# BIOGRAPHIES

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# BOARD MEMBERS

**CHAIR: Lori L. Brooks**

**Director, Government Sales**

**Six Continents Hotels**

Ms. Brooks has 13 years experience working in the military and
government travel market. Currently, she is the Director of Government
Sales for Six Continents Hotels. Six Continents is the parent company of
Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Intercontinental, and
Staybridge Suites. In her position, Ms. Brooks markets Six Continent
Hotels to the government community. She works with key government
accounts and decision makers to develop business for these hotel brands.
In addition, she works with DoD and civilian government agencies
including GSA to positively influence government travel policy.

Prior to Six Continents, Ms. Brooks was the Director of Government Sales
for Cendant Corporation's Hotel Division. She has also held various
management, operations, and sales positions with American Airlines and
SatoTravel. In her position as the Washington, DC Government Sales
Manager, she was responsible for the management and development of
American Airlines' government business in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area. At SatoTravel, she oversaw the operation of large
government contracts including DOT, HUD, NTSB, and The National Gallery
of Art.

Ms. Brooks is currently a Co-Chairperson of SGTP Supplier Council, a
member of the NDTA Passenger Transportation Committee, Chairperson of
the NDTA Hotel Subcommittee, and Chairperson of GSA's GPDAB.

**VICE CHAIR: William T. Rivers**

**Deputy Director**

### Office of Transportation and Personal Property/General Services Administration

Currently the Deputy to the Deputy Associate Administrator for
Transportation and Personal Property, Mr. Rivers also serves as Program
Manager for FPLP and Director for the Federal Vehicle Policy Division.
He was previously the Acting Director, for four years, of the Travel
Management Policy Division, Office of Transportation and Personal
Property/OGP/GSA.

Mr. Rivers has been in travel management for five years and also has
five years experience in freight transportation. His responsibilities in
travel management covered the FTR and setting the per diem rates, along
with other activities.

Mr. Rivers, a 1970 Graduate of Georgetown University, has been with GSA
for 32 years and, as the Director for the Federal Vehicle Policy
Division, is responsible for policy setting to cover the Federal motor
vehicle fleet of almost 600,000 vehicles.

**Claudia Bonetti**

**Business Manager**

**Lockheed Martin Corporation**

Ms. Bonetti is Business Manager, Hotels Meetings & Groups for Lockheed
Martin Corporation. She joined the Corporation's Human Resources
Department at corporate headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland in November
of 1983 as Manager, Travel Services. In her present position, she
manages Lockheed Martin Corporation's global hotel program and is in the
process of implementing a consolidated meetings and groups program. Her
responsibilities include the negotiation and administration of the
global hotel program, implementation of a meetings management program,
and coordination of the hotels, meetings & groups program with Lockheed
Martin's travel management company.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin Corporation, Ms. Bonetti was District
Travel Manager for American Express in Washington, DC. She was born in
Zurich, Switzerland, received a Bachelor's Degree in political science
from American University in Washington, DC in 1971, and is a member of
NBTA and the Starwood Hotels Advisory Board.

**Timothy J. Burke**

**General Services Administration**

**Travel Management Policy Division**

**Office of Transportation and Personal Property**

**Office of Governmentwide Policy**

Mr. Burke is presently the Project Manager of the e-Travel Program
Management Office and is responsible for managing the design and
implementation of e-Travel, the e-Gov travel initiative outlined in
President Bush's Management Agenda. E-Travel, upon implementation,
promises to deliver a trusted, easy-to-use, integrated travel service
tool to the desktop of every government employee.

In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Burke also serves as the
Division Director for GSA's Travel Management Policy Division in OGP.
Created as a central policy-making office for the Federal government,
OGP works with the Executive Branch to develop policies and guidelines.
The Travel Management Policy Division is responsible for establishing
travel management policy for the Federal government and setting domestic
per diem rates that affect lodging, meals, incidental expenses and FPLP.
He oversees all policy-related matters pertaining to the Federal
government's \$8 billion travel budget.

Mr. Burke's private sector experience includes over 20 years of
travel-related management, and business and franchise development
activity. Prior to GSA, he was Executive Vice President & Principal with
WorldTravel Partners, a globally ranked management & technology company.
While at WorldTravel Partners, Mr. Burke managed the company's
acquisition and merger strategy, effectively creating an organization
with annual sales of \$2.5 billion. He has also served as COO of Concord
Resorts, as well as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the Carlson
Travel Group and began his career at United Airlines in the areas of
account management and national sales.

