I kēia lā,ʻo ka ʻO ka Hui Hōkele ʻo Ilinoi & Hoʻokele (IHLA) hoʻolaha i ke koho ʻana iā Michael Jacobson ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena a me Luna Nui.
ʻO Mr. Jacobson, ka mea i lawelawe hou nei ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao a me ka Political Engagement o ka US Travel Association (USTA), e hui pū me ka Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association e hoʻomaka ana ma ʻOkakopa 1, 2018. E hoʻololi ʻo ia i ka mea kahiko ʻoihana i mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Marc Gordon, nāna i hoʻolaha i kāna hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ma Dekemaba 2018 ma mua o kēia makahiki ma hope o ka kūleʻa, 21-makahiki noho ʻana ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka hui.
"He ʻimi paʻa loa kēia, a hauʻoli mākou i ka hopena," wahi a Tom Robertson, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association a me Luna Nui o Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. "Hāʻawi ʻo Michael i ka ʻike, ka hana hou a me ka hoihoi like ʻole i kēia hana. Ke kakali nei mākou i kāna hoʻololi a me ka hana pū me ia e hoʻonui i ka hana nui a ka IHLA i hoʻokō ai no ka ʻoihana.
Me USTA mai 2010, ua hāʻawi ʻo Jacobson i kahi hui ikaika i hana ʻia e nā hui lālā 1,200, 65 mau limahana a me $34M i nā loaʻa. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Coordinator, a laila Luna Hoʻokele, e mālama ana i ke kōmike hana politika a USTA (PAC) a me ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka ʻāina, ua kū koke ʻo ia i Luna Hoʻokele o ka ʻOihana Hoʻohui a me ka Hoʻopili Pilikino, a laila Luna Nui. Ua kūkulu ʻo ia i nā pilina koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina a me ka ʻāina me nā luna i koho ʻia a me nā alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Ma waho aʻe o kāna hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me kāna kuleana paʻa o nā lālā, ua alakaʻi pū ʻo ia i ke kuleana i nā hana pili politika - e komo pū ana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka ʻāina, nā hoʻolaha aupuni a me ka ʻohi kālā PAC. Ua alakaʻi ʻia kona ʻike i ka nui o nā kamaʻilio kamaʻilio ʻana no USTA, kahi i hōʻike ai ʻo ia i nā ʻike ʻoihana ma nā hālāwai ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā lā lobby pae mokuʻāina. ʻO kekahi o nā hana holomua a USTA, ua alakaʻi pū ʻo Mr. Jacobson i ka "Travel Talks," he papahana kipa pūnaewele e hoʻopili ana i nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā me nā alakaʻi huakaʻi kūloko.
"Hoʻohanohano wau e hui pū me ka hui ʻo Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association," wahi a Jacobson. "Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina ʻo Illinois, hauʻoli wau e hoʻohui i koʻu aloha i ka mokuʻāina me koʻu hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka ʻoihana hōkele. He manawa koʻikoʻi kēia no nā hōkele a me nā hale noho a puni ka mokuʻāina, a ke kakali nei au i ke kūkulu ʻana ma luna o ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka IHLA i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kānāwai, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke komo ʻana o nā lālā. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele waiwai koʻikoʻi o ka mokuʻāina, hauʻoli wau e hōʻike i ka 281,000 Illinoisans e hilinaʻi nei ko lākou ola ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa.
"I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Michael i kahi mokuna hou e alakaʻi ana i ka Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻaheo a hauʻoli paha no kāna manawa hou," wahi a Roger Dow, pelekikena a Luna Nui o ka US Travel Association. "Ua hōʻike au i nā haʻawina koʻikoʻi a Michael ma US Travel, ka waiwai āna i hana ai no kā mākou mau lālā a me kāna kuleana i hoʻokani ʻia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi huakaʻi - nā ʻano āpau e pōmaikaʻi ai ka IHLA i kāna hana koʻikoʻi ma mua. Hāʻawi mākou iā ia i kā mākou kākoʻo piha a makemake mākou iā ia i ka holomua nui. "
Ua paʻa ʻo Jacobson i kahi BA ma Political Science mai ke Kulanui ʻo Seton Hall, a ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ke kaiāulu alumni. He mea kākoʻo no ka American Cancer Society, noho ʻo ia ma ka Global Relay For Life Leadership Team a hoʻokumu i ka hoʻoikaika makahiki o Seton Hall University. Hiki i ka Global Relay For Life ke hiki i nā liona maʻi kanesa a puni ka honua e hoʻonui i ko lākou ʻike a hoʻoulu i ka ʻike maʻi kanesa, outreach, a me ka loaʻa kālā ʻoiai ke kūkulu ʻana i ke ola, ka hana manawaleʻa, a me nā hana hoʻolaha i ko lākou mau kaiāulu. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Jacobson ma ke ʻano he kahu ma ka papa o nā kahu mālama ʻo Illinois Township District 214 Education Foundation.
He kamaaina no Prospect Heights, Illinois, noho ʻo Jacobson ma Chicago me kāna wahine ʻo Sarah a me kāna kaikamahine hānau hou, ʻo Madelyn.
