Music Leaders Among NCVC Board Members

Ken Levitan continues as chairman of the NCVC board.

The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp (NCVC) has announced three new additions to its board of directors: Jana Davis, senior vice president of Corporate Affairs of HCA, Stuart McWhorter, president and CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and Dan Piotrowski, general manager of Omni Nashville Hotel.

Ken Levitan, president of Vector Management, will continue to serve as chairman of the NCVC board of directors for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Beth Seigenthaler Courtney, chairman and CEO of Seigenthaler Public Relations, will serve as chair-elect.

“With 54 months of record growth, Nashville’s hospitality industry is performing better than it ever has. Our board’s focus is on sustaining the success long-term,” said Levitan. “I look forward to working with existing and new board members during this historic time for the industry.”

These new volunteers join the following existing NCVC board members for fiscal year 2015-16:

Ken Levitan, Vector Management
Beth Seigenthaler Courtney, Seigenthaler Public Relations
Ed Hardy, Great American Country (GAC)
Ronnie Smith, Regions Bank
John Fleming, Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Pete Weien, Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
John Esposito, Warner Music Group
Beth Fortune, Vanderbilt University
Mignon Francois, Cupcake Collection
Max Goldberg, Strategic Hospitality
Kevin Lavender, Fifth Third Bank
Deb McDermott, Young Broadcasting LLC
Bob Patterson, Bradley, Arant, Boult Cummings
Tony Phillips, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
Rick Schwartz, Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

Ex-officio:
Butch Spyridon, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp
Waverly Crenshaw, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis—Legal Counsel
Howard Kittell, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage: Home of the People’s President—Chair of Tourism and Convention Commission
Sarah Trahern, Country Music Association