MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.
Meet Minneapolis President and CEO Melvin Tennant, CAE, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Travel Association. Tennant will be an at-large director serving from 2012 to 2014. He will officially start his new term on March 23.
The U.S. Travel Association collaborates with everyone that uses travel to grow their business beyond what an individual can do. The Board of Directors oversees and governs the business of the association, votes on organization decisions and oversees the disbursement of monetary funds.Tennant has been the president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis, Convention and Visitors Association, since 2008, and CEO of Meet Minneapolis’ software affiliate, iDSS, since 2007.
Tennant sits on the boards of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Minneapolis Downtown Council, the Airport Foundation MSP and the Religious Conference Management Association.
He previously served as executive director of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau and president & CEO at Visit Charlotte. Tennant also has previous experience on the boards of the American Society of Association Executives Center for Association Leadership, Meeting Professionals International, the MPI Foundation, and is a past chairman of the Destination Marketing Association International.
