Convention and Visitors Bureau Board

Purpose 

A department of the City of Irving, the Convention and Visitors Bureau reports to the board of directors appointed by the Irving City Council annually in November. The board of directors makes recommendations to the council about convention facilities, assists with attracting visitors to the city, and hires the executive director. It is a policy-making board.

Meetings

• Meets the fourth Monday of each month at 11:45 a.m.
• An announced Irving location

Agendas 

• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
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Members, 2021-22

The Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau Board (ICVB) is composed of a 25-member board of directors consisting of 13 voting members and 12 nonvoting members, three of which are ex officio members.

Voting Members

Nine of the voting members shall not be employed, nor own an interest in, the hospitality or tourism industry. Voting members also consist of:

• 1 voting member is the current chair of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Hotel Association
• 1 voting member is a representative of the Irving hotel / motel industry
• 1 member is a representative of the hospitality industry at-large (although not restricted to the hotel / motel industry)
• 1 member is a representative of the restaurant industry

Place	Representing	Member	Term Ends
Place 1	Resident	Karen Cooperstein	Nov 2023
Place 2	Resident	Michael Basoco	Nov 2022
Place 3	Resident	Colvin Gibson	Nov 2023
Place 4	Resident	Richard Stewart	Nov. 2022
Place 5	Resident	Robert Bourgeois	Nov. 2023
Place 6	Resident	Yasir Arafat	Nov. 2022
Place 7	Resident	Sam Reed	Nov. 2023
Place 8	Resident	William  Mahoney	Nov. 2022
Place 9	Resident	Herbert Gears	Nov. 2023
Place 10	Hotel/Motel Industry	Vacant	Nov. 2022
Place 11	Industry at Large	Julia Kang	Nov. 2023
Place 12	Hotel Association Chair	Greg Malcolm	Nov. 2022
Place 13	Restaurant Industry	David Cole	Nov. 2023

     

NonVoting Members

Nonvoting members are representatives from the following industries:

• 2 from the hospitality industry
• 1 from the Industry at Large
• 1 from the Las Colinas Association
• 1 from the University of Dallas
• 1 member of the TIF No. 1 Board
• 1 member from the DCURD Board
• 1 representative from the Salesmanship Club of Dallas 
• 1 is a former ICVB board member
• Executive Director of the Irving Arts and Culture Center
• Chair of the Irving Arts and Culture Board

Representing	Member
Place 1, Hospitality	Kim Limon
Las Colinas Association	Hammond Perot
TIF No. 1 Board	Michael Randall
Industry At-Large	Stephanie Fenley Garcia
Place 2, Hospitality	Nydia Hoskins
Industry At-Large	Vacant
University of Dallas	Clare Venegas
DCURD	Dallas Burke
Former ICVB Member	Joe Philipp
Arts and Culture Executive Director	Todd Hawkins
Arts and Culture Board Chair	Kim Andres