2004-2005 Executive Committee

Chairman
Mr. Jon Handlery
Senior Vice President & General Manager,
Handlery Union Square

Vice Chairman
Mr. Rick Swig
President, RSBA & Associates

Vice Chairman
Ms. Susie McCormick
Executive Publisher, 7x7 Magazine

Secretary/Treasurer
Mr. Herb Myers
Regional Managing Director, Market President, Business Banking, Wells Fargo Bank

Immediate-Past Chairman
Mr. Louis Meunier
Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Macy's

Prior Immediate-Past Chairman
Mr. Hank Biddle
Market Vice President, Western Region, Marriott Lodging of Northern California

Convention Committee Chairman
Mr. Don McPhail
Vice President and General Manager, USA Hosts Destination Services

Marketing Committee Chairman
Mr. Pat Gallagher
President, San Francisco Giants Enterprises

Membership Committee Chairman
Mr. Dean Lehr
President & Managing Director, Canterbury Hotel Corporation

Public Relations Committee Chairman
Mr. Bob Paterson
Senior Vice President, Young's Market Company, Distributor of Fine Wines & Spirits

Tourism Committee Chairman
Mr. John Hutar
Vice President & General Manager, Hotel Nikko San Francisco

2004-2005 Board of Directors

Mr. Nunzio Alioto
President
Alioto Fish Corporation

Ms. Schatzie Allen-Jefferson
President
The Allen Group

Ms. Stephanie Barrell
Senior Vice President, San Francisco Middle Market Banking
Bank of America

Mr. J. Riccardo Benavides
Founder / Creative Director
Ideas

Mr. Joe Berger
General Manager
Westin St. Francis

Mr. Dennis Berkowitz
President & CEO
Max's Diner, Inc.

Mr. Campbell Black
Regional Vice President Operations- Western USA
Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel

Mr. Lee Blitch
President & CEO
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Walter Brindell
General Manager
Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf

Mr. Ron Cole
Vice President, Sales
America West Airlines

Mr. Chip Conley
CEO
Joie De Vivre Hotels

Mr. Mark Cornwell
Senior Vice President & Director of Marketing
Bay View Capital Corp

Mr. F.X. Crowley
Business Manager and Secretary
Local 16, Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Mr. Jim Davis
President
California Tour Consultants

Mr. Dino Dinovitz
President & General Manager
KRON 4

Mr. Al Falchi
Owner
The Waterfront Restaurant

Mr. Steven Falk
Publisher and President
San Francisco Chronicle

Mr. Rodney Fong
Vice President
The Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf

Mr. Kenneth Foster
Executive Director
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Mr. Andrew Freeman
Vice President Restaurant Sales & Marketing
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group

Mr. Mike Gallagher
President
CityPass

Ms. Lee Gregory
Partner
McCall Associates

Mr. Richard D. Horne
President
Shreve & Company

Mr. Ralph Lee
General Manager
Ramada Plaza Hotel

Ms. Janis MacKenzie
President
MacKenzie Corporation

Mr. Edward Mady
Vice President & Area General Manager
The Ritz Carlton San Francisco

Mr. John Mazzonni
Area Vice President & General Manager
Hilton San Francisco

Mr. Mac McDonald
Owner
Vision Cellars Winery

Mr. Bruce McElhinney
Senior Vice President of Merchant Sales
Visa, USA, Inc.

Ms. Eva Miranda
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Metreon

Mr. Richard Miyashiro
Chief Marketing Officer
Pat Kuleto Restaurant Development & Management Co.

Ms. Alexandra Morehouse
Chief Marketing Officer
California State Automobile Association

Ms. I. Lee Murphy-Reed
CEO
Murphy Reed Interior Design & Moremi Gallery

Mr. Garrett O'Doherty
President
Signature Hospitality Group

Mr. Michael Penn, Sr.
Principal
Michael Penn & Associates

Ms. Joan Scott
District Sales Manager
United Airlines

Mr. Mark Sullivan
General Manager
DFS

Mr. Naomichi Terazaki
President
All Nippon Airways Co., LTD.

Ms. Wendy Tonkin
Executive Vice President External Affairs
Western Exhibitors

Mr. Steve Trent
General Manager
Grand Hyatt

Mr. Willis White
President
West Coast Valet

Mr. Mel Washington
President & CEO
Baycopy Plus

2004-2005 Ex-Officio Directors
(Active Past Chairmen)

Mr. Fritz Arko
Principal, Arko Designs

Mr. Robert F. Begley
Executive Director, Hotel Council of San Francisco

Mr. Gianni Fassio
President & CEO
Palio d'Asti & Palio Paninoteca

Mr. H. Welton Flynn
Owner, H. Wlton Flynn

Mr. Holger Gantz
Retired Vice President & General Manager
Hilton San Francisco

Mr. John H. Goy
Mechanics Bank

Mr. Paul R. Handlery
Chairman/CEO, Handlery Hotels

Mr. Frank Kent
Retired Officer, United Airlines

Mr. Tom LaTour
Chairman & CEO, Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group

Mr. William E. McDonnell
Owner, Tarantino's

Mr. Bill Poland
President, Bay West Group

Ms. Cleopatra Vaughns
President, Vaughns & Vaughns Associates

Mr. Robert K. Werbe
Chairman, Grosvenor Properties

Mr. Robert B. Wilhelm
Property Management

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