VISIT Milwaukee Staff
Senior Leadership Team
Peggy Williams-Smith
President & CEO
pwilliamssmith@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4233
Charlotte Hayslett
VP of Human Resources
chayslett@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246
Leslie Johnson
VP of Sales and Event Experience
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259
Joshua Albrecht
VP of Marketing & Communications
jalbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4252
Claire Koenig
VP of Communications and Advocacy
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255
Meisha Bridges
Chief Financial Officer
mbridges@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4258
Michelle Haider
Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244
Tony Snell Rodriguez
Director of Community Engagement and Inclusion
tsnell@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4243
Administration & Finance
Charlotte Hayslett
VP of Human Resources
chayslett@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246
Meet Charlotte
Meisha Bridges
Chief Financial Officer
mbridges@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4258
Abeer Bazar
Executive Assistant
abazar@
milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4241
Der Vang
HR Specialist
mvang@
milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6225
Lesa Edwards
Finance Manager
ledwards@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4229
Ann-Marie Parker
Staff Accountant
aparker@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4244
Communications Team
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Claire Koenig
VP of Communications and Advocacy
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255
Tony Snell Rodriguez
Director of Community Engagement and Inclusion
tsnell@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4243
Ian Thompson
Senior Communications Manager
ithompson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4232
John Blust
Copywriter
jblust@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4254
Ina Li
Social Media Coordinator
ili@
milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4253
Event Experience Team
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Michelle Haider
Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244
Shannon Richmond
Senior Event Experience Manager
srichmond@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4257
Andrew Knuth
Event Experience Manager
aknuth@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6253
Marketing Team
Joshua Albrecht
VP of Marketing & Communications
jalbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4252
Kathryn Lavey
Senior Creative Manager
klavey@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4250
Alex Zimdars
Creative Marketing Manager
azimdars@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4231
Miranda Allison
Digital Marketing Manager
mallison@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6235
Hallie Hayes
Marketing Manager
hhayes@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6230
Amira Ennis
Marketing Project Manager
aennis@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4223
Partnership Team
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Bryan Kubel
Partnership Sales Manager
bkubel@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4248
Maria Strand
Partnership Services Specialist
mstrand@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4239
Sales Team
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Leslie Johnson
VP of Sales and Event Experience
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259
Meet Leslie
Laura Nelson
Associate Director of Sales
Reg Account: Harley, Milwaukee Tool, Northwestern Mutual, Molson Coors, Rockwell, Air & Water Show, Financial Institutions
lnelson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6220
Marissa Werner, STS
Director of Sports Milwaukee
Sports Milwaukee
mwerner@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6232
Meet Marissa
Megan Husband, CFMP
National Account and Tourism Sales Executive
Association – Religious, Hobby & Vocational, Wisconsin State Associations, Protected Account: Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY
mhusband@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6239
Meet Megan
Connie Kopecky
National Account Executive
Sports Milwaukee
ckopecky@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4245
Meet Connie
Chad Chappell
National Account Executive (DC)
Association – Educational, Labor Union, Scientific, Technology, Engineering, Computers
DC, DE, MA, ME, NJ, FL, GA, MD, NC, NY, SC, VA, WV
cchappell@milwaukee.org
(410) 375-3594
Meet Chad
Ray Valles
National Account Executive (TX)
Association - Health & Medical (excluding DC, MD, VA & IL), Ethnic (Multicultural/LGBTQ) (excluding Religious)
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, HI, ID, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NM, NV, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, WA
rvalles@milwaukee.org
(512) 539-8404
Manuel Rocha
National Account Executive
Illinois based Associations (Excludes: Religious, Scientific/Engineering)
IA, IL, MI, MN, OH, WI, PA, RI, VT, CT, NH
Christina Fox
Senior Convention Sales Coordinator
cfox@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4225
Meet Christina
Katie Lawrence
Account Executive
Group Tour, Groups 100 peak rooms or less, Single Property, Wedding/Social
klawrence@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4220
Shay Libby
Convention Sales Coordinator
slibby@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4249
Devric Hitchcock
Sports Milwaukee Sales Coordinator
dhitchcock@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4242
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