Year: 2023

Starr McMichael

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

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

Bob Sandford

Bob Sandford is Senior Government Affairs Liaison, Global Climate Emergency Response at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health. In his work Bob is committed to translating scientific research outcomes into language decision-makers can use to craft timely and meaningful public policy and to bringing international example… Read more

Impact Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference 2023

Ashwin Jadhav

Ashwin Jadhav is the Vice President of Business Development of Twelve, a chemical company for the climate era that makes everyday products from air instead of oil. At Twelve, Ashwin oversees the customer acquisition, sales and commercial strategy of Twelve’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) products. Ashwin brings over 15 years… Read more