Beth Stehley, VP Sales and Convention Services, Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

Employed by the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau since 1999, Beth is currently the Vice President of Sales and Convention Services.  Her responsibilities include directing the sales and convention service efforts of twelve team members.  The team is responsible for soliciting and booking international and domestic conventions, meetings and events as well as working with meeting professionals to ensure successful events for the organization and for the Boston convention and hospitality community.   Under Beth’s direction and leadership the GBCVB has become an award-winning organization, having been selected by Meetings & Conventions Magazine into their Hall of Fame for providing outstanding service to meeting sand conventions for over sixteen years.  In 2007 the same magazine honored them as one of the top five CVB’s in the country for providing outstanding service to conventions.   In 2006, the Association of Convention Operations Management selected Beth to receive their Executive Excellence Award.  This award is presented annually to a hospitality executive who understands and supports convention services in the hospitality industry.  Beth is also active in the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) on a both the local and national levels; most recently in 2008 as the President of the New England Chapter.   Beth moved to Boston in 1988 and prior to joining the GBCVB, worked for the Sheraton Boston Hotel, the Westin Copley Place Boston and the Hilton Boston Logan Airport in various sales and marketing leadership positions.  Prior to Boston, Beth’s hotel experience includes positions in Hartford, Connecticut, Nashville, Tennessee, The Lodge at Pebble Beach in Monterey, California and the Clock Tower Inn in Rockford, Illinois.   A native of Illinois, Beth currently resides in Stoneham, Massachusetts.