Bob Barnes
Bob's background in the events and hospitality industry includes extensive involvement with both Travel Incentives and Major Events. Significant event programs include:
Super Bowl; Purchasing and Financial, 1982 through 1989;
Super Bowl; Sales and Operations, selective years from 1990 through 2005
1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics
1988 Calgary Winter Olympics
1996 Atlanta summer Olympics
NCAA Basketball including Final Four

Bob recently completed an 18 month project for Super Bowl 2005, in a senior management role for Jacksonville 39 and the Jacksonville Jaguars. This was a unique project created by the Jaguars and the NFL, designed to maximize Super Bowl package revenue for both the Jaguars and the NFL.

Bob holds a BS, Business Administration degree from the University of Missouri, and has been living in the Atlanta area for 11 years.

Laurie Bailey
Laurie Bailey brings over 20 years of travel industry experience as part of a long career managing and training corporate travel agents in the Travel Industry.

Laurie has worked extensively for such companies as Rosenbluth International, TQ3 Maritz, and TRX. Many years of experience come from working within the trenches of operations with responsibility for managing branch operations for large corporate customers, new account startups including negotiating and implementing contracts, filing for Airline Computer approvals, hiring, training and managing staff.

For many years, Laurie negotiated and managed airline override programs on behalf of corporate clients. This experience gave Laurie a unique insight into the airline industry and how to administer contracts to the bottom-line benefit of the corporate customers.

While fine tuning all of these special skills, Laurie was asked by many of her corporate customers to provide expertise and assistance with meeting, incentive, and event travel. It was a natural move for Laurie to expand into this area and work on major events including Olympics, PGA Golf and USTA Events, just to name a few. Laurie's most notable major event involvement occurred throughout 2004 in support of super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Florida.

Sharie Bassett
Sharie Bassett is a management professional with 9+ years experience in business operations, sales, business relationship and project management, and customer relations.

Sharie's most recent professional experience has been with Jacksonville 39, the Super Bowl Division of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Sharie achieved tremendous success as a Sales Manager and became the top individual salesperson by selling Super Bowl Packages to local companies as well as National clients.

After completing her Master's degree in Boston, MA, Sharie worked for two years as a Sales and Merchandise Manager for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games organizing committee, called ACOG. She then worked for 9 years as an Operations Manager for Intercept Technology, a software company, before moving to Jacksonville, FL.

Sharie has a bachelor's degree in Business Management and a Master's Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.).

Steve Southard
Steve has over 20 years in the hospitality industry working for organizations such as Hyatt Hotels, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Stouffer and Crowne Plaza Hotels. Steve has held a variety of service related positions including Corporate Sales Manager, Director of Sales & Marketing, Food & Beverage Management and Front Office positions.

Steve's event experience encompasses two Super Bowls, a Democratic National Convention, G8 Summit, PGA Tournaments, Walker Cup, several World Series, and the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Most recently, Steve managed security, logistics, and program management for a Jacksonville 39 upscale cruise ship based out of a major cargo port. This effort in conjunction with Super Bowl 2005 produced rave reviews from both corporate customers and his employer, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Steve has a bachelor's degree in Hotel/Resort Management from Rochester Institute of Technology and an Associates degree in Food Service Management from State University of New York of Morrisville.