Year: 2019

Starr McMichael

Headshot of Starr McMichael, founder of Starrboard Enterprises.

Starr describes herself as a Specialized Generalist having led a successful career as an executive vice-president/owner/managing partner in the marine hospitality, tourism, food and beverage and event management industries. Starr is proud to be a Co-Founder of the IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference, a collaborative Global Dialogue on innovation… Read more

Deirdre Campbell

Headshot of Deirdre Campbell.

As president of Canadian-based tartanbond, Deirdre has been entrenched in the integrated communications business for more than 24 years, specializing in sustainable tourism and destination marketing.  In 2017, Tartan merged with the tigerbond, a UK based PR agency with over 40 years of experience.  This allowed Deirdre to expand her… Read more

Paul Nursey

Paul Nursey is a highly accomplished tourism marketing, strategy, and branding expert who is widely regarded as one of Canada’s top tourism policy minds. Since joining Destination Greater Victoria in 2014, Paul has led DGV to numerous significant accomplishments, including: -Co-founding the IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference. -Aligning DGV… Read more