The U.S. and the meetings industry have given a lot to Burt Cabanas, founder and chairman of Benchmark, and since handing over the CEO reins to son Alex in 2013, he’s upped his lifelong efforts of giving back to the organizations and people who helped shape his success.
After working for Visit Orlando in senior sales positions for more than 11 years, and plying her trade in the Orlando hospitality community before that, Tammi Runzler made a change for the better—the betterment of humankind, that is.