Connect with the Team

Our sales professionals — combining the expertise of the Hawaiʻi Convention Center, the Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau, and our international MICE specialists — can help meeting planners navigate our new approach to meetings and events in the Hawaiian Islands. The team is also equipped with the latest information regarding hotels, activities and attractions as well as indoor and outdoor venues.

Our team is ready to work with meeting planners to organize and execute some of their most successful and memorable meetings in the most culturally diverse destination of the United States. Select your meeting type below below to find the Meet Hawaiʻi team member near you:

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John G. Reyes
Senior Vice President and Chief MCI Sales Officer
jreyes@hvcb.org

Debbie Zimmerman
Meet Hawaiʻi/ ʻElele Program Director
Tel: (808) 202-0044
Debbiez50@outlook.com

Lynn R. Whitehead
Senior Director, Citywide Sales
Territory: East Coast
Tel: (410) 296-0564
lwhitehead@hvcb.org

Adrienne Nudo
Senior Director, Citywide Sales
Territory: Midwest and Canada
Tel: (847) 749-2996
anudo@hvcb.org

Meredith Parkins
Regional Director of Sales
Territory: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC
Tel: (703) 625-0163
Fax: (808) 924-0290
mparkins@hvcb.org

Kathy Dever
Regional Director of Sales
Territory: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin; Canada
Tel: (312) 982-2112
Fax: (808) 924-0290
kdever@hvcb.org

Adele Tasaka
Senior Director of Sales
Territory: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Tel: (808) 924-0225
Fax: (808) 924-0290
atasaka@hvcb.org