**Ashley DeJesu**

### Director, Business Development

**Highwire, Inc.**

Ms. DeJesu has 16 years of experience in the travel industry and ten
years in the government travel environment. She is currently serving as
Director of Business Development for Highwire, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Galileo, a Cendant company. In this capacity, Ms. DeJesu
is responsible for design, development, and positioning of integrated
travel solutions in response to GSA's e-Travel initiative. Prior to
joining Highwire/Galileo in March of 2002, she served as Vice President
of Worldwide Sales for Cendant's hotel division, representing nine
mid-priced hotel brands. During her ten-year tenure with Cendant's hotel
division, Ashley was responsible for all aspects of sales and
distribution for the corporate, government, association, tour and
travel, and international sales market segments.

Ms. DeJesu has also held leadership positions with Travel Trust
International (now Woodside Travel Trust); USTravel Systems (now BTI
Americas); and SatoTravel, a leader in government and military
marketing. Her contributions to the travel industry also include service
with SGTP as the Chair of their Allied Council and positioning with NDTA
as the lodging representative on their Passenger Travel Committee.
During her tenure at SatoTravel, Ms. DeJesu was responsible for the
design, development, and implementation of the Navy Elite Lodging
Program, which is referred to in this document. She is best known for
her distribution vision and her ability to reposition business models to
accommodate environmental change.

**Cheryl Hutchinson**

**President**

**Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)**

ACTE President Cheryl Hutchinson is the Managing Director of Strategic
Development for GetThere, a Sabre Company. She is a recognized authority
on online booking, travel process redesign, real-time expense reporting
tools, and large-scale travel data warehouse strategies. Ms. Hutchinson
is best known for using breakthrough technologies to achieve cost
savings in a difficult economy. She has served on the ACTE Board of
Directors for five years and also serves on the Corporate Advisory Board
for Frontier Airlines.

**Scott Lamb**

**National Director of Sales -- Government**

**Prime Hospitality Corporation/AmeriSuites/Wellesley Inns & Suites**

Mr. Lamb is the Director of National Sales -- Government for Prime
Hospitality Corporation, Inc. He represents Prime's AmeriSuites and
Wellesley brands to government buyers, travel agents, and cost
reimbursable contractors. Prior to his current position with Prime, he
served as La Quinta Inn's Government Sales Manager and has over 20 years
of hospitality industry experience with a variety of companies.

During a ten-year hiatus from the hospitality industry, he developed his
professional skills with organizations such as Harris/3M, Mathew Bender,
and Wang Labs.

Mr. Lamb is a member of the Georgia Business Travel Association, NDTA,
and the Society of Travel Professionals in Government, where he is
currently Chairman of the Supplier Council and serves on the
organization's Board of Directors.

**Jerome C. Molitor**

**Travel Manager**

**Northrop Grumman Corporation**

Mr. Molitor serves as the Chairperson of the Government Contractors
Committee of the NBTA, headquartered in Alexandria, VA. He is employed
as the Travel Manager for the Electronic Systems Sector of Northrop
Grumman Corporation, located in Linthicum, Maryland and has been an
employee of Westinghouse/Northrop Grumman for 25+ years working in
procurement and materials management, with the last eight years spent in
travel. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and a member of
NBTA and the Baltimore Washington Business Travel Association (BWBTA).
Mr. Molitor is a Certified Corporate Travel Executive (CCTE) through
NBTA/Cornell University and serves on an advisory board to BWI Airport.

**Roy Sammarco**

**Chief, Economics and Statistics Branch**

**Department of Defense**

Mr. Sammarco is the Chief of the Economics & Statistics (E&S) Branch of
the Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Committee (PDTATAC).
The Branch is responsible for the methodology, data collection, and
prescription of the overseas housing, overseas cost of living, temporary
lodging, and CONUS cost of living allowance programs for all seven
Uniformed Services. The Branch is also responsible for tracking currency
fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies and
adjusting allowances on a daily basis, as warranted. Approximately
300,000 members receive a cost of living allowance, at an annual cost of
\$900 million. Approximately 45,000 members receive an overseas housing
allowance at an annual cost of \$300 million.

Mr. Sammarco began his Federal government service in November 1971 as a
price and industry statistician with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
After seven years of working on the Producer Price Index, he worked as a
cost/benefit economist with the Consumer Product Safety Commission for
several years. In July 1981, he obtained his present job, starting as
the Chief of the Overseas Housing Allowance Program, where he was
instrumental in implementing the Rent Plus Program. In April 1991, he
was promoted to his present position of Chief of the E&S Branch.

Mr. Sammarco is a graduate of Carle Place High School (1967). He
obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook (1971) and a Masters in Political Science from
the University of Maryland (1977). In addition, he has earned over
twenty semester credits in computer science.

**Mary Sarkis**

**Regional Vice-President of Intermediary Marketing**

**American Hotel Lodging Association/Choice Hotels International**

Ms. Sarkis has been active in the lodging industry for the past 30
years. For the past 12 years she has been employed with Choice Hotels
International, the franchise company for all the world-wide Comfort
Inns, Comfort Suites, Clarions, Sleep Inns, MainStay Suites, Clarions,
Econolodges, and Roadway Inns.

