VISIT Milwaukee Staff
Senior Leadership Team

Peggy Williams-Smith
President & CEO
pwilliamssmith@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4233

Charlotte Hayslett
VP of Human Resources
chayslett@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246

Leslie Johnson
VP of Sales
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259

Joshua Albrecht
VP of Marketing & Communications
jalbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4252

Meg McKenna
Senior Director of Strategic and Community Partnerships
mmckenna@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4234

Claire Koenig
Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255
Administration & Finance

Charlotte Hayslett
VP of Human Resources
chayslett@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246
Meet Charlotte

Abeer Bazar
Executive Assistant
abazar@
milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4241

Der Vang
HR Specialist
mvang@
milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6225

Lesa Edwards
Finance Manager
ledwards@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4229

Ann-Marie Parker
Staff Accountant
aparker@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4244

Aaron Kosma
Administrative Coordinator
akosma@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6221
Communications Team
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Claire Koenig
Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255

Ian Thompson
Senior Communications Manager
ithompson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4232

John Blust
Copywriter
jblust@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4254

Ina Li
Social Media Coordinator
ili@
milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4253

Margaret Weiner
Communications Intern
mweiner@milwaukee.org
Event Experience Team
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Michelle Haider
Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244

Shannon Richmond
Senior Event Experience Manager
srichmond@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4257

Andrew Knuth
Event Experience Manager
aknuth@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6253

Tony Snell
Visitor Experience Manager
tsnell@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4243

Nicole Bedner
Event Experience Specialist
nbedner@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4247

Teresa Benson
Visitor Experience Associate
tbenson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4251
Marketing Team

Joshua Albrecht
VP of Marketing & Communications
jalbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4252

Kathryn Lavey
Senior Creative Manager
klavey@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4250

Alex Zimdars
Creative Marketing Manager
azimdars@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4231

Miranda Allison
Digital Marketing Manager
mallison@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6235

Hallie Hayes
Marketing Manager
hhayes@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6230

Amira Ennis
Marketing Project Manager
aennis@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4223

Chris Ammon
Marketing Coordinator
cammon@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6224

Grace Lubinski
Creative Services Intern
glubinski@milwaukee.org
Partnership Team
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Meg McKenna
Senior Director of Strategic and Community Partnerships
mmckenna@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4234

Bryan Kubel
Partnership Sales Manager
bkubel@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4248

Maria Strand
Partnership Services Specialist
mstrand@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4239
Sales Team
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Leslie Johnson
Vice President of Sales
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259
Meet Leslie

Marissa Werner, STS
Director of Sports Milwaukee
Sports Milwaukee
mwerner@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6232
Meet Marissa

Laura Lutter Cole
Associate Director of Sales
Water/Environmental, Multicultural/LGBTQ/Ethnic
IA, IL, MI, MN, OH, WI
lluttercole@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6220
Meet Laura

Megan Husband, CFMP
National Account and Tourism Sales Executive
Hobby/Vocational, Religious, Wisconsin State Associations, Tourism/Group Tour
CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY
mhusband@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6239
Meet Megan

Chad Chappell
National Account Executive (DC)
Education, Labor Union
VA, MD, FL, GA, MD, NC, NY, SC, WV
cchappell@milwaukee.org
(410) 375-3594
Meet Chad

Ray Valles
National Account Executive (TX)
Health/Medical/Pharmaceutical, Fraternal, Government/Public Administration
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, HI, I, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NM, NV, OK, TN, TX, UT, WA
rvalles@milwaukee.org
(512) 539-8404

Connie Kopecky
National Account Executive
Sports Milwaukee
ckopecky@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4245
Meet Connie

Christina Fox
Senior Convention Sales Coordinator
cfox@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4225
Meet Christina

Katie Pfankuch
Account Executive
Groups 100 peak rooms or less, Single Property, Wedding/Social
kpfankuch@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4220

Maaike Rheinfrank
Convention Sales Coordinator
mrheinfrank@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4242

Shay Libby
Convention Sales Coordinator
slibby@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4249
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