Illinois Destinations Association Announces Board of Directors

The Illinois Destinations Association (IDA) is pleased to announce the election of their Board of Directors for 2024-2025.  The Association greatly appreciates the knowledge and expertise in the area of tourism in the State of Illinois.  Members of the IDA Board oversee its financial direction, the organization’s legislative advocacy policies, the educational makeup of its member meetings, and the creation/improvement of member services.  The newly elected Board will take over leadership of IDA on July 1, 2024.  Their term of service will run through June 30, 2025.

2024 Board of Directors
Chair -                                 Brittany Henry, Executive Director, Jacksonville Area CVB
1^st Vice Chair –                  Cory Jobe, President/CEO, Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau
2^nd Vice Chair -                 JD D’alfonso, President/CEO, Peoria Area CVB
Secretary -                         Krisilee Murphy, Executive Director, Elgin Area CVB
Treasurer -                         Bob Navarro, President, Heritage Corridor CVB
Past Chair -                        Dave Herrell, President/CEO, Visit Quad Cities
Directors At Large -         Darlene Chapman, President/CEO, Downstate Illinois Tourism Bureau
                                           Scott Dahl, Director, Springfield CVB
                                           Rich Gamble, Interim President/CEO, Choose Chicago
                                           John Groh, President/CEO, Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
                                           Beth Marchetti, Executive Director, DuPage County CVB
                                           Ashlee Spiller, Executive Director, VisitSI
Ex-Officio Directors-       Nicole Gavin, Executive Director, Visit Kankakee County
                                           Heather Larson, President/CEO, Meet Chicago Northwest
                                           Maureen Riedy, President, Visit Lake County
                                          
The Illinois Destinations Association (IDA) is an organization which, along with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Tourism, enables members to be more effective and efficient in attracting visitors to their communities. The Association provides educational opportunities that raise the level of professionalism in the travel industry, and it provides a forum for networking and cooperative action between the members. It also maintains a proactive legislative and advocacy effort on issues that affect tourism and business travel in Illinois through its Advocacy and Legislative Affairs Committee.

Visit www.ildestinations.org for more information.

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