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Tourism Winnipeg Staff Listing
Need to get in touch with Tourism Winnipeg? For general inquiries please contact us through our general email address.
For all other inquiries please contact the appropriate person below. Tourism Winnipeg is a Division of Economic Development Winnipeg Inc. Click here for a complete staff listing of Economic Development Winnipeg Inc.
Executive/Corporate Team

Dayna Spiring
President & CEO
1 204 954 1988
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Dayna directs all aspects of the organization's activities. She provides leadership and strategic direction, collaborates with key stakeholders and is a driving force behind making Winnipeg a compelling choice for business and tourism.

Karen Goossen
Vice President, Marketing and Tourism Winnipeg
1 204 954 1965
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Karen leads the development and implementation of the tourism sales and servicing for all markets in order to increase Winnipeg’s economy.

Ryan Kuffner
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
1 204 954 1962
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Ryan is the Vice President of Sales for Economic Development Winnipeg directing all sales strategies. He also leads the YES! Winnipeg initiative to attract new business and work with local companies to facilitate their expansion, increase their market potential and grow their network.

Kim Metcalfe
Director of Finance
1 204 954 1980
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Kim's responsibilities incorporate all aspects of the day-to-day financial management duties of the corporation, as well as directing all finance-related administrative activities.

Tiffany Creaghe-Harder
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
1 204 954 1998
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Tiffany assists Dayna with issues management involving such aspects as scheduling, event planning, meeting management and communications-related tasks. She also serves as the primary liaison for EDW's board of directors and coordinates all board-related activities germane to the organization.
Tourism Winnipeg Team

Natalie Thiesen
Director of Tourism
1 204 954 1978
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Natalie is responsible for managing the Business Development Managers, Sales Administrators and Client Service Manager in order to optimize overnight visitations across all markets. Natalie is also responsible for attracting business events through the U.S. meetings and conventions market as well as the economic sectors of Energy and Environment and Information Communication Technologies.

Annie Henry
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1990
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Annie is responsible for attracting sports, special events and meetings and conventions to Winnipeg through the sport federations, unions, corporations as well as the key economic sectors of Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Creative Industries.

Grace Hicks
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1981
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Grace is responsible for attracting meetings and conventions to Winnipeg through the Canadian association and third party meeting planner markets as well as the economic sectors of Agribusiness and Life Sciences.

Sarah Robinson
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1995
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Sarah is responsible for selling and promoting Winnipeg as the destination of choice for the travel trade market showcasing Winnipeg as a group and package tour destination and focusing on student/youth travel, affinity groups, tour operators, wholesalers and receptives.

Brittany Cawson
Business Development Coordinator
1 204 954 1967
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Brittany is responsible for research and lead generation support for the Tourism Winnipeg sales team

Lynnea Adrian
Client Services Manager
1 204 954 1992
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Lynnea is responsible for managing client services by assisting clients in promoting their meetings, conventions, sports, special events and group tours that will be in Winnipeg in order to maximize attendance and elevate customer satisfaction.

Crystal Seman
Sales Administrator
1 204 954 1989
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Crystal is responsible for managing the customer relations management system, Simpleview, as well as supporting the sales activities of the Business Development Managers and expediting the bids and proposals in order to attract meetings, conventions, sports and special events to Winnipeg.

Jen Nagy
Partnerships Coordinator
1 204 954 1994
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Jen is responsible for the Team Winnipeg and Winnipeg Tour Connection partnerships and initiatives. She provides project-specific support to the meetings and conventions and travel trade teams and Tourism Winnipeg's industry events.

Danica Limpahan
Visitor Experience & Inventory Coordinator
1 204 954 1996
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Danica is responsible for inventory management and the delivery of front line visitor counselling.
Marketing & Branding Team

Cody Chomiak
Director of Marketing
1 204 954 1960
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Cody is responsible for marketing for Economic Development Winnipeg, including Tourism Winnipeg. He executes strategic marketing initiatives to increase visitation and business attraction to Winnipeg and advance the destination brand.

Tyler Walsh
Digital & Content Marketing Manager
1 204 954 1979
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Tyler is responsible for curating and creating digital and video content to promote and tell the Winnipeg story.

Eleanor Coopsammy
Corporate Creative Communications Manager
1 204 954 1961
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Eleanor manages the corporate communications activities specific to EDW. She executes a broad spectrum of deliverables based on strategic marketing & communications plans that span both digital and print formats.

Gillian Chester
Communications & Travel Media Manager
1 204 954 1977
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Gillian is responsible for writing and editing tourism marketing communications, handling travel media requests, developing story ideas, and the travel media program. For July & August 2020, Gillian will serve as the primary point of contact for all EDW-related media and advertising inquiries.

Mike Green
Social Media and Creative Communications Manager
1 204 954 1993
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Mike is responsible for development and execution of Tourism Winnipeg's social media plan. He is also responsible for all creative online and offline writing for various marketing mediums.

Kelly Krebs
Marketing & Communications Project Manager
1 204 954 1963
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Kelly is responsible for managing the content of the Tourism Winnipeg publications and website, approving all partner entries in Simpleview, compiling earned media, responding to image requests and managing the internal image gallery and photo contest.

Karen Allen
Graphic Designer
1 204 954 1964
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Karen is responsible for the graphic design of the sales and marketing initiatives and maintains the brand standards.

Maddy Reico
Digital Content and Marketing Coordinator
1 204 954 8340
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Maddy is responsible for creating and distributing digital content across all platforms. Maddy also facilitates the distribution of the e-newsletters, blogs and industry communications.