*Elected at the 35th Annual Congress in The Gambia on May 20, 2010.