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NSBF Committees

Executive Committee

Provides organization leadership, management, and fiduciary responsibility

Meets as needed.

Lenore Bates

Lenore Bates

President
Committees: Executive, Membership, Nominating
Teams: Awards, State Tourism Collaborative
Colorado Department of Transportation
Michael McClanahan

Michael McClanahan

Vice President - President Elect
Partnership Committee (Chair), Nominating (Chair) and Executive Committees
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Glenda Ferguson

Glenda Ferguson

NSBA Secretary

Education Committee, Byway Fact Sheet Development Coordinator
Team: Byway Leader Training
Indiana's Historic Pathways National Scenic Byway
Chris Sieverdes

Chris Sieverdes

NSBA Treasurer

Committees: Membership, Education, Nominating
Teams: Awards, Byway Leader Training
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway
Leslie McLellan

Leslie McLellan

Committee: Marketing Committee chair
Teams: Editor for our NSBA Blogs, Google Ads Program
Just a Small Town Girl - Business Owner
Sharon Strouse

Sharon Strouse

NSBA Executive Director

Byway Leader Training - Facilitator and Presenter
Byway Resource Librarian
Host of NSBA Member's First Friday Fellowship, bi-monthly
NSBA Newsletter Editor

NSBA Executive Director, Amish Country Byway Leader

Education Committee

Chair – Eric Hamilton
admin@mohawktowpath.org

Manages webinars, byway leader training, conference curriculum, newsletter content, and Byway Fact Sheets

Meets on the third Thursday of the month, 2 pm Eastern

Eric Hamilton
Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway
Sheila Scarborough
Tourism Currents
Janice Gammon
Jefferson Highway Heritage Byway
Glenda Ferguson
Indiana's Historic Pathways National Scenic Byway
Chris Sieverdes
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway
Nancy A. Brunswick
Retired, US Forest Service & America's Byways Resource Center
Sharon Strouse
NSBA Executive Director, Amish Country Byway Leader

Communications Committee

Chair – Jennifer Coleman

Manages website content, NSBA social media, messaging, awards news releases and collateral information

Meets on the second Tuesday of the month, 4 pm Eastern

Jennifer Coleman
Scenic Washington State - Business Owner
Stacy Brown
Shreveport-Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau Executive Director
Sarah Focke
Kearney Visitors Bureau
Kim Foster
Foster Relations, Inc; President
Sharon Strouse
NSBA Executive Director, Amish Country Byway Leader

Partnership Committee

Mike McClanahan – chair

Identifies, engages, and builds relationships with national and state partners. Partnerships with donors and sponsors is nurtured.

Meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month,  2pm Eastern

 

Committee Members:

Michael McClanahan – Chair

Wanda Maloney

Nancy Brunswick

Becky Repp

Sharon Strouse, NSBA Exec Director

Membership Committee

Chair – Chris Sieverdes

Identify and build member relationships.

Meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 2 pm Eastern

Chris Sieverdes
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway
Lenore Bates
Colorado Department of Transportation
Janice Gammon
Jefferson Highway Heritage Byway
Chris Sieverdes
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway

Nominating Committee

Meets as needed.

Lenore Bates
Colorado Department of Transportation
Michael McClanahan
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Chris Sieverdes
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway
Sharon Strouse
NSBA Executive Director, Amish Country Byway Leader

Annual Awards Team

The Awards Team is a sub-committee of Membership. Meets as needed.

Chris Sieverdes
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway
Lenore Bates
Colorado Department of Transportation

IPW Team

Chair – Stacy Brown

Meets as needed.

Stacy Brown
Shreveport-Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau Executive Director
Kim Foster
Foster Relations, Inc; President
Sharon Strouse
NSBA Executive Director, Amish Country Byway Leader

Byway Leader Training (BLT) Team

Chair – Chris Sieverdes
csieverdes@gmail.com

Meets as needed.

Chris Sieverdes
Ohio Byway Links (statewide byway nonprofit) and the Amish Country Byway

Glenda Ferguson
Indiana's Historic Pathways National Scenic Byway
Nancy A. Brunswick
Retired, US Forest Service & America's Byways Resource Center
Sharon Strouse
NSBA Executive Director, Amish Country Byway Leader

State Byway Tourism Collaborative

Offers programming and networking for state byway coordinators and state tourism team representatives.

Meets as needed.

Lenore Bates and Matt Ozuna lead the team.

Sharon Strouse facilitates the quarterly meetings in January, April, July and October.