Seattle's CVB (SCVB) announced the appointment of Tom Norwalk as president and CEO, succeeding Don Welsh, who resigned last month to assume the role of president of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association.
Effective July 25, Norwalk will manage 45 employees in SCVB's main Seattle office as well as sales offices in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, and will oversee all of the bureau's operations, sales and marketing, finance and budget management, and business development.
Norwalk, who has served as SCVB's senior vice president of sales and marketing since 2005, is a Seattle native and tourism industry veteran of more than 25 years.