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Sales Staff

Thanks for considering Houston for your next meeting or convention.

For your convenience our sales team can assist with booking everything from a 10 person board meeting to a 70,000 person event. The Greater Houston area consists of over 84,000 hotel rooms as well as multiple first class convention and assembly facilities.

For assistance with planning your next event in Houston feel free to contact us directly:

Meetings and Conventions 713-853-8301

Convention Facility, Space and Date Availability 713-853-8033

To submit your RFP click here

Sales Management Team

John Solis

Senior Vice President of Sales

P: 713-853-8926

jsolis@visithouston.com
Nathan Tollett

Director of Sales

P: 713-853-8977

ntollett@visithouston.com
Jason Purifoy

Director of Sales

P: 713-853-8338

jpurifoy@visithouston.com
Demi Hoang

Director of Revenue and Control

P: 713-853-8046

dhoang@visithouston.com

Citywide Sales Team

Our citywide Sales team specializes in managing accounts that require at least 1,500 hotel rooms on peak.

We are prepared to coordinate multiple hotel room blocks and convention center requirements.

James Brown

National Account Executive
Corporate West

P: 713-853-8927

jbrown@visithouston.com
Jim LaBadie, CASE

National Account Executive
Mid-West Region

P: 616-322-4454

jlabadie@visithouston.com
Karen Villagomez

National Account Executive
Texas Associations

P: 512-263-2380

kvillagomez@visithouston.com
Rose Mary Mitchell

National Account Executive
Eastern Region

P: 301-552-8463

rmitchell@visithouston.com
Ron Sipes

National Account Executive
Eastern Region

P: 301-315-5850

rsipes@visithouston.com
Nyomi Jourdan

National Account Executive
West, Mid-West Region

P: 713-853-8922

njourdan@visithouston.com

Mid-Size Sales

Accounts requiring at least 900 rooms but no more than 1,499 on peak are managed by the following staff:

Lindsay Rhoden

National Account Executive
West, Mid-West Region

P: 713-853-8939

lrhoden@visithouston.com

In-House Sales

Our in-house Sales team manages accounts requiring from 10 group rooms to 900 on peak

Len Valka

West, Mid-West Region
201-900 Peak Rooms

P: 713-853-8295

lvalka@visithouston.com
Pamela Ellis Benson, CTA

Eastern Region
201-900 Peak Rooms

P: 713-853-8935

pbenson@visithouston.com
Joel Rugerio, III

Eastern Region
10-200 Peak Rooms

P: 713-853-8934

jrugerio@visithouston.com
Juan Bradford

Specialty Sales – US
201-900 Peak Rooms

P: 713-853-8367

jbradford@visithouston.com
Jasmine Smith

West, Mid-West Region
10-200 Peak Rooms

P: 713-853-8051

jsmith@visithouston.com

George R. Brown Convention Center - Consumer Sales

We have a full-time manager ready to assist with finding space at our convention center for consumer trade shows, conferences or events.

Anita Robles

National Account Executive

P: 713-853-8033

arobles@visithouston.com

International - Global Sales

Houston has experienced demand for hosting International Conferences. Our two International airports provide ease in travel from all over the world.

Daniel Palomo

Director of Global Sales

P: 713-853-8326

dpalomo@visithouston.com

Sales Support Team

Kristen Gutierrez

Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President, Sales

P: 713-853-8924

kgutierrez@visithouston.com
Rebecca Thorn

Research and Development Manager

P: 713-853-8309

rthorn@visithouston.com
Cory Campbell, CTA

Account Development Manager

P: 713-853-8923

ccampbell@visithouston.com
Tommy Murray, CTA

Sales Manager

P: 713-853-8328

tmurray@visithouston.com
Vanessa Camarena, CTA

Facility Revenue Specialist

P: 713-853-8011

vcamarena@visithouston.com
Vicky Noncheva

Office Manager, DC

P: 202-347-8264

vnoncheva@visithouston.com
Ashley Sepulveda

Administrative Assistant

P: 713-853-8929

asepulveda@visithouston.com
Kim Duffaut, CTA

Administrative Assistant

P: 713-853-8807

kduffaut@visithouston.com