2020 Travel Unity Summit
October 19 - 23, 2020
Schedule
Monday, Oct. 19, 2020
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
Meet the Speakers
Monday, October 19, 2020
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET - DEI and Visitorship in New York State
A welcome from I LOVE New York, followed by featured speakers from NYS Parks, NYS Division of Human Rights, NYS DEC, and NYSTIA, followed by a dialogue with attendees moderated by Adirondack Diversity Initiative Director Nicky Hylton-Patterson.
Invite-only session
Email summit@travelunity.org to request an invitation.
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET - LGBTQ Lives: Talks & Tales (in partnership with Equality Florida)
Learn more about:
- Cultural competency in the areas of LGBTQ issues as it relates to on-the-job
- An understanding of those issues which fall into the category of ‘not knowing what you don’t know’ about being LGBTQ at work and in the world
- An understanding of those same issues for customers/visitors/travelers who are LGBTQ
Complete List of Speakers
- Mark Havard
- Andrew Basch
- Alia Kuraishi
- Jonathan Richmond
- Michelle Krefft
- Ken Pierson
- Arturo Gaona
- Xian Horn
- Aliza Greenberg
- Matt Skallerud
- Kelly Metzgar
- Rev. Brandan Robertson
- Gina Duncan
- Kelly Metzgar
- Roni Weiss
- Larissa Hunt
- Jeremy Sampson
- Kinya Claiborne
- Damien L. Duchamp
- Kate McCulley
- Justa Lujwangana
- Laurita Tellado
- Micah B. Lewis
- Martinique Lewis
- Bob Boland
- Paloma Zapata
- Michael Schibel
- Kameelah Benjamin-Fuller
- Sara Emmert
- Tanya Acosta
- Shuchi Vyas
- Paras Loomba
- Natalie (Ringsmuth) Copeland
- Justine Abigail Yu
- Neha Arora
- Danny Guerrero
- David Naczycz
- John Tanzella
- Kelly Murumets
- Cameron Myler
- Alan Kidd
- Sonja Gaudet
- Denise Naguib
- Danny Mendoza
- Heather Lawrence-Benedict
- Jose Duverge
- Margie Jordan
- Peggy Bendel
- John Sage
- Elliott Ferguson
- Romey Louangvilay
- Tiffany Misrahi
- Greg Takehara
- Norie Quintos
- Kristin Lamoureux
- Randy Durband
- Michelle Angier
- Lucy Cevallos
- Genevieve Lawrence
- Adrienne Lee
- Bex Shapiro
- Steve Johnson
- Chi Lo
- Neha Arora
- Billy Kolber
- Amy Draheim
- Damon Lawrence
- Moniqua Lane
- Jason Marsden
- Shebs Alom
- Jeannette Ceja
- Stephanie Claytor
- Yasmine El Baggari
- Sucheta Rawal
- Jen Ruiz
Sponsors & Partners
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