Currently, Ms. Sarkis is the Regional Vice-President of Intermediary
Marketing, responsible for the marketing programs focused on the
government/military markets, affinity groups, and travel membership
clubs.

Additionally, she is responsible for teaching the hotel marketing
modules for the company\'s Total Lodging By Choice program. Prior to
being promoted to Regional Vice President, Ms. Sarkis served Choice
Hotels in various capacities, including Marketing Support Director and
Franchise Service Director.

Her previous employment in the lodging industry includes positions with
such companies as Sheraton, Marriott, and Six Continents (previously
Holiday Inns). She is a past National Board Member of Hospitality Sales
and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) and is on the Supplier
Committee for SGTP.

**Juanita P. Stokes**

**Deputy Director**

**Office of Allowances/Department of State**

Ms. Stokes has been with the Department of State since 1963. She has
held several positions within the Department, serving the majority of
her time in the Office of Allowances. She has held virtually every
position in the office to include those of Special Projects Officer,
Director's Assistant, Information Systems Manager, and Allowances and
Differentials Analyst. Ms. Stokes is currently serving as the Deputy
Director and the Department of State's expert on the civilian overseas
allowances and differentials and foreign per diem rates. She represents
the Department on all matters concerning allowances. She has worked with
foreign benefits comparisons study groups at the United Nations. Ms.
Stokes also serves as an U.S. Department of State Senior Consultant to
private industry and foreign governments on allowances issues. She
advises USG civilian agencies, the National Foreign Trade Council, and
foreign governments on USG civilian allowances under the Department of
State Standardized Regulations (DSSR). She travels worldwide
representing the Department on all matters concerning allowances and
associated regulations and routinely makes presentations to USG civilian
officials, the armed services, foreign dignitaries, and, on occasion,
members of the United Nations.

Ms. Stokes holds a B.S. Degree in Management from the National Louis
University in McLean, VA. She is a member of the Leadership Board and a
Deaconess at First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries, VA.

**Julienne Sugarek**

**Section Manager**

**State of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts**

Ms. Sugarek is an honors graduate of the University of Texas in Austin.
She served as an Investment Representative for Edward Jones Investments
before joining the Texas state government in May of 2001. A relatively
new addition to the management team of the State of Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts, Ms. Sugarek is responsible for the analysis of fiscal
management legislation and agency compliance with fiscal guidelines and
has already made her mark as a guest lecturer for the Texas Fiscal
Officers' Academy, Board member for the Texas e-Travel initiative, and
Board Member and Subcommittee Chair for GSA's Governmentwide Per Diem
Advisory Board. She is also a member of the Texas State Emergency
Response Team.

Ms. Sugarek is an accomplished writer and will pursue her M.B.A. in the
Fall of 2003.

Norman B. Wilson, State Travel Manager

Statewide Travel Management Program

Division of Central Services

Department of Personnel & Administration

Mr. Wilson has served as the State Travel Manager for the State of
Colorado since 1990. He is responsible for the oversight of all travel
and travel-related contracts. Managing a program with statewide
authority, Mr. Wilson is the lead subject expert on travel management
for the State. The State's program has taken several innovative
approaches. Colorado relies on its payment system for its travel
management information. While limited in capability, the system offers
actual spending information. This approach also enabled the State to
mount the first public sector, multiple-travel agency distribution
system. This innovation has been emulated in several other states.

The State of Colorado also took an early lead in the use of restricted
fares for business travel and is unique in having three types of
contract airfares: an unrestricted fare and two restricted fare
categories. These fare types roughly parallel the traditional yield
management approach and so align State fares with typical airline faring
practices.

Mr. Wilson is a graduate of Oberlin College with a B.A. in English and
Government and received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in
Comparative Literature in 1980. His dissertation centered on comparing
four models of social theory to well known utopias. He has worked for
the State of Colorado in a variety of roles since 1980.

## BOARD PARTICIPANTS

**Adlore C. Chaudier, Ph.D., C.M.C.**

**Vice President, Government Services**

**Runzheimer International**

In 1998, Dr. Chaudier was assigned responsibility for managing
Runzheimer's government contracts. In 1999, he was promoted to Director
for Runzhheimer's government business development efforts and its
consulting services and in January of 2000, was promoted to Vice
President, Government Services. During this time, he has worked on
projects for the IRS, DoD, GSA, U.S. Postal Office, Navy Facilities and
Construction, and U.S. Coast Guard. Prior to 1998, he was a key team
member for projects with the Office of Administration (1988). From 1989
to 1998, Dr. Chaudier was responsible for managing Runzheimer's
consulting contracts in travel management, fleet management, relocation,
and site selection. He has undertaken consulting engagements for more
than 50 recognizable firms and organizations, including: Andersen
Consulting (Accenture), AT&T, Baker & McKenzie, Bank of America, Chicago
Cubs, Citicorp N.A., DuPont, General Motors, Livermore Labs, Promus
Hotel Corporation (Hampton Inns, Embassy Suite, DoubleTree, Red Lion),
Uniglobe Travel Agencies, and Westinghouse.

Dr. Chaudier is a consulting editor for Runzheimer's fleet, travel, and
relocation publications, including *Runzheimer Reports on Travel
Management* and *Survey & Analysis of Business Travel Policies & Costs*.
He has written hundreds of articles, some of which have appeared in
*Business Insurance, Employee Benefit News*, and *Sales & Marketing
Management*. In 1985, Dr. Chaudier received the Editorial Achievement
Award from *Mobility Magazine*. His research work has been cited in the
*Congressional Record*.

He has addressed numerous government and industry gatherings, including
a CFO Travel and Relocation Benchmarking Conference sponsored by GSA,
SGTP, members of NBTA, the Conference of State Fleet Administrators, and
regional gatherings of Interagency Motor Equipment Advisory Council
(IMEAC). He has appeared on NBC's *Today* show and numerous radio
programs and is a former member of IMPA and NBTA.

Dr. Chaudier has attained the designation of Certified Management
Consultant (CMC), the qualifications for which are set by the Institute
of Management Consultants. He received his M.A. in 1969, and Ph.D. in
1976, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

**Paul C. Chrestensen**

**CEO/President**

**Innovata**

Mr. Chrestensen has consulted for, and worked in, manufacturing and
service industries for the last 28 years. He is co-founder of Innovata,
LLC, a data management company that is a source of travel and
hospitality content and integrated distribution solutions. Prior
positions include: COO/CFO of Dittler Brothers, Inc., Atlanta, GA; CEO
of the Mayflower Group, Boston, MA; and CFO and Vice President of Encode
Technology, Inc, Nashua, New Hampshire. Mr. Chrestensen has also been
employed in other executive positions and as a Manager with Price
Waterhouse. Mr. Chrestensen served in the U.S. Army as a First
Lieutenant.

Mr. Chrestensen is a Certified Public Accountant and has an A.E. Degree
from the Wentworth Institute, a B.S. from Northeastern University, and a
M.B.A. from New Hampshire College.

**David A. Drabkin, Esquire**

**Federal Procurement Advisory**

**Office of Acquisition Policy/General Services Administration**

Mr. Drabkin is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Acquisition
Policy, GSA. He is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealths of
Pennsylvania and Virginia and Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors and a
member of the Council of Fellows of the National Contract Management
Association. He was formerly the Deputy Program Manager, Pentagon
Renovation Program and is certified at Career Level III in the
Acquisition Career Field of Contracting, DoD Acquisition Corps. Mr.
Drabkin has also served as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, and Director,
Regulatory Reform and Implementation, where he served as the Project
Manager for FASA Implementation.

Mr. Drabkin is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Washington and
Jefferson College and a graduate of the Cumberland School of Law. He
serves as Vice Chairman of the Acquisition Reform Subcommittee and
served as the Vice Chairman of two other committees of the American Bar
Association \-- Government Procurement and Alternative Dispute
Resolution. He also chaired an inter-agency working group under the
auspices of the Administrative Conference of the United States on the
implementation of Alternative Dispute Resolution within the Federal
government.

Since graduating from law school, Mr. Drabkin has served as: Deputy
District Counsel, the Associate Counsel (Contract Law), the Defense
Contract Management District West (DCMDW), Defense Logistics Agency
(DLA); Associate General Counsel (Procurement), Alternative Dispute
Resolution Specialist, Office of the General Counsel, DLA; Chief
Counsel, Defense Contract Management Region - New York; Chief,
Administrative and Civil Law Division, Headquarters (HQ), USASETAF and
5th TAACOM, Vicenza, Italy; Administrative Law Officer, HQ, V Corps,
Frankfurt, Germany; Hearing Officer, Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Commission, Richmond, VA; and, the Chief, Military Justice, USASC and
Ft. Gordon, Ft. Gordon, GA.

Mr. Drabkin received numerous awards recognizing his performance. Most
recently he was recognized as one of the Top 100 Federal IT Executives.
He is also the recipient of: DoD's Meritorious Civilian Service Award
and Exceptional Civilian Service Award, Office of the Secretary of
Defense Award for Excellence, Defense Logistics Agency Meritorious
Civilian Service Award, Department of the Army's Meritorious Civilian
Service Award, Superior Service Award, Commander's Award, and the
CINCUSAREUR Award. He is a recipient of the Vice President Heroes of
Reinvention (Hammer) Award. Mr. Drabkin has authored several articles
and manuals on contract, international and labor law, and Alternative
Disputes Resolution. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the
Florida Institute of Technology and a visiting lecturer at the Defense
Systems Management College where he taught Contract and Intellectual
Property Law.

**Brian Ferguson**

**Director, New Product Development**

**Smith Travel Research**

Mr. Ferguson is the Director of New Product Development for Smith Travel
Research, the recognized leader in providing accurate, actionable
information and analysis to the lodging industry. Before joining Smith
Travel, he founded and operated RealTime Hotel Reports, an independent
research company serving decision makers in the U.S. lodging industry.

Mr. Ferguson has worked in a management capacity in four of New York's
finest hotels, including the Waldorf-Astoria and the Carlyle, and at the
Metropolitan Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. He was Special Projects Manager for
Africa Expeditions in Nairobi, Kenya, an entrepreneurial company
specializing in safaris, restaurant management, and servicing of UN
relief camps. Mr. Ferguson has been a guest lecturer at the Tokyo
International Hotel School and the School of Hotel Administration at
Cornell University, and has appeared on numerous industry panels. He is
also a member of the HSMAI Research Advisory Council.

Mr. Ferguson received his B.A. from Queens College and his Masters
Degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.

**Dennis Fischer**

**Vice President, Sales and Integrated Solutions**

**VISA U.S.A., Inc.**

Mr. Fischer joined VISA U.S.A.\'s Sales and Integrated Solutions
Division as a Vice President on April 3, 2000. VISA is the world leader
in payment card services and, through their member banks, VISA provides
travel, purchase, and fleet card services to Federal agencies. He has
responsibility for Visa\'s various commercial programs for the Federal
government through the GSA SmartPay contract.

Mr. Fischer served as the Commissioner of FTS/GSA from November 1997 to
April 2000. He was the CEO for over \$4.5 billion a year in information
technology and telecommunications support to Federal agencies. In his
tenure, FTS business grew from \$2.7 billion to \$4.5 billion.

Mr. Fischer served as the first CFO of GSA from 1992 to 1997, directing
GSA's financial and budgetary policy and operations. Prior to his GSA
appointment, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance and
Deputy CFO with the U.S. HHS between 1986-1992. Between 1984 and 1986,
Mr. Fischer served as the Associate Director for Policy and Management,
U.S. Mint, within the DOT. In 1970, he began his public civil service
career with the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He
rose to the position of Financial Management Officer and then Executive
Officer for the Health Care Financing Administration of HHS. Mr. Fischer
served on the Government Information Technology Services Board, was
elected as the first Secretary/Treasurer of the Federal CFO Council in
May 1994, was named to the GAO Advisory Council in 1996, was twice the
representative for all departments on the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program (JFMIP) Steering Committee, and represented all
civilian agencies on the Cost Accounting Standards Board.

He received his Bachelor\'s Degree in mathematics from Vanderbilt
University in 1961 and his Master\'s Degree in Financial Management from
George Washington University in 1969.

**Diana Hanson**

**President**

**Travel Management Consultants, Inc.**

Ms. Hanson is a 1964 graduate of the Madison Business College, Madison,
WI, and is a member of SGTP and the National Contract Management
Association. She participates in ACTE, NBTA, NDTA, SGMP, and the
Master's Program.

Ms. Hanson is a recognized travel industry consultant in the area of
government, corporate, and contractor travel management. Her 18-year
association and ongoing involvement with Government Travel Management,
travel industry innovations including e-Travel, and travel demographics
are almost unequaled in the area of government travel. Ms. Hanson
established Travel Management Consultants, Inc., a small, woman-owned
business, in 1986. She is known for her extensive knowledge and
understanding of Federal, state, and local government requirements and
travel industry capabilities in the Federal Travel Management market,
including e-Travel and e-Commerce.

The following is a partial listing of completed projects:

-   Served as the first travel agency Project Manager for the State of
    Wisconsin travel pilot project.

-   Successful and proficient writer of Federal, state, and local
    government and corporate travel services proposals, and developed
    model RFP's in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

-   Completed consulting projects for computer reservation system
    companies and creators of e-Travel systems to create enhancements
    and programs consistent with comprehensive government travel
    management and accounting requirements.

-   Travel Management Systems, Inc., Milwaukee and Madison, WI (now
    Omega Travel). Opened Madison office and directed corporate and
    government sales.

-   Served as an advisor to travel industry on the first U.S. Army
    Europe commercial and leisure travel services RFP, providing
    analysis of USAREUR travel operations.

-   Charter, Honorary member, Allied Council and former National
    Director of SGTP.

-   Founding Chair of the SGTP Annual Government Travel Management
    Education Conference in Madison, WI, and session leader at all SGTP
    conferences.

-   Initiated the Annual Survey of State and Local Government Travel
    Management Practices and Procedures with National Institute of
    Governmental Purchasing and SGTP.

-   Member of National Contract Management Association, Wisconsin
    Chapter.

-   Negotiated with Congressional Representative and the Department of
    the Army to increase subcontracting opportunities for small and
    small disadvantaged travel agencies.

-   Member of industry committee to review and make recommendations on
    the "Report of the DoD Task Force to Reengineer Travel."

-   Member of SGTP 2001/2002 Small Business Advocacy Committee and
    Mentor Committee.

-   Publications, including:

> *Travel Management For Government* - 1985, *Federal Travel
> Regulations: The Government* *Contractor's Guide* -- 1987, *Principles
> of Government Travel Management* -- 1988, *Government Contractor
> Travel: Issues & Answers* -- 1988, *Federal Contractor Travel:
> Regulations, Controls, and Audit* -- 1989, *Federal Contractor Travel
> Report* -- 1990, *Government Contractor Travel Managers' Reference
> Guide* -- 1990, *Corporate Travel Policy Compliance Review* -- 1991,
> "The Travel Process" description and flow chart for the *Joint
> Financial Management Improvement Program*, President's Council on
> Management Improvement, "Travel System Requirements" of the *Federal
> Financial Management System Requirements*, JFMIP, 1991 and 2000,
> *Responding To A Request For Proposal For Government Travel Services*
> -- 1992, *Capitol Gains* -- 1994, SGTP's *"Survival Guide"* - 1997,
> 2000, Course revision for *"Principles of Government Travel
> Management"* - 1993, 1995

**Curtis Jensen**

**Director of Government Segment Sales and Strategies**

### Marriott Lodging Sales

Mr. Jensen has worked in the hospitality industry for 18 years. He is
the head of Marriott's Government Sales and Marketing Strategies in
their comprehensive government sales web-based training tool for over
2,400 Marriott branded properties that focuses on teaching sales
managers how to understand the nuances of working with government
agencies. Since 1994, Marriott hotels have been the number one provider
of lodging rooms to the government, with Marriott Hotels Resorts and
Suites, Marriott Conference Centers, Courtyard by Marriott, Residence
Inn, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, ExecuStay, Renaissance, The Ritz
Carlton, and Spring Hill Suites.

**John (Jack) Kelly**

**Policy Analyst**

**Office of Management and Budget**

Mr. Kelly began his Federal career over 25 years ago as a Senior Policy
Analyst on what was then known as the "management side" of OMB. Over the
years, he has been involved in a wide variety of government-wide reform
efforts, including reorganizations, the first government-wide review of
Federal travel policies and costs, setting and enforcing workspace
utilization standards and real property disposal targets, developing a
generic real property management system and improvements to the
worldwide inventory of Federal real property, establishing the
Cooperative Administrative Support Unit (CASU) program, and writing
OMB's policy on the management and use of Federal aircraft.

For several years, Mr. Kelly was OMB\'s lead analyst on the reinvention
of GSA and on GSA's implementation of the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA). His current responsibilities include examining the
budgets of OGP and several administrative accounts within GSA. He
continues to be involved in the development of policies related to
travel, transportation, aircraft, motor vehicle fleets, personal
property and real property management, and the reviewing of the
implementation of those policies.

Mr. Kelly is a member of OMB's Program Evaluation Team (PET), which
developed the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). OMB and the
agencies are currently using the PART to assess 20 percent of the
Federal programs in the FY 2004 Budget Review.

**Kathy Lane**

**National Account Manager, Federal Sales**

**Oakwood Worldwide**

In 1999, Ms. Lane was tasked to develop a National Federal Sales Program
for Oakwood Worldwide. During this time, she developed a strategic
Federal program to assist Oakwood Worldwide in positioning the
organization to partner with the various governmental agencies and is
actively involved with the NDTA, SGTP, and the Employee Relocation
Council. She sits on the American Hotel and Lodging Association's
Extended Stay Council and the U.S. Organization of Metro Washington
Senior Enlisted Advisory Committee.

In addition, Ms. Lane has addressed numerous government and industry
gatherings, including the Professional Housing Management Association,
NDTA, and GSA's National Travel Forum. She has written articles, some of
which have appeared in *Defense Communities and Defense Transportation
Journal*.

Ms. Lane has attained the designation of CRP (Certified Relocation
Professional), the qualifications of which are set by the Employee
Relocation Council. She is a licensed Realtor in the State of Virginia.
She received her B.A. in 1982 from the University of Northern Iowa.

**Kevin Maher**

**Vice President, Governmental Affairs**

### American Hotel & Lodging Association

As Vice President of Governmental Affairs for AHLA, Mr. Maher represents
the lodging industry on a wide range of issues before legislative and
regulatory bodies in Washington, DC. The lodging industry consists of
more than 53,000 properties and generates more than \$103 billion in
annual sales while employing nearly two million people. With ten years
of experience at AHLA, he assists members with regulatory compliance,
lobbies Members of Congress, coordinates grass roots action, and
communicates directly with local and national media and key
constituencies in the lodging industry.

