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Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Yahoo
Fatal Water St. shooting, child abduction denounced in 'call for unity' against violence
On the afternoon of July 12, a small crowd gathered outside a hookah store on 6050 W. Fond du Lac Ave. There was music, dancing, barbecue smoke — and an urgent press conference just around the corner. The event, held by the Office of Community Wellness and Safety, was a "call for unity" following two incidents of violence earlier this week: the July 11 abduction of 7-year-old Jamal White, and a fatal quintuple shooting that took place around midnight on July 12. The hookah store hosting the press conference was owned by 52-year-old Antwan "Tweezy" Hogans, who died in the shooting downtown at N. Water Street and E. Michigan Ave. In a call for change, community leaders from various organizations — spiritual, grassroots and civic — denounced what the Office of Community Wellness and Safety described as a "surge in violence," according to a July 12 news release. "I'm tired of seeing babies and adults' lives cut too short," said Evolve Church Pastor Charmon Pittman. It was a sentiment echoed by the conference's speakers, including activist Vaun Mayes, Critical Response Team leader Stephen Hopkins, organizer Andre Lee Ellis and local pastor Clem Richardson. They also commended search efforts for White, and the legacy of Hogans among his loved ones. Behind the podium, friends, family members and activists held up pictures of White and Hogans as others were invited to speak, too. "If we don't come together to against this negativity," Critical Response leader Stephen Hopkins said, "it will continue." This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Fatal Water St. shooting, child abduction stirs call for unity
Travel Weekly
30-05-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Koreen McNutt joins Virgin Voyages' sales team
Virgin Voyages has added to its sales executive team, aiming to bolster support of travel advisors. Koreen McNutt Koreen McNutt is the new vice president of agency and business development, and Kristy Woolums is now senior director of national strategic accounts for North America. McNutt was most recently with MSC Cruises, where she was commercial sales officer and senior vice president of sales and trade engagement. She previously worked at Expedia Group. Stephen Hopkins Additionally, the vice president of growth and international sales and marketing, Stephen Hopkins, will now also handle sales acceleration. All three will work under chief marketing officer Nathan Rosenberg as part of what Virgin describes as a newly unified commercial team. Rosenberg took over the duties of John Diorio, who resigned as vice president of North American sales earlier this month. Kristy Woolums "By working in better coordination across our brand story, marketing strategy and sales execution, we reduce mixed messages and disconnected experiences for our First Mates," Rosenberg said. (First Mates are travel advisors.) "This creates integrated strategies that make it easier for them to sell Virgin Voyages successfully." Woolums was promoted from within Virgin Voyages and will now work exclusively on high-value strategic partnerships. CLARIFICATION: This report was edited to removed the implication that McNutt left MSC Cruises for Virgin Voyages.
Travel Weekly
29-05-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Sales executive departs MSC Cruises for Virgin Voyages
Virgin Voyages has added to its sales executive team, aiming to bolster support of travel advisors. Koreen McNutt Koreen McNutt is the new vice president of agency and business development, and Kristy Woolums is now senior director of national strategic accounts for North America. McNutt joins Virgin Voyages from MSC Cruises, where she was commercial sales officer and senior vice president of sales and trade engagement. She previously worked at Expedia Group. Stephen Hopkins Additionally, the vice president of growth and international sales and marketing, Stephen Hopkins, will now also handle sales acceleration. All three will work under chief marketing officer Nathan Rosenberg as part of what Virgin describes as a newly unified commercial team. Rosenberg took over the duties of John Diorio, who resigned as vice president of North American sales earlier this month. Kristy Woolums "By working in better coordination across our brand story, marketing strategy and sales execution, we reduce mixed messages and disconnected experiences for our First Mates," Rosenberg said. (First Mates are travel advisors.) "This creates integrated strategies that make it easier for them to sell Virgin Voyages successfully." Woolums was promoted from within Virgin Voyages and will now work exclusively on high-value strategic partnerships.
