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San Diego, CA (August 17, 2005) -- Fifty-six corporate travel professionals graduated from the National Business Travel Association’s (NBTA) Certified Corporate Travel Executive (CCTE) program during NBTA’s 37th Annual Convention and Trade Show this week at the San Diego Convention Center.
“I want to extend warm congratulations to the 56 industry colleagues who earned the CCTE designation this week,” said NBTA Chairman/Past President, Carol A. Devine, CCTE. “CCTE is recognized throughout the corporate travel industry as an indicator of a travel management expert. These graduates have completed a rigorous course, including two separate weeks of classroom instruction, a selection of electives and an exam. They have certainly earned the title ‘Certified Corporate Travel Executive.’”
NBTA offers the CCTE program in conjunction with the University of Houston’s Conrad Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management. CCTE students learn financial management techniques, control procedures and business strategies in order to better design travel programs that help companies meet strategic goals.
CCTE, the only travel management certification program available in the industry, is the middle level of NBTA’s three-tiered professional development program. NBTA also offers CTE, which is a fundamentals of business travel management designation. NBTA’s foundation, the Institute of Business Travel Management, offers the Global Leadership Program, the industry’s only master’s-level education.
The following were awarded the CCTE designation during a General Session of the NBTA Convention:
Elva Abilez, CCTE
Kerri Beatty, CCTE, GMAC Residential
Kerry Bergen, CCTE, Best Buy Company
Toni Bonnette-Verdi, CCTE, Hyatt Select Hotels Group
Sherry Boudreau, CCTE, Applied Systems
Tina Brown-Smith, CCTE, Sallie Mae
Jennifer Bush, CCTE, Moog Inc.
Wayne Childs, CCTE
Cheryl Chodaniecky, CCTE, WesternGeco
Jamie Corkran, CCTE, Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts
Julie Craig, CCTE, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Renee Dunnington, CCTE, Nextel Communications
Shaun East, CCTE, ScotiaBank
Rebecca Enk, CCTE, Information Resources, Inc.
Sharon Fogarty, CCTE, Thomson Corporation
Joyce Greenberg, CCTE, Countrywide Home Loans
Mary Alice Hansen, CCTE, Astellas US LLC
Aaron Hosey, CCTE, Cornerstone Information Systems
Cynthia Jefferson, CCTE, AARP
Laurie John, CCTE, Petro Star Inc.
Michael Kell, CCTE, Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts
Joseph Knowles, CCTE, University of California, Berkeley
Scott Lamb, CCTE, Hyatt Select Hotels Group
Edward Latimer, CCTE, Best Western International, Inc.
Naomi Lauture, CCTE, American Bible Society
Nancy Lee, CCTE, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
Jack Lever, CCTE, Bayer Corporate & Business Services
Shelly Lewchuk, CCTE, Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Kristi Long, CCTE, National Business Travel Association
George Mathis, CCTE, Christopherson Travel Group
Patrick McConnell, CCTE, U.S. General Services Administration
Cheryl Mirth, CCTE, May Company
Cindy Morse, CCTE, Shell Oil Companies
Kevin Olsen, CCTE, Autoliv North America
Debbi Natalie, Picone, CCTE CHEP
Tanya Pope, CCTE, MTV Networks
Bryn Potter, CCTE, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Sandy Prosser, CCTE, WorldTravel BTI
Tanya Racz, CCTE, Canadian Alliance of Business Travel
Debbie Reynolds, CCTE, American Airlines
Robin Roane, CCTE, Marriott International, Inc.
Deborah Roberts, CCTE, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Gregory Ross, CCTE, Christopherson Travel Group
Craig Sandoval, CCTE, The Fairmont Hotel San Jose
Norma Serra, CCTE, EMC Corporation
Judith Silcox, CCTE, InterContinental Hotels Group
Lisa Simpkins, CCTE, Meetings, Events & Executive Travel Services, LLC
Dawn Skiba, CCTE, Esophyx
Yasuo Sonoda, CCTE, Macromedia, Inc.
Stacey Sutton, CCTE, Cornerstone Information Systems
Susan Unger, CCTE, Commercial Federal Bank
Denada Vance, CCTE, Progress Energy
Viola Vorstoffel, CCTE, Siemens Shared Service, LLC
Jami Waggoner, CCTE, Cornerstone Information Systems
Joan Wilbanks-Keeler, CCTE, Embassy Suites Outdoor World
Fran Walters, CCTE, TQ3Navigant
The National Business Travel Association is the source for critical information on the business travel industry. For more than 35 years, NBTA has dedicated itself to the professional development of its members through advocacy, education and training, and networking opportunities. NBTA represents over 2,500 corporate and government travel managers and travel service providers, who collectively manage and direct more than $170 billion of expenditures within the business travel industry. For more on NBTA, visit www.nbta.org.
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