Kim Phillips
Vice President for Convention & Visitor Bureau
cvb@discoverdenton.com
Now in her 17th year as a tourism industry professional, Kim Phillips is the Vice President of the Denton Chamber of Commerce and Director of the Denton Convention & Visitors Bureau. She began her career in 1990 with the Del Rio CVB in Del Rio, Texas. She then went on to work as the Convention Sales Manager at the Kerrville CVB bureau from 1995 to 1996. From 1996 to February 2003, Kim established the Lewisville CVB and served as its director for the next seven years. She moved to the Denton CVB as Vice President in February 2003.
Kim enjoys community action and serves in various volunteer capacities including community clean up programs, festivals, and special events.
Kim is also very involved at the regional and state levels of the tourism industry. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas Lakes Trail Region. She is a Past Chair of the Texas Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors and continues to serve that organization as Membership Committee Chair. She is also an active member of the Texas Travel Industry Association Board of Directors. Kim is a past Chairman of the Board of the Dallas Fort Worth Area Tourism Council, and continues to serve that organization as Chair of Membership Programming and as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.
Kim has earned her Professional Destination Marketing Certification from IACVB, her Texas Destination Marketing Certification from TACVB, and is a certified Texas Hospitality Instructor. She holds an AAS Degree in Business Management from Southwest Texas Junior College and a BAAS Degree in Community Service from the University of North Texas. She added a professional certification in Volunteer Management from UNT to her resume in December, 2002. She is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Public Administration at UNT.
Dana Lodge
Sales and Service Coordinator
dcvb@discoverdenton.com
Her focus for the department will be sales and relationship building with the mission of attracting conventions, small meetings, and other group business to the Denton area. She is also responsible for coordinating conference services and volunteer services. Dana will also be assisting in the compilation of all visitor publications such as the calendars of events, brochures, hospitality guides, other special publications, and the CVB website at www.discoverdenton.com.
Dana holds a bachelor degree from the University of North Texas . She comes to the Denton CVB with over 10 years experience in the hospitality industry, having spent the bulk of her career in corporate and group sales for restaurants. She was previously the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Trail Dust Steak House and Friday's Front Row Grill located at Ameriquest Field in Arlington .
Dana served for 8 years on the Board of the Dallas Fort Worth Area Tourism Council, and continues to serve as an active member of the organization.
Dana and her husband, Tracy, reside just south of Denton . Dana enjoys raising and showing English Springer Spaniels.
Veronica Maldonado
Visitor Services & Communications Manager
communications@discoverdenton.com
As the Visitor Service Coordinator, Veronica's concentration is organization, logistics, customer service and local awareness. Her background includes eight years logistical service in the Texas Army National Guard and five years as the School Secretary and Volunteer Coordinator for J. Erik Jonsson Community School, a program of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, where she assisted in a collaborative process to educate low income families and increase parent involvement.
Service to the community is important to Veronica. She is a very active member in her church she has served as a translator, teacher and on her Parish Council. In an effort to preserve and spark interest about the history in her own community, Veronica serves as the Chair of the Archeology Committee on the Denton County Historical Commission.
Veronica and her husband, Jerry, are raising their two daughters Krystal, 13, and Isabel, 3, in Horse Country, just northeast of Denton. Her spare time is spent at volleyball and basketball games, volunteering at school, and driving young teenagers to the movies or the mall. But her true passions are reading about history, running, playing sports and dancing.