GBTA Holds Annual Business Meeting for 2025, Announces 2026 Board Election Results
GBTA's 2025 Annual Business Meeting covered financial performance and org highlights, and announced five newly elected Board of Directors members starting August 5 at Convention in Chicago.
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GBTA conducted its Annual Business Meeting led by GBTA CEO, Suzanne Neufang, and Board President, Rosemary Maloney. The session provided an overview of GBTA’s 2025 financial performance, key organizational metrics, and highlights from the year’s achievements.
Attendees also gained valuable insight into GBTA’s ongoing investments in its core mission, programs, people and advocacy efforts, as well as what’s ahead for the remainder of 2026, including the GBTA Convention, August 3-5 in Chicago.
The meeting also featured the announcement of the results of the 2026 GBTA Board of Directors election. GBTA extends its sincere appreciation to all candidates who participated in this year’s election process and all who voted, and congratulates the newly elected volunteer leaders who will begin their Board terms on August 5th at the close of Convention:
Director-At-Large (Direct Member)
Leslie Andrews, Director of Category Management, JLL
Regional Director, European (Direct Member)
Ben Park, Executive Director, Travel & Sustainability, Parexel
Director-At-Large (Allied Member)
Kim Conway, CEO, ASK4 Group
Evan Koppel, Director of Sales, Atlantic Region, United Airlines
Katie Virtue, Consultant, temoji
You can access the GBTA Annual Business Meeting | 2025 Review report here and watch a full replay on GBTA’s YouTube channel.
About GBTA
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world's premier business travel and meetings trade organization serving stakeholders across six continents. GBTA and its 9,000+ members represent and advocate for the $1.57 trillion global business travel and meetings industry. GBTA and the GBTA Foundation deliver world-class education, events, research, advocacy, and media to a growing global network of more than 28,000 travel professionals and 125,000 active contacts. For more information, visit GBTA.org and GBTAFoundation.org.
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