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CATHY GONZALEZ
Cathy
Gonzales, Vice President of the Convention and Tourism Department of the
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, attracts to Albuquerque and New Mexico
thousands of Hispanic and Native American conventioneers and visitors, which
translates to millions of dollars for the local economies. She is also
responsible for motivating many “Anglo” groups dealing with Hispanics and Native
Americans to come to the “Land of Enchantment. Cathy has been a board member
and vice president of the International Association of Hispanic Meeting
Professionals since 1996. Cathy also finds the time for other organizations and
is a current board member of the New Mexico Tourism Association of New Mexico,
(6 years) board member of the Central Region Association of New Mexico, past
president of the Latin American Winter Sports Marketing Council of New Mexico,
Inc., past Board Member as curriculum advisor to the International Business
Council of the Technical Vocational Institute, Member of the Women’s Albuquerque
Chapter for the American GI Forum, board member of CIMPA Chapter, National
Representative for Committees of various national organizations and volunteers
her spare time to school activities related to her twelve grandchildren. She
was recently recognized for 24 years of service with the Albuquerque Hispano
Chamber of Commerce and was awarded the Meeting Planner of the year by IAHMP.
She is responsible for developing and increasing the number of international
visitors to the city and state. Throughout Cathy’s career, many familiarization
tours are given with domestic and foreign travel agents, trade missions are
organized which provide business opportunities to chamber members, but also
expose Albuquerque to international visitors. Missions have been undertaken to
Spain, Mexico and Chile and cooperative educational programs have been organized
with New York, Australia, London and Mexico. |
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