Happy Thanksgiving to the Women Leading Travel & Hospitality community! We’re so grateful for the support you continue to show each other.

As the industry charges into the busy holiday season, we hope you’ll make time for your own career growth by joining us at our final in-person event of 2023. The last Roundtable of the year will take place in San Francisco on Dec. 13. Here are some of the expert speakers that are confirmed to participate:

  • Bonny Simi is the head of air operations and people at Joby Aviation. Prior to joining the team at Joby, Simi held several operational and strategic roles at JetBlue within flight operations, system operations, people, airports, and customer support. Most notably, she founded and led JetBlue Technology Ventures. As a pilot, Simi has commanded Boeing, Airbus and Embraer aircraft at both United Airlines and JetBlue Airways. Simi holds degrees from Stanford University and Regis University. She’s an Emmy-nominated sports reporter and a three-time Olympian in the sport of luge and bobsled.
  • Alexandra Legend Siegel is the vice president and global head of diversity and inclusion, talent, at Expedia Group. In her role she drives D&I transformation by designing inclusive talent processes, enablement and content. Previously, Siegel was a founding leader of Salesforce’s Office of Equality, working in a role she created to empower others with the tools needed to drive equity and inclusion. During her time at Salesforce she helped re-imagine the organization’s hiring and promotions processes, established the inclusive learning and content functions, led global employee resource group strategy, and helped chair the Racial Equality and Justice Task Force. Siegel believes in the power of storytelling and data to drive change. She was named to Business Insider’s 30 and Under Rising Stars in Tech and nominated for AdColor’s Change Agent award for her impact.
  • Amy Burr is the president of JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV), the venture capital arm of JetBlue Airways that invests in and partners with early-stage startups innovating in the travel, hospitality and transportation industries. As president, Burr shapes the strategic venture investment direction of JetBlue and facilitates integration of successful startup programs into the airline’s overall corporate innovation initiatives. She has been with JTV since 2018 as the managing director of operations and partnerships, where she built an ecosystem of partners and deployment opportunities for the many technologies of JTV’s portfolio companies. Burr caught the startup bug from joining Virgin America in 2004 as one of the original founders of the company. She worked in various roles over her 14-year tenure at VX in areas of strategy, corporate program leadership, commercial and revenue development, and technology areas including e-commerce, reservations systems, and guest products. Burr ended her time with the company as the Virgin America leader of the merger integration with Alaska Airlines.
  • Nicole Rogers joined the San Francisco Travel Association as executive vice president and chief sales officer in March 2021. She oversees all convention division activities, including the development and implementation of sales strategies, citywide group business optimization, and long-range sales and marketing of San Francisco’s major convention facilities, including Moscone Center. Prior to joining San Francisco Travel, Rogers spent 20 years with Marriott International. A Bay Area resident since 1988, Rogers began her 30-plus year career in the hospitality industry with Pier 39’s Blue & Gold Fleet in San Francisco. She also previously worked for the Cartwright Hotel with Kimpton and spent several years with Embassy Suites/Hilton Hotels & Resorts.
  • Miranda Scott has built her career at the intersection of travel and technology, where she has over 15 years of business leadership experience. She brings a well-rounded point of view, having been fortunate enough to represent some strong brands in hotel, airline, ground transportation, online travel distribution and B2B SAAS. Scott prides herself as a champion of the early adoption of new business strategies, and was a pioneer in the airline ancillary revenue game, where she built the portfolio for Hawaiian Airlines from the ground up. Scott is currently senior director, city operations and partnerships at Lyft, focused on integrating the Lyft platform with real-world operations at airports, events and universities.

Seating is limited so register for our San Francisco event today! Remember, these events are free for members.

Have a wonderful long weekend!