Previously, Mr. Maher worked for the Travel Industry Association of
America, and on Capitol Hill for Michigan Congressman Bob Carr. A
graduate in Journalism and Political Science from Marquette University,
he grew up in Chicago, IL and mid-Michigan and currently resides in
Takoma Park, MD.

**Ted Miller, CHME, CHSP**

**Global Account Director**

**Starwood Hotels and Resorts**

For nearly four years Mr. Miller has been the National Director of
Government Accounts, handling the Meeting and Business Travel Markets
for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. In that time, he has guided the company
through the Premier Lodging Program and other opportunities to increase
its market share in the government market. The effect of the company's
involvement in the Business Travel Market has dramatically grown its
Group Meeting Market Share.

Prior to this time, Mr. Miller was in the National Sales Office for
Wyndham Hotels for 12 years, handling primarily the Group Market. His
current memberships include the Society of Government Meeting
Professionals and Meeting Professionals International.

**Gary Shaw**

**Executive Vice President -- Marketing**

**Corporate Lodging Consultants, Inc.**

Mr. Shaw joined Corporate Lodging Consultants, Inc. (CLC), in 1992 as
Executive Vice President -- Marketing. In this role, he is responsible
for the sales and marketing of lodging programs to Corporate America, as
well as the government. Corporate Lodging Consultants, Inc. is the
largest purchaser of hotel rooms for non-governmental travelers in the
United States. In 2002, more than 25,000 people per day will stay in a
CLC-contracted hotel. CLC has hotel contracts with over 9,500 hotels in
the United States, Canada, and the Virgin Islands. The contracted hotel
rates for CLC customers are generally 15% to 25% below corporate
business rates. CLC also handles all of the hotel billing and hotel
payments. CLC has a very diverse customer base ranging from the rail,
trucking, and airline industries to the American Red Cross and corporate
America. Mr. Shaw is involved in the development of a web-based hotel
check-in system that will feed any e-travel system with audited hotel
billing. The system has the ability to electronically distribute lodging
costs to the proper accounting functions of any company.

Prior to joining Corporate Lodging Consultants, Inc., Mr. Shaw worked
for Mobil Oil, Crown Central Petroleum, and Coastal Refining and
Marketing at senior management levels. He is also a Director on the
Board of the American Association of Railroad Superintendents.

Mr. Shaw is a native of Denison, IA and earned his B.A. Degree in
Marketing from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MS. He
has attended executive management courses at Penn State University in
College Park, PA and currently resides in Wichita, KS.

**Candace L. Sneberger**

**President and CEO**

**VacationWired.com**

Ms. Sneberger is the Founder and CEO of VacationWired.com, a
full-service leisure travel agency with a strong corporate client base.
Currently, over 400,000 employees of major companies, including Aon, BP,
Novartis, and Price Waterhouse Coopers, are able to make personal and
vacation travel arrangements through their customized travel sites,
hosted and supported by VacationWired, on their companies' intranets.
VacationWired.com is open to the public.

Prior to starting VacationWired in January of 2000, she held a number of
leadership positions in both the travel industry and eCommerce. The
following are previously held positions:

-   Founder, President, and CEO of **Cruise 411.com**. Cruise411 is a
    cruise only travel site offering services to the general public.

-   Vice President and General Manager of Andersen Consulting's **via
    World Network,** a business-focused eCommerce travel service for
    booking travel reservations.

-   Senior Vice President Multi-National Business Development for **BTI
    America's**, a travel company with sales approaching \$4 billion.
    During her employment with BTI, Ms. Sneberger was directly
    responsible for the attainment of and client satisfaction of some of
    BTI's largest customers, including Goldman Sachs, ABB Europe, Bear
    Stearns, Ikon, Quantum, and Unisource.

-   Corporate Director and Vice President at **Rosenbluth
    International**. During her 11-year tenure, she was responsible for
    directing sales growth from \$50 million to over \$3 billion and
    personally secured over \$1 billion in major corporate accounts,
    which included Du Pont, General Electric, Chevron, Prudential,
    Philips, Bristol-Myers Squibb, to name a few.

Ms. Sneberger is currently serving on the Board of Advisors for
TechTravelers, a company providing online managed-travel solutions. She
has also held advisory board positions with **Corporate Travel
Magazine** and **Sheraton Hotels** and been a speaker at a number of
major travel conferences, including those sponsored by **NBTA** and
**ACTE.**

**William B. (Bill) Tirrell, Sr.**

**Chief, Travel and Transportation Branch**

**Department of Defense**

Mr. Tirrell retired from active duty in the Navy in 1988 as a Commander.
While on active duty, he served for over nine years from 1978 to 1988 as
a Navy representative to the Military Advisory Panel (MAP) of the Per
Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Committee. While in that
position, he drafted numerous law changes and participated in the early
to mid-1980's in the overhaul of the JFTR, Volume 1 that annually
affects the travel of over two million uniformed personnel and their
dependents.

