Steve Powell
CEO - Destination Management
- 20 years as a CEO of two convention and visitor bureaus.
- Successfully completed 5 major tourism product development projects, totaling in excess of $70 million.
- Managed annual budgets totaling $2.3 million
- Secured grant money totaling $200,000 annually
- Managed the development, promotion and preservation of Missouri’s largest National Historic District.
- Politically savvy as evidenced by working with 3 governors, 5 city councils, 3 mayors and 8 city administrators.
- Well versed on the national trends in the tourism industry and the application of those trends at the local level