2024 NTA Board of Directors

January 3, 2024

Following a vote by NTA members, the association’s 2024 Board of Directors stepped into their respective roles on January 1. 

Fraser Neave, CTP, chairs the board. Neave, with Wells Gray Tours in Kamloops, British Columbia, rises to the position after being elected as vice chair last year. Monique von Dijk-Seppola, of Scandinavia Tours in Vaagaa, Norway, was elected vice chair from her previous role as secretary. She will serve a one-year term before ascending to the office of chair at the start of 2025. Michelle Pino of Northeast Unlimited Tours in Sandwich, Massachusetts, was elected secretary after serving as a director on the board.

Joining those individuals on the board’s executive committee are Greg Eckhart, Travel Oregon, headquartered in Portland, who represents destination management organizations; Ryan Sanders, CTP, Motor Coach Family of Brands, based in Marrero, Louisiana, representing tour suppliers; and Jerry Varner, CTP of Making Memories Tours, based in Washburn, Missouri, immediate past chair.

Four tour operators are returning to the board and serve as directors: Sheli Hinds Armstrong, Destination Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico (elected to a three-year term following service in 2023 as a board appointee); Marcela Laukova, CTP, Discover Slovakia Tours in Lucenec, Slovakia (re-elected to serve a three-year term); Theresa Nemetz, Travel Deliciously in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; and Christina Werner, CTP, Custom Holidays in Allen Park, Michigan.

Remaining on the board as a DMO representative is Katie Kirkland of Visit Tuolumne County in Sonora, California. The returning tour supplier director is Lois Stoltzfus, CTP, Dutchman Hospitality Group in Walnut Creek, Ohio.

The newly elected tour operator directors are Richard Arnold, Atlantic Tour & Travel, based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Stacy Barry, Sharin’ the South Tours, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Elected in 2023 as a tour supplier director is Cory Mace, Badger Coaches in Madison, Wisconsin; newly elected as a DMO director Jalyssa Gasmen, Visit Mesa in Mesa, Arizona.

Rounding out the board is director at large, Brittany Dykla, Brilliant Edventures, based in Franklin, Michigan. Per the NTA Bylaws, this position is appointed by the incoming chair to serve a one-year term.

Members of the NTA Board of Directors are elected volunteer leaders who govern NTA policies and provide strategic direction to the staff. The board meets in person prior to NTA’s two annual events, Travel Exchange and Contact, and via Zoom throughout the year.