UJulie Coker uthathe isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli omtsha kunye ne-CEO ye Igunya lezoKhenketho eSan Diego (SDTA) nanjengoko umbutho uqala ukwenza isicwangciso sokubuyisela ishishini lokhenketho lwasekhaya, ethe yabethwa kanobom ngu Covid-19 ingxaki. UCoker, igqala kushishino lokubuka iindwendwe elinamava angaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30, uza eSan Diego emva kokusebenza njengomongameli kunye ne-CEO yeNgqungquthela yeFiladelphia kunye neZiko leeNdwendwe.
Ekuqaleni, uCoker wayeza kuqala indima yakhe entsha nge-SDTA ngo-Matshi kodwa wamlibazisa umhla wakhe wokuqalisa ukuze akwazi ukunceda iNgqungquthela yaseFiladelphia kunye ne-Visitors Bureau ukuba bahambe ngesifo esiqhubekayo. Ngexesha lotshintsho, uCoker wawuncama umvuzo wakhe ukuze amalungu eqela ngeyure aqhubeke nokusebenza.
Ngaphandle kwamaxesha anzima, uCoker uthe unemincili yokunceda ishishini lezokhenketho laseSan Diego ukuba libuyele kwishishini kwaye liqinise igama lalo njengeyona ndawo iphambili kweli lizwe.
"Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo iSan Diego yindawo ekhethekileyo enika iindwendwe ubutyebi bamava avela kumanxweme ethu kunye neebheyi zethu kwiindawo zethu eziqaqambileyo kunye nobugcisa kunye nenkcubeko," utshilo uCoker. "Ndijonge ukunceda ukubalisa ngebali likaSan Diego kwihlabathi kunye nokutsala iindwendwe ezininzi kunye namashishini ngakumbi ukuze sizuze kuqoqosho lwethu."
Usihlalo weBhodi ye-SDTA uDaniel Kuperschmid uthe umbutho unethamsanqa lokuba noCoker ophetheyo kula maxesha anzima.
“UJulie waziwa kulo lonke eli shishini ngobunkokheli bakhe obunamandla nobunentembeko. Indibaniselwano yamava akhe kunye nokuziphatha okwenziwayo kuya kuba luncedo kumbutho nakubantu bezokhenketho bengingqi njengoko siqala ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo, ”utshilo uKuperschmid. "Ubuye azise umbono omtsha kunye nomnqweno wendawo eya kuthi isebenze kakuhle kwi-SDTA naseSan Diego."
Ngaphambi kokuhlala kwakhe njengo-Mongameli kunye ne-CEO yeNgqungquthela yeFiladelphia kunye neZiko leeNdwendwe, uCoker wakhonza njengesekela mongameli ombutho. UCoker wachitha iminyaka engama-21 kwiiHyatt Hotels, apho wayephethe izikhundla zomphathi jikelele kwiipropathi eFiladelphia, eChicago nase-Oakbrook, eIllinois. Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi azenzileyo, uCoker usebenze njengosihlalo we-American Hotel & Lodging Association's Women kwi-Lodging Council, kunye nosihlalo we-US Travel Association's iintlanganiso zithetha ushishino. Ukongeza, ulilungu le-National Society of Minorities kwi-Hospitality nakwisahluko se-Philadelphia se-Links, Incorporate. Usebenze kwiibhodi zeengcebiso zeFiladelphia International Airport, iBoy Scouts yaseMelika - iCradle to Liberty Council, Temple University's School of Hospitality and Tourism kunye neFiladelphia Centre City District. Wayesebenza njengondyebo woMbutho waMazwe ngaMazwe weMiboniso (i-IAEE). Usebenza kwiikomiti ezilawulayo zoMbutho woKhenketho wase-US, iiNdawo eziFikayo zaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye neGreater Chamber yezoRhwebo. Okokugqibela, usebenze kwiqela lotshintsho likaSodolophu wasePhiladelphia uJim Kenney elimele icandelo lokuhamba.
Kwindima yakhe entsha, uCoker uza kukhokela ulawulo kunye nophuhliso lwesicwangciso-qhinga se-SDTA ukuqinisekisa ukuthengisa okusebenzayo, ukuthengisa nokwazisa lommandla ukuze kuxhamle uqoqosho loluntu lwaseSan Diego. Uyakusebenza njengenkokheli yoluntu ephambili esebenza ngokubambisana ngokusondeleyo namagosa esixeko kunye needolophu, imibutho yezokhenketho ekuhlaleni nakwilizwe liphela, kunye noosomashishini ukuqinisekisa ukukhula kunye nentlalontle yeshishini lokhenketho.
Uthathe indawo kaJoe Terzi, owayebhengeze umhlala phantsi ngo-2019 emva kweminyaka elishumi esebenza. UTerzi uqhubekile nokukhokela i-SDTA ngexesha lotshintsho, ehla ngokusemthethweni ngoMeyi 10. Uzakuhlala ekhuthele kuluntu lwasekhaya, ekhonza kwibhodi yeSithili sokuThengisa uKhenketho eSan Diego kwaye eqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe kumalinge eBalboa Park.
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