2020 Travel Unity Summit
October 19 - 23, 2020
Schedule
Monday, Oct. 19, 2020
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
Meet the Speakers
Rene Cantu
Founder and CEO
Cantu Consulting, LLC
Cindy VandenBosch
Adjunct Professor
NYU Tisch Center of Hospitality
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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