THE COMMITTEES
COMMUNITY & ENGAGEMENT
Chair: Beth Tofel and Shari Lavarone
Advisor: Jennifer Steinke
Share the vision of global membership as the ‘voice of TAMS’, liaising with committees, and other interested parties, and supporting recruitment, engagement of new members, and travel service.
DATA
Chair: Andrew Slaiby
Advisor: Mike Daly
A centralized conversation on travel industry data, that aims to evolve the latency, accuracy, and breadth of data across the travel industry
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
Chair: Nisa Ford
Co-Advisors: Carol Fergus and Linda Bekoe
Break through current thinking and behaviour to create a less biased space across the corporate travel industry.
FINANCE
Chair & Advisor: Mark Williams
To establish and maintain the financial structure and status of TAMS at the highest level in order to ensure a long life for the organization
GOVERNANCE
Chair & Advisor: Cheryl Benjamin
To establish and maintain an equitable balance of exposure and opportunity across all committees.
INNOVATION & DISRUPTION
Chair: Susan Lichtenstein
Advisor: Katie Virtue
Create an environment in which entrepreneurs looking to disrupt corporate travel can come to build, learn, and collaborate.
MARKETPLACE
Chair: Lee Courtney
Advisors: Michelle Grant
Create a place where the corporate travel community can meet and interact. A virtual ‘marketplace’ where people may exchange information, knowledge, and ideas. An online venue which will be open, inclusive, and easy to enter. Starting as a virtual facility, it can evolve to hold physical conferences and events. Above all, the marketplace aims to be transparent, unbiased, and sustainable. A new global business travel forum for the entire corporate travel community.
SUSTAINABILITY
Chair: Pat Charla
Advisor: Cheryl Benjamin
The TAMS Sustainability Committee will produce jointly developed and mutually agreed upon information and mechanisms to address sustainability issues in business travel and meetings
TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Aash Shravah
Advisor: Karoline Mayr
To raise the standard for technology knowledge and adoption in business travel and meetings.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
& CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Co-Chairs: Susan Shaid and Norma Rohrbach
Advisor: Patty Ferris
Mission: To provide the TAMS community quality training and developmental opportunities.
Vision: To provide the opportunity to enhance personal and professional growth with practical and applicable resources.
VERTICALS
Chair: Billy Bos
Advisor: Lesley O'Brien
To ensure all industries within travel are represented by TAMS