ABOUT
GBTA Ladders is a unique team-based mentor program that affords members an opportunity to not only expand their professional development within the travel and meetings industry, but to also gain true lifelong colleagues & friends. GBTA Ladders Program Mentors are highly accomplished executives with proven success in the travel business from both buyer and supplier organizations. These passionate industry leaders volunteer their time to guide talented members of the corporate travel community by helping them build connections, knowledge, and skills – helping shape the future of the business travel industry. Each year GBTA Ladders looks for the best and the brightest around the travel industry to join our ever growing family of GBTA Ladders Mentees. We strive to select professionals with the highest merits and qualifications; such as individuals in fast-track executive management or similar management programs within their companies.
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GBTA Ladders is a group of managed travel’s emerging industry leaders joining together for the dual purpose of:
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Mentorship, education and collaboration
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Leveraging our collective talents to help shape the next generation and the evolution of the industry
LEADERSHIP
COMMITTEES
MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS
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Ali Prejean Smith
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Grace Knowlton
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Mat Domaradz
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Katie Virtue
RECRUITMENT
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James Diaz
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Lindsay Straub
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Rodrigo Cotelo
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Katharine Farrell
ALUMNI ADVIOR
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Brian Kromer
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Rob Hannigan
GLOBAL ENGAGMENT
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Ben Ford
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Lauren Reay
SUSTAINABILITY
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Lena Sanok
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Gemma Todman
ADVISORY BOARD
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Allison Davis
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Annisha Brown
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Barbara Rose
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Caitlin Gomez
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Dan Raine
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Lauren Wolters
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Mick Lee
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Natalie Gardner
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Norman Gregory
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Paul Coverdale
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Will Pinnell
EVENTS
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Brian Kromer
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Lauren Reay Leach
GIVING
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Juliette Jackman
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Gordon Millner
PRACTICE PANEL
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Lindsay Straub
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Ryan Sokoloff
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David Toldedo