Staff By Department

To speak directly to a team member, call VISIT FLORIDA's main phone number (850) 488-5607.

Name Title Email
Brand
Brett Laiken Senior Vice President of Marketing blaiken@visitflorida.org
Meagan Chiamardas Director of Brand mchiamardas@visitflorida.org
Dania Engel Marketing Specialist dengel@visitflorida.org
Deirdre Powell Marketing Manager dpowell@visitflorida.org
Carl Pruchniak Senior Manager of Promotions cpruchniak@visitflorida.org
Lauren Colley Promotions Manager lcolley@visitflorida.org
Alicia Cross Promotions Manager across@visitflorida.org
Chad Hallmark Promotions Manager challmark@visitflorida.org
Dorothy Thames Senior Manager, Brand dthames@visitflorida.org
Miranda Cannoles Brand Coordinator mcannoles@visitflorida.org
Laura Williamson Social Media Manager lwilliamson@visitflorida.org
Summer Gonzalez-Mendez Senior Manager, Integrated Media sgonzalez@visitflorida.org
Gibson Howard Marketing Coordinator ghoward@visitflorida.org
Dani DeStafney Vice President of Content Marketing ddestafney@visitflorida.org
Stacy Hilton Content Producer shilton@visitflorida.org
Anna Morgan Digital Content Coordinator amorgan@visitflorida.org
Phillip Ward Deputy Editor pward@visitflorida.org
Finance
Shanna Pace Chief Financial Officer space@visitflorida.org
Chad Carnell Accounting Manager ccarnell@visitflorida.org
Larissa Mason Accountant lmason@visitflorida.org
Demetria Nwoko Accountant dnwoko@visitflorida.org
Mary Pfeiffer Accountant maryp@visitflorida.org
Synethia Garrett Accounting Manager sgarrett@visitflorida.org
Jodie Cook Accounts Payable Specialist jcook@visitflorida.org
Candida Lloyd Accounting Specialist clloyd@visitflorida.org
Chelsea Mincy Junior Accountant cmincy@visitflorida.org
Onnie Tucker Accounts Receivable Specialist otucker@visitflorida.org
Global Marketing & Trade
Jen Gil Director of Global Travel Trade jgil@visitflorida.org
Mariana Barnes Global Marketing and Trade Account Executive mbarnes@visitflorida.org
Kelli Godwin Global Marketing and Trade Account Executive kgodwin@visitflorida.org
Aelon Suskey Senior Global Marketing and Trade Account Executive asuskey@visitflorida.org
Industry Relations & Sales
Lindsey Norris Director of Industry Relations lnorris@visitflorida.org
Melissa Brooks Regional Partnership Manager, Central East Region melissab@visitflorida.org
Brenna Dacks Regional Partnership Manager and Rural County Liaison bdacks@visitflorida.org
Sally Davis Industry Relations Manager sdavis@visitflorida.org
Sam Rubenzer Regional Partnership Manager srubenzer@visitflorida.org
Kizzy Sanchez Regional Partnership Manager, South Region ksanchez@visitflorida.org
Chris Smith Senior Manager, Co-op Programs csmith@visitflorida.org
Matt Tuchman Regional Partnership Manager, Northwest Florida mtuchman@visitflorida.org
Lydia Williams Industry Communications Manager lwilliams@visitflorida.org
Operations
Dana Young President and CEO dyoung@visitflorida.org
Craig Thomas Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel cthomas@visitflorida.org
Meredith DaSilva Vice President of Executive Operations and Administration mdasilva@visitflorida.org
Katie Juckett Director of Legislative Affairs kjuckett@visitflorida.org
Matsu Pfeiffer Director of Technology Operations mpfeiffer@visitflorida.org
Marcus Daughtry Senior Technical Support Associate mdaughtry@visitflorida.org
Jill Stewart Associate Director of Systems jstewart@visitflorida.org
Tom Hare Senior Systems Architect thare@visitflorida.org
James Wade Network Engineer jwade@visitflorida.org
Allison Hopkins Corporate Communications Manager ahopkins@visitflorida.org
Justin McGath Manager, Contracts & Procurement jmcgath@visitflorida.org
Public Relations
Meagan Lowe Director of Public Relations mlowe@visitflorida.org
Brianna Barnebee Green Senior Public Relations Account Executive bgreen@visitflorida.org
Aubrey Brown Public Relations Account Executive abrown@visitflorida.org
Erin Cramer Public Relations Account Executive ecramer@visitflorida.org
Research
Jacob Pewitt Yancey Director of Consumer Insights and Analytics jpewittyancey@visitflorida.org
Maggie Brandenburg Senior Research Analyst mbrandenburg@visitflorida.org
Paul Clements Research Analyst pclements@visitflorida.org
Visitor Services
David Dodd Director of Welcome Center Operations ddodd@visitflorida.org
Grady Earnheart Manager, I-10 Welcome Center gearnheart@visitflorida.org
Rebecca Adams Information Specialist - I-10 Welcome Cneter radams@visitflorida.org
Thomas Andrews Information Specialist, I-10 Welcome Center tandrews@visitflorida.org
Marcy Mickelsen Senior Information Specialist, I-10 Welcome Center mmickelsen@visitflorida.org
Larry Patterson Information Specialist, I-10 Welcome Center lpatterson@visitflorida.org
George Richaud Information Specialist, I-10 Welcome Center grichaud@visitflorida.org
Karen Epstein Manager, Capitol Welcome Center kepstein@visitflorida.org
Brian Estep Senior Information Specialist, Capitol WC bestep@visitflorida.org
Doreen Goolsby Manager, I-75 Welcome Center dgoolsby@visitflorida.org
Patricia Brown Information Specialist, I-75 Welcome Center pbrown@visitflorida.org
Esau Gandy Information Specialist, I-75 Welcome Center egandy@visitflorida.org
Stephanie Lumpkin Information Specialist, I-75 Welcome Center slumpkin@visitflorida.org
Mary Sasnett Information Specialist,I-75 Welcome Center msasnett@visitflorida.org
Valerie Tucker Information Specialist, I-75 Welcome Center vtucker@visitflorida.org
Tammy Sylvester Manager, I-95 Welcome Center tsylvester@visitflorida.org
Leslie Amerine Information Specialist, I-95 Welcome Center lamerine@visitflorida.org
Tammy Gilliam Assistant Manager, I-95 Welcome Center tgilliam@visitflorida.org
Wendy Castillo Maintenance Specialist, I-95 Welcome Center wcastillo@visitflorida.org
Nathan Thomas Maintenance Specialist, I-95 Welcome Center nthomas@visitflorida.org
Gail Harris Information Specialist, I-95 Welcome Center gharris@visitflorida.org
Kendall Pearson Senior Information Specialist, I-95 Welcome Center kpearson@visitflorida.org
Marlene Smith Information Specialist, I-95 Welcome Center msmith@visitflorida.org