Meet Our Hospitality Leadership Summit Speakers
2025
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Alison Birdwell
President, Sports & Entertainment, Aramark
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Carrie Campbell
Senior VP, Fenway Park Events
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Ian Fitzpatrick
Global Senior Director, Performance, New Balance
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Leah (Pavao) Linke
SVP, Event and Hospitality Delivery – On Location-FIFA World Cup 26™
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Abe Monzon
Senior Director of Talent, Union Square Hospitality Group
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Martha Sheridan
President and CEO, Meet Boston
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Patti Simpson
Chief Administrative Officer, Union Square Hospitality Group
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Megan Sullivan
Director of Operations, Union Square Hospitality Group
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Lauren Tallon Proshan
Chief of Race Operations and Production, Boston Athletic Association
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Joe Tarasco
Director of Operations for Daily Provisions, Union Square Hospitality Group
2024
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Bryan Rafanelli
Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Rafanelli Events
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Bashar Wali
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Practice Hospitality
2023
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Bennett Collen
Cofounder & CEO, Endstate
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David Edwards
Founder / CSO, Sensory Cloud
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Svitlana Krasynska
MIT-Ukraine Program Manager, Harvard University Research Associate
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Deborah Torres
Founder, Atlas Monroe
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Robert Vail
Senior Head of Innovation, The Boston Beer Company
2022
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Nick Anastasiades
Vice President of Growth, REEF Technology
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Elizabeth Carducci
Customer Experience Expert, Former CRO of Medallia
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Denis Drossart
Vice President of Education & Talent, Selina
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Graham Humphreys
CEO, The Culinary Edge
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Daniel Iannucci
Mid-Market Sales Leader, Toast
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David Pavelko
Global Hospitality Partnerships Director, Google Travel
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Sanjeev Shetty
President, SDS Ventures
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Quendrida Whitmore
Quendrida Whitmore Coaching & Consulting

