Board of Directors

Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County, Inc. (VAAAC) is a non-profit, membership-based Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) that is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, all of whom bring expertise from all forms of business, hospitality, tourism and government segments.

The Board supports the experienced staff of tourism professionals and volunteers to increase tourism and travel, and its related economic impact and destination development, that benefits the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County economy.

2022/2023 Elected Positions
 

Executive Committee:

• Gene Condon, Chair

​Vice President/General Manager; Arundel Mills Mall

• Jill Porter, Vice-Chair

Director of Sales; MITAGS-Maritime Conference Center

• Steve Stavropoulos, Treasurer

General Manager; Westfield Annapolis

• Cynthia Jones, Secretary

Vice President - Sales & Marketing - Hospitality Division; Live! Casino and Hotel Maryland

Board of Directors:

• Donna Anderson

Executive Director, Chesapeake Arts Center

• Bill Givens

Senior Associate Athletic Director, Operations & Championships; U.S. Naval Academy Athletic Association

• Donnie Sutton

General Manager; BWI Airport Marriott 

• Adrienne Trout

Director, Office of Corporate & Community Relations, Division of Marketing and Air Service Development - MDOT MAA Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

2022/2023 Designated Positions

• Rosa Cruz, Anne Arundel County Representative

Vice President of Communications, Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation

• Mark Kleinschmidt, Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce Representative

President/CEO; Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce

• Tyler C. Patton, Anne Arundel County Representative

Director of State Government & Community Affairs, Verizon Maryland and Washington, D.C.

• Stephen Rice, City of Annapolis Representative

Economic Development Manager, Community & Economic Development Division

• Gina Stewart, BWI Business Partnership Representative

Executive Director; BWI Business Partnership, Inc.

• Hope Stewart, City of Annapolis Representative

SMBE Coordinator, Community & Economic Development Division​

2022/2023 Ex officio Positions
 

• Mayor Gavin Buckley

Mayor, City of Annapolis

• Kristen Pironis

Executive Director, Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County

• Honorable Steuart Pittman

County Executive, Anne Arundel County

• Miriam Stanicic​

Community Relations Director; U.S. Naval Academy

Download a Copy of the VAAAC Amended and Restated Bylaws here.

For inquiries related to the Board of Directors, please contact Joanne Rennie, Executive Administrator.