Journal of Tourism & Hospitality

EDUCAUSE
Sloan Consortium
Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)
Knowledge Communities: Technology; Administrators in Graduate & Professional Student Services; and Academic Advising
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), current
Distance Education Advising Commission, Subcommittee Chair, Research on Academic Advising in Online and Blended Education, current
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)
World Association for Cooperative Education (WACE)
Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®)

The Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (CHRIE)
Academy of Management
Academy of International Business
American Sociological Association
American Psychological Association
Strategic Management Society
Organizational Behavior Teaching Society

Member, Industry Advisory Council, State of Florida Department of Business Regulation, Division of Hotel and Restaurants
Member, Academic Advisory Council, American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute
Member, Board of Directors, Benihana Incorporated, Miami, Florida
Foreperson, Broward County Grand Jury, Spring Term, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Member, Board of Advisors, Suriname College for Hospitality and Tourism Paramaribo, Suriname
Member, Board of Directors, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
Member, Board of Directors, Miami and The Beaches Hotel Association

Member, California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Member, California Park & Recreation Society
Member, National Recreation and Parks Association, Therapeutic Recreation Society
Member, Society of Park and Recreation Educators
Member, American Association for the Education of the Severely and Profoundly Handicapped
Member, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Member, The Aged/Disabled Advisory Committee for the San Diego Community
Member, Appointment to the National Recreation and Park Association Accreditation Team
Member, Appointment to the National Therapeutic Recreation Society 750-Hour Review Board

Member of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism.
Member of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (CHRIE)

Member, Academy of Management
Member, Council for Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education
Member, Industrial Relations Research Association
Member, Metro Council for Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education
Member, Society For Human Resource Managers
Member, Travel and Tourism Research Association

Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA)
Greater Charleston Area Hotel and Motel Association
Hospitality Association of South Carolina
International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators
International Academy of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research

Member, Market Performance and Assessment Committee of the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership
Member, Slow Food International
Member, Experts Committee on Research Priorities, Rural Affairs, and Social Services Research Committee, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Member, Tourism Recovery Research Committee, Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation

Lifetime Member of Cambridge’s Who’s Who for accomplished executives and professionals
Lifetime Member of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, one of the highest general honorary organizations nationwide

Member, Dept of Consumer Sciences, Graduate Coordination Committee
Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Hospitality Management, Ohio State University
President, Ohio ICHRIE
Assistant Chair, ICHRIE Paper Review Committee
Member, Contract Food Service Management SIG (ICHRIE)
Founding Coordinator, Research Methods SIG, ICHRIE
Group Leader, Dale Carnegie Seminars

Member of the IH & RA Group that underpins the association\\\'s "Visioning the Future" program

Southeast Region Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional member
International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education member

Member, International Council for Hotel, restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE)
Member, American Finance Association
Member, Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators (AHFME)
Member, New England Regional CHRIE
Member, Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP)

Member of International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism
Member of Hospitality Information Technology Association
Member of International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education

CPR Certification – American Heart Association
First Aid Certification – American Red Cross
President of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society of International Scholars
National Association for Minorities in Hospitality
Tripoli Rocketry Association
Faculty Advisor, Malaysian Student Association
Faculty Advisor - Eta Sigma Delta, Hospitality Honorary Society

Member, Hospitality Sale & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
Member, Phi Beta Delta – Honor Society for International Scholars, Beta Zeta Chapter
Member, International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education
Member, Graduate Restaurant, Hotel, & Institutional Management Society at Texas Tech University

Member of an HTM departmental faculty search committee
Member of the HTM department’s Academic Program Review and Strategic Planning Committee
Member of an HTM departmental recruiter and alumni relations committee
Member of an HTM departmental faculty search committee
Member of the Pamplin College of Business Awards Committee
Member of the HTM department’s Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy Committee
Member of the HTM department’s Graduate Curriculum and Policy Committee
Member of the HTM department’s Recruiter and Alumni Relations Committee
Member of the HTM department’s Scholarship Committee

The International Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE)
The Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators (AHFME)
Asia Pacific Tourism Association (APTA)
Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP)

Member, The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE)

Florida Southern College, M.B.A. Advisory Board Member
HSMAI – Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
AMA – American Marketing Association
ASAE – American Society of Association Executives
PCMA – Professional Convention Management Association

Member, ICHRIE
Member, TAAF – Turkish American Association for Fairness
Member, SFPS - San Francisco Professional Food Society
Member, Turkish-Japanese Cultural Development Foundation

Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society

Member, Travel and Tourism Research Association
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, The Pacific Sociological Association
Member, California Sociological Association
Member, American Anthropological Association
Member, American Marketing Association

Member of Applied Biodiversity ABS-IGERT program at Texas A&M University
Member of Sustainable Tourism Systems program at Texas A&M University
Member of Step-It-Up Travel program

Currently serve as the Vice President of International Hospitality Information
Technology Association (iHITA)
Member of the following professional organizations: International Hospitality
Information Technology Association (iHITA), Hospitality Finance and Technology Professional (HFTP)

Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE)