NBTA Appoints New Board Members

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. January 13, 2009

ALEXANDRIA, VA - January 13, 2009 - The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today announced four new members for 2009 of the Board of Trustees of the NBTA Foundation, NBTA's education and research foundation.

NBTA President & CEO, Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, said, "I am pleased to announce the two-year appointment of these prominent industry leaders to the NBTA Foundation Board of Trustees. With their industry experience and insights, I am confident they will help to further the NBTA Foundation's mission to provide the business travel industry with timely and accurate research, scholarships and unparalleled educational programs."

New Board Members:

Jeff Cacy

Managing Director, Airline Marketing Services

The Boeing Company

Michael Fegley

Vice President Global Sales

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Sharon Fogarty, CCTE

Director, Travel Services

Thomson Reuters

Steve Schoen

Director, Mobility Services

Siemens Shared Services, LLC

Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP

President & CEO, NBTA

Travel Manager for Intercollegiate Athletics

The University of Texas at Austin

Suzanne Fletcher

Chairman/Past President, NBTA

Director of Travel, Meetings, Food Service, Fleet, Transportation

Weyerhaeuser

Ralph Colunga

Director, Global Travel

Salesforce.com

Robert Lambert

Senior Vice President-Commercial Sales

Avis Budget Group

Debi Scholar

Meeting & Event Services Director

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Steve Sear

Vice President Sales

Delta Air Lines

Steve Singh

Chairman & CEO

Concur Technologies

Continuing Board Members

Fay Beauchine, Chair

President-Engagement & Events

Carlson Marketing

Katina Tryforos, Vice Chair

Travel Manager, Airline Programs and Customer Service Field Operations

Deloitte Services LP

Daphne Bryant, Secretary/Treasurer

Foundation Director

NBTA Foundation

Bill Connors, CTC

Executive Director & COO

National Business Travel Association

Fay Beauchine, NBTA Foundation Board Chair, said, "I'm thrilled to welcome our new board members who bring their hearts and minds to the NBTA Foundation's work. In today's challenging environment, the Foundation's research and education programs are more important than ever for corporate travel professionals across the globe."

Beauchine also thanked the following outgoing board members for their contributions to the NBTA Foundation's work on behalf of the industry: Bindu Bhatia, Vice President, Global Sales, North America, Carlson Wagonlit Travel; Mary Casey, Vice President, Strategic Account Management, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide; Denise Lodrige-Kover, Vice President, BTS & Strategic Partnership Accounts, Hilton Hotels Corporation; and Norma Rohrbach, GLP, Vice President, Global Services Sourcing, Citi. Their leadership helped the foundation raise $5 million over the next five years and award more than $94,000 in scholarships in 2008, conduct important industry research and enhance the one-of-a-kind Managed Travel Index(R) (MTI) & Benchmarking Tool.

The NBTA Foundation is the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA). The foundation was established in 1997 to support NBTA's members and the industry as a whole. As the leading education and research foundation in the business travel industry, the NBTA Foundation seeks to fund initiatives to advance the business travel profession. The foundation offers the only master's-level accredited course and professional designation for the corporate travel professional, the Global Leadership Professional (GLP) program, in partnership with The Wharton School. The industry's leading benchmarking resource - the Managed Travel Index(R) (MTI) & Benchmarking Tool - is offered by the foundation. The NBTA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information, see www.nbtafoundation.org.