THRIVE is a well-known community; a movement that propels women closer to equality in travel industry careers by providing a community, a network, and tangible resources designed to support the empowerment of women. It is our mission to fuel growth and development to eliminate the regression of women in the travel industry.
meet the board
Ali Thompson
Director
Salesforce
Becca glenn
Director, Partner Success
VRBO
Claudia Infante
VP, Revenue Strategy
Margaritaville
Heidi Bodalia
Area Manager
Expedia Group
melissa maher
Senior Vice President
Expedia Group
Jennifer hill
VP, Client Solutions
Kalibri Labs
Kate Lochridge
Director, Resorts Marketing
Universal Orlando Resorts
Megan paquin
Vice President
Poston Communications
Noreen henry
Chief Revenue Officer
Sojern
Patricia Filadelfo
Sr. Sales Manager
Seminole Hard Rock
Shannyn Jones
Sr. Market Manager
Airbnb
Silvia Camarota
Senior Director
Expedia Group
mercedes blanco
VP Sales, Americas
The Hotels Network
Stella Quintero
Instructor, Hospitality
Florida Atlantic University
Tara Colpitts
Senior Director
Expedia Group
meet the thrive hive
THRIVE is brought to life by a passionate, dedicated group of people who are paying it forward to fight the regressive impacts of COVID-19 on the equity in the travel industry. Meet them below.
Kristin Anderson, Britannia Hotel
Mercedes Blanco, The Hotels Network
Heidi Bodalia, Expedia Group
Shelley Brown, Shelley Brown Official
Nicole Brownell, Paradise ADV
Darleny Cabreja-Taveras, Synergy Tech Solution
Laura Calin, Oracle Hospitality
Silvia Camarota, Expedia Group
Heather Carnes, AAHOA
Ligia Centurion, REEF TECHNOLOGY
Laura Cejas, Dynamic Yield
Kris Corum, Expedia Group
Laura DeAngelis, ALICE
Rui Di
Abigail Estevez, Spear Travel Group
Patricia Filadelfo, Seminole Hard Rock
Tizianna Floruss, TravelPerk
Maile Floyd, Muy’Ono Resorts
Eileen Ford, Haines Hotel Services
Nikoletta Fotiadis, Kimpton Hotels
Chelsey Friley, Universal Orlando Resort
Lorena Garcia
Samantha Gedihovich, Flip.to
Becca Glenn, VRBO, Expedia Group
Michael Goldrich, Hotels Network/The
Katelin Hancock, Mills House/The
Jessica Hayes, Tambourine
Noreen Henry, Sojern
Natalie Hernandez, Expedia Group
Jennifer Hill, Kalibri Labs
Chris Holter, Chris Holter Consulting
Ilona Hubert, Trip.com
Rachel Humphrey
Janet Jaiswal, Cloudbeds
Shannyn Jones, Airbnb
Lauren Karoutas, Journea
Lori Kiel, Kessler Collection
Tina Khatib, Universal Orlando Resort
Chelsea Friley, Universal Orlando Resort
Angela Lasky, Priceline/Agoda, Orlando FL
Sarah Leroy, Booking.com
Kate Lochridge, Universal Orlando Hotels
Mirela Longoni, First Hospitality
Neema Madayi Veetil, Verizon
Melissa Maher, Expedia Group
Michelle Mahoney, HBO (WarnerMedia)
Amanda Marcello, Sonesta
Elyssa Martinez, Universal Orlando Resort
Kremena Matzelle, Humanist Hospitality
Jacinda McLaughlin, Expedia Group
Marisa Moneta, OPEN FOR WORK
Lelia Morgan, Amerail Systems Inc
Kirsty Murphy Hughes, daa
Eddy Nevarez, Marcus $ Millichap
Cheryl Pineo, Cheryl Pineo Consulting
Karen Piscitelli, Explorabout
Paula Pryor
Andrea Rincon, Expedia Group
Monica Rodino
Lindsey Ross, Journera
Stephanie Saik, LORE Group
Zemelis Samuel, Expedia Group
Lacey Schollenberger, 21c Museum Hotel
Saloni Shah, Expedia Group
Katherine Solomon
Jade Sparks, Merlin Entertainments
(Madame Tussauds Orlando and SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium)
Keri Spivey, Expedia Group
Rashi Srivastava
Jene’ Stewart
Fiona Taylor, TBO Holidays
Ali Thompson, Expedia Group
Lori Timony
Scott Weiss, Expedia Group
Esther Yi, Hunter Hotel Advisors – Hunter Hotel Investment Conference