Lynn Whitehead is the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) Vice President Global MCI Sales & Marketing. Bringing more than three decades of hospitality sales experience, Whitehead is responsible for overseeing and directing HVCB’s global sales and marketing efforts for both citywide and single-property meeting, conventions, and incentives (MCI) business. She has actively positioned Hawai‘i as the preferred destination for citywide conventions, and consistently generated leads and secured bookings across the eastern U.S. region and Europe as HVCB’s Senior Director of Citywide Sales for Meet Hawai‘i.

Prior to joining HVCB, Whitehead was with the San Diego Tourism Authority where she served as National Sales Director, Eastern Region focused on citywide conventions. There she managed sales of 13,000-plus hotel rooms and 2.6 million square-feet of space for association clients in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Prior to SDTA, she served as Director of National Accounts for the San Diego Convention Center Corporation. Whitehead is a member of the Professional Convention Management Association and serves on the PCMA Foundation’s Auction Committee. She is also a member of ASAE and IAEE.