Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Martha Sheridan, ka pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), i kēia lā e haʻalele ʻo ia i kona kūlana ma hope o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki e lawe i ka hana like ma ka Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.

"I ka wā o kaʻu ʻoihana, ua ʻike au i ka ulu ʻana o Providence/Warwick i wahi huakaʻi honua a ʻo koʻu hanohano ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ia evolution," wahi a Sheridan, ka mea i hana mua no ka PWCVB ma ka ʻO 1990s ma nā ʻano hana like ʻole a hoʻi mai ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a Luna Nui i ka makahiki 2006. "Ke hilinaʻi nei au e hoʻomau ka poʻe limahana akamai o ka PWCVB i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā hālāwai, nā ʻaha kūkā, nā hanana haʻuki a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa i kēlā wahi."
ʻO ka noho ʻana o Sheridan ma ka PWCVB he nui nā mea koʻikoʻi, ma waena o lākou:

• Ka hookumu ana o ka Rhode Island Sports Commission (RISC), ma ke ano he mahele o ka PWCVB. Loaʻa i nā hanana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e RISC kahi hopena hoʻolimalima ma mua o $30 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

• ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi papahana pili media ikaika i ʻike iā Providence i kapa ʻia ʻo "America's Favorite City" na Travel + Leisure readers ma 2015 a me kekahi o nā "52 Must See Places" ma ka honua e kipa aku ai ma 2016 e ka New York Times.

• 'O ka 'ike 'ana i ka helu o ka noho 'ana he 74.2 pakeneka no FY18, ka mea ki'eki'e loa ma ka ho'omana'o hou.

• Ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi alakaʻi uila holoʻokoʻa i 15 eclectic a me nā kaiāulu ola ma Providence.

"Ua ʻike mau ʻo Martha i ka moʻomeheu like ʻole o Providence ma ke ʻano he mea ikaika loa o mākou," wahi a Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza. “Mai ka hana ʻana i nā huakaʻi hele wāwae e kikoʻī i ka mōʻaukala o Providence, i ke kākoʻo ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā hana e hoʻoikaika ai i ka maikaʻi o ke ola, ua lilo ʻo ia i poʻokela maoli no ka Creative Capital. Mahalo mākou iā ia no kāna lawelawe ʻana i ko mākou kaiāulu a makemake mākou iā ia i ka maikaʻi ma Boston.

Aia ʻo Sheridan ma ka PWCVB a hiki i ka waena o Kekemapa. E hana pū ka papa PWCVB me nā alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ka Buro e holo i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā a hiki i ka inoa o kahi mea pani.

"Loaʻa iā mākou ka hilinaʻi i nā limahana o ka PWCVB e hoʻomau i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe a Martha i hoʻonohonoho ai," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka PWCVB ʻo Kimberly Greene. "Ua hana ʻo ia i nā hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā, a me ka hana ʻana ma ka pae kūloko a me ke aupuni e hoʻolaha i Providence/Warwick a me ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa."

Ua lawelawe ʻo Sheridan ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o Destination International, ka hui makua o nā hui kūʻai huakaʻi hele ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, a aia ma ka papa o ka US Travel Association. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā ʻano hana alakaʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻelua makahiki ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka New England Society of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. Ma 2015, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Sheridan i kekahi o ka "Top 25 Women in the Meetings Industry" e nā Meetings & Conventions magazine.

Ma Boston, e lanakila ʻo ia iā Pat Moscaritolo, ka mea e hoʻomaha ma Pepeluali 14, 2019 ma hope o 28 mau makahiki o ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka Greater Boston CVB.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“Over the course of my career, I have seen the Providence/Warwick area grow into a world-class destination and it has been my honor to have been a part of that evolution,” said Sheridan, who first worked for the PWCVB in the 1990s in a variety of roles and returned as president and CEO in 2006.
• The development of a robust media relations program that saw Providence named “America's Favorite City” by Travel + Leisure readers in 2015 and one of the “52 Must See Places” in the world to visit in 2016 by the New York Times.
“From creating a series of walking tours that detail Providence's history, to advocating on behalf of initiatives that promote a better quality of life, she has been a true champion of the Creative Capital.