As the founder and CEO of Mission2Market, Dave was the CMO for Visit Chattanooga for a decade and started his career at CNN covering travel, science, technology and space exploration. He moved into travel & tourism in 2005, leading Georgia Aquarium’s Public Relations and Marketing during its opening years. When not working with destinations and attractions, Dave travels with his family around the world and the US in his family camper van…skiing and biking with every free moment. Dave has an MBA in Marketing & Management from University of Colorado.

Mary Howard has more than a decade experience in building brands through public relations and social media for destinations. Mary Howard enjoys working with destinations to develop their music, arts and heritage scenes. Born and raised in Tennessee, music is a passion with a stint working in New York in the fast paced music media industry. When not promoting M2M’s destination partners, Mary Howard travels, enjoys live music and anything outdoorsy.

Andrea brings a background in higher education and the outdoor recreation economy to M2M. She began working in the tourism industry in 2023 as a destination stewardship consultant and is excited to continue developing sustainable tourism strategies with destination communities. Andrea is a lifelong Colorado resident and enjoys spending as much time outside as possible with her husband and two young children.

Stephanie has been working in tourism for over ten years in London, Mumbai, and Chattanooga. Recently, she took a hiatus from this work when selected to, along with her husband and then 2-year-old son, travel the world for a year in partnership with Airbnb. While on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure, she documented the experience on YouTube and Instagram, so her first-hand experience working as an influencer brings a fresh and creative perspective to her work at M2M.

Steven is a guru in all things digital. Steven optimizes M2M clients for the digital age bringing his experience from University of Denver and Home Depot. When Steven isn’t launching websites, digital campaigns or optimizing for clients, he enjoys big thinking like TED Talks, exploring the the cultural offerings of cities and getting outside.

Annie is key to Mission2Market’s research efforts. Annie has analyzed options for tourism funding presented by M2M at Colorado’s state tourism conference. Annie is an Outdoor Industry MBA student at Western Colorado University (Graduation May 2023) and Project Manager with San Luis Valley Great Outdoors. When Annie isn’t researching, she loves getting out for a hike, playing cards and going on picnics. Annie grew up in upstate New York, where her father taught her how to produce maple syrup.

Roxana was born and raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. At 18, she moved to Colorado, where she earned her degree in Business Administration from the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Roxana has over 15 years of experience in legal and medical interpretation/translation. She also currently volunteers her translation services for various immigration organizations. In her free time, Roxana enjoys kickboxing and caring for her two children and twenty-two plants. She also likes to travel, visit small towns, and learn about their cultures.

Dustin Hysinger has over a decade of experience working with various brands on printed and digital campaigns. After graduating college from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Dustin began his design career working in tourism for the city of Chattanooga under the leadership of Dave Santucci. Since then Dustin has grown into his own and has gained experience with several clients across multiple mediums including: packaging and print, branding, merchandise, and front end web design. When Dustin isn’t creating content, he is pursuing his wife and three children on their homestead in North Georgia.