Director at Nevada Commission On Tourism
Reno, Nevada Area
- Past
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- Director at Maine Office of Tourism
- Executive Vice President at Agamemnon Operating, Inc. dba Cirrusair
- President and CEO at Pocono Airlines, Inc. dba Trans World Express
- Vice President/General Manager at Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle, Inc. dba Trans World Express
- Director of Tourism at New York State Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism
- Education
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- Harvard Business School
- Dartmouth College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Websites
Dann Lewis’s Summary
Seasoned business executive with extensive domestic and overseas experience managing destination marketing organizations for the Bahams, U.S. Virgin Islands, New York and Maine. Entrepreneur with experience founding and operating businesses in the resort and airlines fields in the U.S. and Caribbean. Outstanding history of creating innovative and effective destination marketing programs, measured by market and accountability research.
Dann Lewis’s Specialties:
Contract negotiation and administration, development of research based marketing programs, directing national and international advertising and public relations programs. Experienced in developing public/private partnerships.
Dann Lewis’s Experience
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Director
Maine Office of Tourism
(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
August 1995 — February 2007 (11 years 7 months)
Official Destination Marketing Organization for the State of Maine
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Executive Vice President
Agamemnon Operating, Inc. dba Cirrusair
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
April 1994 — June 1995 (1 year 3 months)
Air and ground courier service operating 22 aircraft throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana carrying checks for inter-bank clearance, film for processing and high value legal documents.
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President and CEO
Pocono Airlines, Inc. dba Trans World Express
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
July 1989 — March 1994 (4 years 9 months)
Regional passenger airline operating code share flights for Trans World Airlines with twelve jet-prop aircraft between airports in Virginia; Washington, DC; Pennsylvania; New York and Massachusetts.
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Vice President/General Manager
Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle, Inc. dba Trans World Express
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
July 1987 — July 1989 (2 years 1 month)
Passenger airline providing code share service to Trans World Airlines in San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix U.S.Virgin Islands and Tortola, British Virgin Islands with nine Grumman Amphibious aircraft and three DeHavilland Twin Otters.
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Director of Tourism
New York State Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
July 1978 — December 1980 (2 years 6 months)
Reorganized Division of Tourism from a public relations/media service focus to an integrated tourism promotional focus based on the I Love NY award winning advertising campaign.
Dann Lewis’s Education
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Harvard Business School
Certificate , International Marketing Institute: Marketing Research, Management and Prinicples , 1970 — 1970
The International Marketing Institute summer program I attended operated from June 21-July 31, 1970 at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
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Dartmouth College
1955 — 1959
