NBTA President & CEO, Craig Banikowski, CCTE, C.P.M., CMM, said, "NBTA’s multiple levels of professional development are designed to move business travel professionals through the entire span of their careers. To stay at the top of our game in this industry, we must continue to enhance our understanding of the challenges we will face throughout our careers, and learn to face those challenges head on with all possible solutions within our reach. These corporate travel professionals have taken a huge step furthering their careers. Carrying the CTE and CCTE designations is a great achievement and a sign of industry expertise and experience.”

The Certified Corporate Travel Executive (CCTE) is the recognized certification course for corporate travel professionals; designed for professionals with at least two years of experience in the business travel field. The CCTE program is offered through a partnership between NBTA and the University of Houston Conrad Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management. NBTA today graduated 55 new CCTEs:

• Linda Bice, Bain and Company
• Gordon Black, Upstream
• Trudy Blough, Gateway Travel Management
• Laura Bowles, Cubic Corporation
• Rick Bradley, Sabre Travel Network
• Jody Brookwell, University of Alberta
• Doug Burns, Varian Medical Systems
• Edith Cabrera, Hilton Hotels
• Gary Clark, Continental Airlines
• Greg Cobban, Altria Client Services
• Christine Collins, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
• Terrence Cox, Sol Melia Hotels
• Karen decanter, Carlson Hotels Worldwide
• Trish Earles, Halliburton
• Barbara Ellebracht, Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union
• Judy Emma, Informatica
• Jodi Essex, University of Iowa
• Terence Fung, Li and Fung Group
• Janet Glasco, Equifax
• Elizabeth Gonzalez, Sabre Travel Network
• Deborah Hedgecock, Banner Pharmacaps
• Charmaine Hoag, University of Texas at Austin
• Elizabeth Hyland, Publix Super Markets
• Leslie Ireland, Whole Foods
• Bryon Johnson, Northern Trust
• Jannie Jonker, USAirways
• Maulishri Kansara, Wizie.com
• Laurie Kelzer, South St. Paul, MN
• Moira Kinzie, Bain and Company
• Greg Lagiovane, Carlson Hotels Worldwide
• Angela Lambert, Best Western International
• Nicole LeBoeuf, Hilton/Doubletree Hotels of Boston
• Pam Lorows, Corning
• Sherry Marshall, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Kristi Mattias, eBay
• Carol McDowell, FINRA
• Marianne Mellado, The Driskill Hotel, Austin
• Tammy Miller, Altria Client Services
• Chagrin Olivo, InterContinental San Juan
• Leslie Parreco, Loral Space and Communication
• Tamera Pope, Tyler Technology
• Matt Ronk, Carlson Hotels Worldwide
• Jan Schroeder, Best Western International
• Alesia Shealey, HelmsBriscoe
• Michelle Simmons, Bank of America
• Lilya Soleymani, American Express Company
• Mark Stone, American Express Business Travel
• Jenny Summers, HelmsBriscoe
• Terrie Tillman, Continental Airlines
• Sharon Tolliver, The Washington Post
• Tanya Westin, Tabor Center and Sheraton Denver
• Tanya Turnbull, Sanmina-SCI
• Wayne Urbanek,Lighthouse Consulting
• Nancy Wester, Travel Industry Consultant
• Wallis Williams, CDM

The Global Leadership Professional (GLP) program is the business travel industry’s premier master’s-level education program, offered by the NBTA Foundation in conjunction with The Wharton School of Business. Upon completion of the GLP coursework, participants earn a Certificate of Professional Development from the Wharton School before beginning one-year team projects to earn the GLP designation.

The NBTA Foundation and Wharton today recognized XX GLP students who earned the Certificate of Professional Development and XX who earned the GLP designation.

Certificate of Professional Development

• Tanya Brown
  Vice President
  BCD Travel
• Don Bunkenburg
  Managing Director Corporate Sales and Regions North America
  Lufthansa German Airlines
• Hillary Dallas, CCTE
  Global Travel Manager
  Booz Allen Hamilton
• Jeannie Eisenhart, CCTE
  Manager, Corporate Travel & Meetings
  Crowley Maritime Corporation
• Angela Francisco
  Global Travel Director
  Constellation Brands, Inc.
• Robyn Gilmartin, CTE
  Regional Sales Manager
  Continental Airlines
• Kendra Gleason, CCTE
  Vice President Account Management
  Avia International
• Shannon Hart
  Business Travel Sales Manager
  Millennum Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago
• Jeff Johnson
  Global Account Director
  Choice Hotels International
• Cindy Lewis
  Vice President, Sales
  BCD Travel
• Linda Loesch, CCTE
  Sr. Manager Travel Operations
  KBR
• Diane Lovett
  Global Account Director
  Choice Hotels International
• Coreen L. Marcroft
  Senior Manager, Procurement
  Aetna
• Bruce D. Miller, CTC
  Director, Travel Services
  McDonalds Corp
• Jennifer Murphy
  Global Director, Business Travel Sales
  Omni Hotels & Resorts
• Cecile Mutch, CCTE
  Director of Global Travel Services
  Kellogg Company
• Sharon Pierce, CTE,
  Regional Sales Manager Mid-Atlantic, Continental Airlines
• Nancy J. Smith
  Procurement, Strategy and Operations Leader
  PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Donna Watson, CCTE
  Education Manager
  NBTA
• Todd Zint, CMP,CMM
  VP, Meetings & Event Marketing
  National Financial Partners

GLP Designation

• Sharon Fogarty, CCTE
  Director, Travel Services
  Thomson Reuters
• Cynthia Gillen, CCTE, C.P.M.
  National Director, Procurement & Travel
  BDO Seidman, LLP
• Shelly H. Glenn
  Vice President Marketing & SalesRC Cancer Centers
• Nicole Hackett Director of Hotel Consulting
  Elizabeth Neumann Company
• Laura S. Hodgkinson, CTC
  Global Travel - Supplier Management
  eBay Inc.
• Christle Johnson
  Director, Strategic Accounts
  National Car Rental
• Michael D. Kell, CCTE, CHRM
  Vice President, Global Sales
  Lanyon
• Nancy Rissky
  Vice President-Client Services
  Travel and Transport, Inc.
• Sebastian Ruvira
  Senior Travel Buyer
  Claxson Inc
• Penny Watermeier
  General Manager, Sales & MarketingTravel and Transport, Inc.
• Mark H. Ziegler, CCTE
  Corporate Travel Manager
  Atmel Corporation