Kelly Craighead - CLIA February-March 2020 Newsletter

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 NEWSLETTER
A Preliminary Look at 2020 – Save These Dates
• 5-6 March: CLIA Executive Partner Summit, London
Location: Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great
George Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3AA,
United Kingdom
• 10-12 March: CLIA UK River Cruise Roadshow
Location: March 10 – Manchester;
March 11 – Newcastle; March 12 – Birmingham
• 20-23 April: Seatrade Global, Miami
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901
Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139 USA
• 20 April: CLIA Global Board of Directors Meeting, Miami
Location: TBD
• 12-18 May: CLIA Cruise360 - A Panoramic View of Cruising
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre
Please check out the CLIA online calendar link for other key
dates/events: https://cruising.org/global-calendar
Team Updates
Please welcome the following new members of the CLIA team:
Reed Linsk – Director of Government Affairs, North America
Reed Linsk has joined CLIA as the Director of Government
Affairs for North America, responsible for specific legislative
policy areas at the state and federal levels, ensuring
that the day-to-day monitoring, management, and
advocacy on those issues is proactive and successfully
advances CLIA member priorities. Reed has more than
10 years of experience on Capitol Hill working for two
Members in the House of Representatives. Most recently,
he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative
Director for Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA-50),
where he developed and oversaw the legislative agenda
and managed strategic outreach planning. Reed also
worked for the Chairman of the House Rules Committee
prior to Congressman Hunter. Reed brings experience
on transportation and maritime legislative issues. He
worked with the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,
assisting efforts to achieve the successful passage of two
consecutive Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts during the
114th and 115th Congresses.
Belinda Bourke – Membership Officer, Australasia
Belinda recently joined CLIA Australasia as Membership
Officer. With an extensive background in membership
organizations, Belinda will be responsible for membership
acquisition, retention and day-to-day membership
administration as well as supporting CLIA’s membership
engagement.
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