Susan Lichtenstein
TAMS Founder

Jennifer Steinke
TAMS Chair

Michelle Grant
TAMS Co-Chair

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.

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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.

SUSTAINABILITY
 

Chair: Pat Charla
Advisor: Cheryl Benjamin
 

To produce jointly developed and mutually agreed upon information and mechanisms to address sustainability issues in business travel and meetings.

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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

To provide quality training and developmental opportunities and 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.