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Laura Chmielewski
VP Marketing and Communications, Team San Jose
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Joined September 2020
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About me

I am VP of Marketing and Communications for Team San Jose, the non-for-profit group that acts as the Convention and Visitor Bureau for San Jose, California. Team San Jose is also responsible for managing, promoting and selling the San Jose McEnery Convention Center and four downtown historic theaters for for the City of San Jose.

I worked for the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs as Deputy Director for the Chicago Office of Tourism, executing the opening of Millennium Park in 2005 and was responsible for creating, producing and marketing cultural reasons to drive visitation to the City. I dedicating ten years to the City of Chicago.

Most recently, I was the Director of Marketing and Communications for The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel in Southwest Florida where I founded the Island Hopper Songwrier Festival.

A Chicago native, I attended attended the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, and graduated with a degree in Art History. I am a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley.

Why did you join the community?

To learn from my peers and share San Jose info!

What is your favorite travel destination?

anywhere my friends and family are!

Where do you dream of traveling to?

Antarctica

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