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VISIT Milwaukee Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Peggy Williams Smith

Peggy Williams-Smith

President & CEO
pwilliamssmith@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4233

Charlotte Hayslett

Charlotte Hayslett

VP of Human Resources
chayslett@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246

Leslie Johnson

Leslie Johnson

VP of Sales
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259

Josh Albrecht

Joshua Albrecht

VP of Marketing & Communications
ja lbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-42 52

Claire Koenig

Claire Koenig

Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255

Michelle Haider

Michelle Haider

Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244

Administration & Finance

Charlotte Hayslett

Charlotte Hayslett

VP of Human Resources
chayslett@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246

Meet Charlotte

Abeer Bazar

Abeer Bazar

Executive Assistant
abazar@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4241

Der Vang

Der Vang

HR Specialist
mvang@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6225

Lesa Edwards

Lesa Edwards

Finance Manager
ledwards@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4229

Ann-Marie Parker

Ann-Marie Parker

Staff Accountant
aparker@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4244

Aaron Kosma

Aaron Kosma

Administrative Coordinator
akosma@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6221

Communications Team

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Claire Koenig

Claire Koenig

Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255

Ian Thompson

Ian Thompson

Senior Communications Manager
ithompson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4232

John Blust

John Blust

Copywriter
jblust@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4254

Ina Li

Ina Li

Social Media Coordinator
ili@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4253

Margaret Weiner

Margaret Weiner

Communications Intern
mweiner@milwaukee.org

Event Experience Team

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Michelle Haider

Michelle Haider

Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244

Shannon Richmond

Shannon Richmond

Senior Event Experience Manager
srichmond@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4257

Andrew Knuth

Andrew Knuth

Event Experience Manager
aknuth@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6253

Tony Snell

Tony Snell

Visitor Experience Manager
tsnell@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4243

Nicole Bedner

Nicole Bedner

Event Experience Specialist
nbedner@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4247

Teresa Bensen

Teresa Benson

Visitor Experience Associate
tbenson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4251

Emily Boulden

Emily Boulden

Event Experience Coordinator
eboulden@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4224

Marketing Team

Josh Albrecht

Joshua Albrecht

VP of Marketing & Communications
ja lbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-42 52

Kathryn Lavey

Kathryn Lavey

Senior Creative Manager
klavey@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4250

Alex Zimdars

Alex Zimdars

Creative Marketing Manager
azimdars@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4231

Miranda Allison

Miranda Allison

Digital Marketing Manager
mallison@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6235

Hallie Hayes

Hallie Hayes

Marketing Manager
hhayes@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6230

Amira Ennis

Amira Ennis

Marketing Project Manager
aennis@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4223

Chris Ammon

Chris Ammon

Marketing Coordinator
cammon@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6224

Grace Lubinski

Grace Lubinski

Creative Services Intern
glubinski@milwaukee.org

Partnership Team

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Bryan Kubel

Bryan Kubel

Partnership Sales Manager
bkubel@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4248

Maria Strand

Maria Strand

Partnership Services Specialist
mstrand@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4239

Sales Team

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Leslie Johnson

Leslie Johnson

Vice President of Sales
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259

Meet Leslie

Marissa Werner

Marissa Werner, STS

Director of Sports Milwaukee
Sports Milwaukee
mwerner@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6232

Meet Marissa

Megan Husband

Megan Husband, CFMP

National Account and Tourism Sales Executive
Hobby/Vocational, Religious, Wisconsin State Associations, Tourism/Group Tour
CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY
mhusband@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6239

Meet Megan

Connie Kopecky

Connie Kopecky

National Account Executive
Sports Milwaukee
ckopecky@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4245

Meet Connie

Chad Chappell

Chad Chappell

National Account Executive (DC)
Education, Labor Union
VA, MD, FL, GA, MD, NC, NY, SC, WV
cchappell@milwaukee.org
(410) 375-3594

Meet Chad

Ray Valles

Ray Valles

National Account Executive (TX)
Health/Medical/Pharmaceutical, Fraternal, Government/Public Administration
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, HI, I, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NM, NV, OK, TN, TX, UT, WA
rvalles@milwaukee.org
(512) 539-8404

Manuel Rocha

Manuel Rocha

National Account Executive

Illinois Based Associations, IA, IL, MI, MN, OH, WI, PA, RI, VT, CT, NH
mrocha@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4235

Christina Fox

Christina Fox

Senior Convention Sales Coordinator
cfox@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4225

Meet Christina

Katie Pfankuch

Katie Pfankuch

Account Executive
Groups 100 peak rooms or less, Single Property, Wedding/Social
kpfankuch@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4220

Shay Libby

Shay Libby

Convention Sales Coordinator
slibby@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4249

Maaike Rheinfrank

Maaike Rheinfrank

Convention Sales Coordinator
mrheinfrank@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4242

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