About Us
Anchoring the Program
Workforce Education
& Development
MTEF
Professional
Development Programs
Professional Standards
Speakers Bureau
Information Resources
Scholarships
Hospitality & Tourism
Employers
Hospitality & Tourism
Workforce Taskforce
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About
Us
Preparing
Our Future Workforce
The Maryland Tourism Education Foundation (MTEF) is a non-profit organization that serves to build the capabilities of Maryland’s tourism workforce.
MTEF helps support programs in the K-12 system and at the post-secondary level to enrich the image of the tourism industry.
MTEF encourages professional
development that serves to expand the potential of our workforce and ensure an economically successful future for Maryland's tourism industry.
MTEF is working:
• To ensure the tourism and hospitality training provided
in the State of Maryland meets the needs of the industry.
• To provide easily accessible training for the incumbent
workforce.
• To provide information that will help both the emerging
and the incumbent employee design and prepare for a successful tourism
and hospitality career.
Primary
Activities of MTEF
Working in active partnership with academia,
businesses, corporations, and associations, MTEF works to:
• Identify and monitor of the education and training needs
of Maryland’s tourism industry
• Develop and implement low-cost targeted training programs
• Support and enhance secondary and post-secondary school
education programs
• Provide the resources needed for education and training
studies and information
• Host and administer the annual Governor’s Tourism
Industry Conference
• Develop and provide materials to aid in recruitment and
retention of a skilled tourism workforce
• Seek additional and innovative measures for the professional
development of Maryland’s tourism workforce.
| Board
of Directors
Chairman of the Board
Dave Meloy
President
Merit Hotel Group
Vice Chair
Jeffery Shepherd
VP/General Manager
Secretary
Deb Carter
Buttonwood Beach Resort
Association of Campgrounds
Charlie Birney
Managing Director
The Brick Companies/Atlantic Golf
Joe Fernandez
Advertising Director
AAA World Magazine
Dorothy Fuchs
President
Purple Dot Public Relations
Tom Hall
President
The Thomas H. Hall Company
Jim Jackson
Commander
Black Stars to Gold Stripes
Theresa Keysar
Director of Marketing & Business Development
Warfield and Sanford, Inc
J. Mitchell Krebs
SVP - Chief Business Development Officer
Bank Annapolis
Mary Ellen Mason
Director Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism
Institute
Anne Arundel County Community College
Karen Nasuti
Co-owner
Nasuti & Hinkle Advertising Agency
Roseanne Souza
Managing Director
The Souza Agency
Ex-Officio
Mary Jo McCulloch
President
Maryland Tourism Council
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