Organizations Filed Purposes:
VISIT PHILADELPHIA IS OUR NAME AND OUR MISSION. AS THE REGION'S OFFICIAL TOURISM MARKETING AGENCY, WE BUILD GREATER PHILADELPHIA'S IMAGE, DRIVE VISITATION AND BOOST THE ECONOMY.
VISIT PHILADELPHIA BUILDS THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND IMAGE THROUGH DESTINATION MARKETING FOR LEISURE TRAVEL. IN 2019, VISIT PHILADELPHIA SHOWCASED AND STRENGTHENED THE PHILADELPHIA BRAND THROUGH WELL-ROUNDED AND HIGH-IMPACT MARKETING EFFORTS INCLUDING COMPELLING CONTENT AND STRONG MEDIA RELATIONS (9,300 EDITORIAL STORIES); THE "WITH LOVE/CITY OF LOVE" ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN; THE CITY'S OFFICIAL VISITOR WEBSITE (14.4 MILLION VISITS); SOCIAL MEDIA (1.63 MILLION FANS AND FOLLOWERS); EVENT AND ATTRACTION PROMOTION (E.G. FESTIVALS, EXHIBITS, HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS, PARKS AND TRAILS, DINING AND MORE); 9,016 BOOKINGS OF THE VISIT PHILLY OVERNIGHT HOTEL PACKAGE; AND PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIPS TO FURTHER OUR MESSAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THESE EFFORTS IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE PHILADELPHIA REGION, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NIGHTS THEY STAY, AND THE NUMBER OF ATTRACTIONS THEY VISIT. IN 2018 OVER 45 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED PHILADELPHIA FOR AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NEARLY $12 BILLION. 88% OF THOSE VISITORS WERE LEISURE TRAVELERS. SINCE VISIT PHILADELPHIA'S INCEPTION IN 1997 LEISURE HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS IN CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA HAVE INCREASED 300%. SINCE 2007, PHILADELPHIA'S SATURDAY NIGHT HOTEL OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS A MAJOR INDICATOR OF A DESTINATION'S LEISURE STRENGTH, HAS BEEN THE BUSIEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Meryl Levitz | PRESIDENT & CEO (10/01-10/31) | 55 | $411,911 |
| Cindy Ray | TREASURER & CFO | 50 | $161,313 |
| James Zale | VP DIGITAL STRATEGY | 50 | $158,669 |
| Kara Callahan | VP OF ADVERTISING AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES | 50 | $132,554 |
| Keith Mcmenamin | DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 50 | $124,120 |
| Frederick Smith | FORMER VP HOTEL INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH | 50 | $119,661 |
| Trino Boix | SECRETARY | 50 | $108,900 |
| Laura Burkhardt | VP TOURISM RELATIONS | 50 | $107,848 |
| Cara Schneider Bongiorno | SR DIRECTOR MEDIA RELATIONS | 50 | $107,070 |
| Jeffrey Guaracino | PRESIDENT & CEO (EFF. 11/01) | 55 | $50,254 |
| Wendy Hamilton | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sheila Hess | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Richard W Vague | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William R Sasso Esquire | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bret Perkins | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Murnane | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Reginald Archambault | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Obra Kernodle | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Honorable James F Kenney | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Anthony Conti | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Craig R Carnaroli | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Darwin Beauvais | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| James Adamson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rhonda R Cohen Esquire | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert W Bogle | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Manuel N Stamatakis | CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
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