HomeAlumni » Get Involved » Hospitality Management Executive Advisory Council Hospitality Management Executive Advisory Council Explore This Section Get Involved Apparel, Merchandising, and Design Executive Advisory Council Event Management Executive Advisory Council Hospitality Management Executive Advisory Council Student Spotlight: Lauren Landis “With sports comes a lot of the banquets and meetings, which I definitely now would say I have experience in." Career Connections: Samantha Nunez Major: Event Management Organization: Make It Happen Events / Des Moines Wedding Show / Eastern Iowa Wedding Show International Connections: Maddie Kim Major: Apparel merchandising and design Program: Accademia Italiana Destination: Italy Student Spotlight: Owen Abrahamsen's London Fashion Experience “Realizing the London College of Fashion is one of the best universities as a whole in the world of fashion and realizing I had the opportunity to study abroad at a fraction of the cost of what it be like normally, it was a no-brainer for me." Barry Bloom Xenia Hotels & Resorts, IncEVP & COO Jon Bond Holiday Inn Express & Suites AnkenyGeneral Manager Jackie Carpenter Private Club AdvisorEditor Sandy Curwood Virginia Department of Education, Office of School Nutrition ProgramsDirector Wes Ehrecke Iowa Gaming AssociationPresident & CEO Tim Gustafson Davidson HotelsSenior Regional Director of Sales Julie Halfpop Martin BrosDirector of Nutrition Services Stacy Kluesner Iowa Restaurant AssociationDirector Marketing and Association Department Gwendolyn Page Fong’s PizzaCo-Owner/Founder Carol Peterson BakergroupPrincipal David Popelka Iowa State UniversityAssociate CIO LuAnn Reinders Iowa Tourism OfficeManager, Research & Insights Joel Reynolds Niagara UniversityAssistant Professor Paul Ruby Shodeen HospitalityPresident Neil Upadhyay Senior Account Executive Chexology Ann Vogelbacher Central Iowa Tourism RegionExecutive Director Carl Wertzberger Gilroy’s KitchenManaging Partner Student Spotlight: Lauren Landis “With sports comes a lot of the banquets and meetings, which I definitely now would say I have experience in." Career Connections: Samantha Nunez Major: Event Management Organization: Make It Happen Events / Des Moines Wedding Show / Eastern Iowa Wedding Show International Connections: Maddie Kim Major: Apparel merchandising and design Program: Accademia Italiana Destination: Italy Student Spotlight: Owen Abrahamsen's London Fashion Experience “Realizing the London College of Fashion is one of the best universities as a whole in the world of fashion and realizing I had the opportunity to study abroad at a fraction of the cost of what it be like normally, it was a no-brainer for me."
