Tourism Winnipeg Staff Listing

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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

Dayna Spiring
President & CEO
1 204 954 1988

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.

Natalie Thiesen

Natalie Thiesen
Vice President of Tourism
1 204 954 1978

Natalie leads the development and implementation of the tourism sales and servicing for all markets in order to increase Winnipeg’s economy.

Jason  Travis

Jason Travis
Vice President of Business Intelligence & Marketing
1 204 954 1982

Jason is responsible for the development and execution of marketing plans and market intelligence strategies to support EDW’s efforts to attract new investment, skilled talent, job growth and new visitors to the city.

Ryan Kuffner

Ryan Kuffner
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
1 204 954 1962

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.

Tiffany Creaghe-Harder

Tiffany Creaghe-Harder
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
1 204 954 1998

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

Lynnea  Adrian

Lynnea Adrian
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1992

Lynnea is responsible for attracting business events to Winnipeg through national and international associations, third party meeting planners as well as the key economic sectors of Life Sciences, Transportation & Distribution and Education.

Maria Paletta

Maria Paletta
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1981

Maria is responsible for attracting business events to Winnipeg through national and international associations, third party meeting planners as well as the key economic sectors of Agribusiness, Financial Services and Energy & the Environment.

Sarah Robinson

Sarah Robinson
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1995

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.

Crystal Seman

Crystal Seman
Business Development Manager, Sports & Special Events
1 204 954 1989

Crystal 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, Creative Industries and Information, Communication and Technologies.

Brittany Fox

Brittany Fox
Project Manager
1 204 954 1967

Brittany is responsible for managing the marketing and sales consortium of Team Winnipeg, and broader tourism stakeholders’ programs and initiatives.

Farnoosh Niroo

Farnoosh Niroo
Sales Administrator
1 204 954 1991

Farnoosh is responsible for managing  the customer relations management system 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.

Julie Perrett

Julie Perrett
Event & Project Coordinator
1 204 954 1996

Julie provides support to the Tourism Winnipeg's Project Manager and Business Development Managers. She is responsible for administrative functions, maximizing sales activities, partner engagement and assisting with events that contribute to increasing the visitor economy.

Marketing & Branding Team

Tyler Walsh

Tyler Walsh
Director of Marketing
1 204 954 1979

Tyler 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.

Karen  Viveiros

Karen Viveiros
Director of Communications
1 204 954 1961

Karen leads all communications at Economic Development Winnipeg. She is responsible for managing our corporate messaging through our communication channels and media relationships.

Gillian Chester

Gillian Chester
Communications & Travel Media Manager
1 204 954 1977

Gillian is responsible for writing and editing tourism marketing communications, handling travel media requests, developing story ideas, and the travel media program.  

Mike Green

Mike Green
Social Media and Creative Communications Manager
1 204 954 1993

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

Kelly Krebs
Marketing & Communications Project Manager
1 204 954 1963

Kelly is responsible for managing marketing and communications projects for the organization and leading website and printed publication development. She also manages Tourism Winnipeg’s leisure partnership opportunities program.

Maddy Reico

Maddy Reico
Digital & Content Marketing Manager
1 204 954 1968

Maddy is responsible for curating and creating digital and video content to promote and tell the Winnipeg story.

Anne Royal

Anne Royal
Marketing Manager
1 204 954 0770

Anne is responsible for managing marketing campaigns and projects, working closely with all business units to support the organization’s goals of increasing business investment, visitation and talent attraction to Winnipeg.

Karen Allen

Karen Allen
Graphic Designer
1 204 954 1964

Karen is responsible for the graphic design of the sales and marketing initiatives and maintains the brand standards.

Danica Hidalgo (On Maternity Leave)

Danica Hidalgo (On Maternity Leave)
Digital & Content Marketing Coordinator
1 204 954 1965

Danica is responsible for creating and distributing content on Economic Development Winnipeg’s digital properties and sharing Winnipeg stories to foster economic development for our city.

Abby Matheson

Abby Matheson
Digital & Content Marketing Coordinator
1 204 954 1960

Abby is responsible for creating and distributing content on Economic Development Winnipeg’s digital properties and sharing Winnipeg stories to foster economic development for our city.