Visit Greenville leader joins North Carolina Tourism Board
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Andrew Schmidt, President & CEO of the Greenville-Pitt County Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit Greenville, NC), announced to be on the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board of 2025.
'It's an honor to be selected to serve on the North Carolina State Travel and Tourism Board,' Andrew Schmidt said. 'I am excited to work with Visit NC staff and tourism colleagues from across our state to move one of North Carolina's largest industries forward.'
Schmidt was also recently appointed to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) Board of Directors in November of 2024 by Governor Roy Cooper to represent the tourism industry and help foster and maintain collaboration and economic growth and development with the state's local and regional organizations.
For more information, VisitGreenvilleNC.com: www.visitgreenvillenc.com/articles/post/visit-greenville-ncs-andrew-schmidt-appointed-to-nc-travel-tourism-board/
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