Following retirement from the Navy, Mr. Tirrell\'s positions have
included: Being a functional expert in the area of military travel and
transportation entitlements supporting the Compensation Directorate of
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, working for GSA as a technical
writer of the FTR, and serving as the Military Advisory Panel
representative from the U.S. Coast Guard for three years, leading to the
position he\'s held from September 1995 as Branch Chief of the Travel
and Transportation Branch of the Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation
Allowance Committee. He has taught entitlements to various groups of
military and civilian personnel and taught for GSA's Interagency
Training Agency. Mr. Tirrell has also been a regular presenter at MTMC,
GSA, Department of State/GSA, and Navy workshops, expos, forums,
conferences, and symposia.

## GSA STAFF

**DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER (DFO): Robert L. Miller, Jr.**

Travel and Personal Property Analyst

General Services Administration

Mr. Miller is a senior program analyst for GSA's Office of
Transportation and Personal Property (MT). In that capacity, he works as
a principal interface between the Deputy Associate Administrator (DAA)
and MT Program Managers (Division Directors) to coordinate program
activities among various Divisions within MT including Aircraft
Management, Travel Management, Personal Property Management,
Transportation Management, Mail Management, and Federal Vehicle
Management. This position requires a broad array of technical knowledge
of laws and guidelines governing Governmentwide processes including the
Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Travel Regulation, Aircraft Cost
Accounting Guidelines, Comptroller General Decisions, Federal Property
Management Regulations, and many others.

Prior the joining GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, Mr. Miller
served honorably in the United States Marine Corps, supervised a team of
avionics technicians at McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and worked for
the State of Georgia as a personnel compensation analyst. Mr. Miller
earned his Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management (Cum Laude) from
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, Masters of Public
Administration from Troy State University, Troy, AL, and attended
Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA.

**Martha (Marty) College**

Executive Assistant/Independent Contractor

Ms. College is the Sole Proprietor of Executive Recruiting Services, a
small, woman-owned business specializing in the recruitment of
senior-level executive assistants. She advises individuals on matters
related to interview preparation, resume writing, and career
advancement.

Ms. College also works on selected projects for the Federal government
and provides executive assistants on a subcontracting basis, as
required.

**Peggy DeProspero**

Acting Director, Travel Management Policy Division

### General Services Administration

GSA created OGP in December 1995. OGP is the central policy making
office that works with the Executive Branch in developing policies and
guidelines for real property, personal property, travel and
transportation, acquisition, information technology, electronic
commerce, the Regulatory Information Service Center, and Federal
Advisory Committees.

Ms. DeProspero, having been employed with GSA for 32 years, is currently
the Acting Director for the Travel Management Policy Office, a division
of OGP. This office is responsible for setting travel management policy
for the Federal government, which includes setting the per diem rates,
among other activities. The Federal travel budget is over \$8 billion
per year, with per diem rates alone covering 24 million room nights
annually.

**Joddy Perkins Garner**

Per Diem Program Manager

General Services Administration

Ms. Garner is the Manager of the Per Diem Program for GSA's Office of
Governmentwide Policy. She has over 16 years of experience in GSA's
travel management policy and program area and is considered to be the
"Per Diem" subject matter expert. Ms. Garner leads a team of Senior
Program Analysts who assist her in setting the per diem rates for over
500 locations across the Continental United States. She also manages the
flow of the Per Diem Program's day-to-day operations.

**Patrick McConnell**

Program Manager, Federal Premier Lodging Program

General Services Administration

Mr. McConnell has been a Program Analyst for GSA for over 11 years.
Originally starting out as a management intern in GSA\'s Fleet
Management Program, he eventually became a Team Leader within the
Federal Vehicle Policy Group, which issues policies and guidance on how
Federal agencies manage and operate the government\'s 580,000 motor
vehicles. Mr. McConnell\'s work focused on performance measurement,
interagency communications, alternative fuels, and analysis of
legislative issues in Congress that affected the Federal fleet. In
September of 2000, he was asked to join GSA\'s Travel Management Policy
Group and become the Program Manager for FPLP. Mr. McConnell finds the
travel industry to be very fascinating and finds establishing a
corporate lodging program for government travelers to be a very
rewarding challenge.

#### NON-VOTING EX-OFFICIO ADVISORS

**Larry Elkin**

**Regional Inspector General for Auditing -- Kansas City**

**Office of Inspector General**

**General Services Administration**

**Liza Jackson**

**Auditor**

**Office of Inspector General -- Kansas City**

**General Services Administration**

**Lennard S. Loewentritt**

**Supervisory Attorney, Personal Property**

**General Services Administration**

**John Pollock**

**Auditor**

**Office of Inspector General -- Kansas City**

**General Services Administration**