Visit Milwaukee Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Leslie Johnson

VP of Sales and Event Experience
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259

Meet Leslie

Claire Koenig

VP of Communications and Advocacy
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255

Meet Claire

Christina Cooper

VP of Human Resources
ccooper@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4246

Meet Christina

Michelle Haider

Senior Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244

Meet Michelle

Tony Snell Rodriguez

Director of Community Engagement and Inclusion
tsnell@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4243

Meet Tony

Administration & Finance

Meisha Bridges

Chief Financial Officer
mbridges@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4258

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Lesa Edwards

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

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Steven Forbes

Executive Assistant
sforbes@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4241

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Ann-Marie Parker

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

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Der Vang

HR Employee Engagement Manager
mvang@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6225

Meet Der

Communications Team

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Claire Koenig

VP of Communications and Advocacy
ckoenig@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4255

Meet Claire

Tony Snell Rodriguez

Director of Community Engagement and Inclusion
tsnell@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4243

Meet Tony

Ian Thompson

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

Meet Ian

John Blust

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

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Kyra Mushall

Marketing & Communications Assistant
kmushall@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4234

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Event Experience Team

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Michelle Haider

Senior Director of Event Experience
mhaider@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6244

Meet Michelle

Shannon Richmond

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

Meet Shannon

Andrew Knuth

Senior Event Experience & Housing Manager
aknuth@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6253

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Taleah Meah

Visitor Experience Manager
tmeah@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4230

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Nicole Bedner

Event Experience Manager
nbedner@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4247

Meet Nicole

Kendahl Skomski

Event Experience Coordinator
kskomski@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4224

Meet Kendahl

Miranda Zoldan

Visitor Experience Coordinator
mzoldan@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4251

Marketing Team

Joshua Albrecht

Chief Marketing Officer
ja lbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-42 52

Meet Josh

Kathryn Lavey

Creative Director
klavey@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4250

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Alex Zimdars

Performance Marketing Manager
azimdars@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4231

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Monica Bullington

Marketing Projects Manager
mbullington@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6235

Meet Monica

Marisol Acevedo

Creative Services Manager
macevedo@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4223

Meet Marisol

Peyton Boelk

Marketing Specialist
pboelk@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6230

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Austin Wojciehowski

Social Media Manager
AWojciehowski@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4253

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Chris Ammon

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

Meet Chris

Kyra Mushall

Marketing & Communications Assistant
kmushall@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4234

Meet Kyra

Partnership Team

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Joshua Albrecht

Chief Marketing Officer
ja lbrecht@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-42 52

Meet Josh

Bryan Kubel

Senior Partnership Manager
bkubel@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4248

Meet Bryan

Maria Strand

Partnership Services Specialist
mstrand@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4239

Meet Maria

Sales Team

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Leslie Johnson

VP of Sales and Event Experience
ljohnson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-4259

Meet Leslie

Laura Nelson

Associate Director of Sales
Reg Account: Harley, Milwaukee Tool, Northwestern Mutual, Molson Coors, Rockwell, Air & Water Show, Financial Institutions
lnelson@milwaukee.org
(414) 287-6220

Meet Laura

Megan Husband, CFMP

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

Meet Megan

Chad Chappell

National Account Executive (DC)
Association – Educational, Labor Union, Scientific, Technology, Engineering, Computers
DC, DE, MA, ME, NJ, FL, GA, MD, NC, NY, SC, VA, WV
cchappell@milwaukee.org
(410) 375-3594

Meet Chad

Ray Valles

National Account Executive (TX)
Association - Health & Medical (excluding DC, MD, VA & IL), Ethnic (Multicultural/LGBTQ) (excluding Religious)
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, HI, ID, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NM, NV, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, WA
rvalles@milwaukee.org
(512) 539-8404

Meet Ray