Kathleen Matthews, aimbove mukuru wezvekufambiswa kwemashoko pasi rose uye anoona nezve veruzhinji kuMarriott International, akagamuchira mubairo wehutungamiriri wakatanhamara kubva kuUS Travel Association mukutenda nekupa kwavakaita mukufambisa nekushanya, kusimudzira kuenderera mberi, nerutsigiro rwekusiyana nekubatanidzwa muindasitiri iyi.
Matthews akabatana naMarriott muna 2006 mushure mekupedza makore makumi matatu kuWashington, DC's ABC affiliate, WJLA, kwaakange ari anchor kwemakore gumi nemashanu. Munguva yehutongi hwake, Marriott akatanga Global Green Council yake ndokutanga kuvaka mahotera ane LEED sechikamu chehurongwa hwayo hutsva hwekusimudzira, uye Matthews akatungamira kuyedza kuChina kubatsira kuchengetedza zviwanikwa zvemvura zvenyika iyoyo.
Matthews akaumba kudyidzana nemasangano akaita seHuman Rights Campaign, uye akatanga zvirongwa zvekudzidzisa basa muU.
Matthews akagovera hunyanzvi hwake munyika nepasi rose kuburikidza nebasa rake kuUS Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board uye paWorld Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Travel and Tourism. Akashandawo mubhodhi reUS Travel uye komiti yayo yepamusoro, uye akateedzera US Travel's Yakachengeteka Tourism Summit muna 2017.
Muna 2015, Matthews akasiya Marriott kuti aite basa rekushandira veruzhinji, uye zvino anoshanda sesachigaro weMaryland Democratic Party.
"Basa raKathleen rakabatsira zvikuru Marriott uye indasitiri yekufambisa pamwe chete, uye ndinodada nekukwanisa kumudaidza kuti shamwari yepedyo," akadaro US Travel President uye CEO Roger Dow.
US Travel yakapa mubairo kuna Matthews panguva yekudonha kwemubatanidzwa Board of Directors chisvusvuro.
Vakambopihwa ruremekedzo rwakatanhamara rweUS Travel vanosanganisira Gavhuna weFlorida Rick Scott naTom Nides, aimbove mutevedzeri wemunyori wemanejimendi nezviwanikwa kuUS Department of State, aizivikanwa nevakuru vebazi.
