CTCSB ELECTS NEW MEMBERS 

Stamford resident David Kooris, president of Stamford Downtown, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Middletown-based Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTCSB), the state”™s only statewide sales and marketing organization for meetings, conventions and sports events. 

“David Kooris has cultivated many partnerships with legislative, municipal, business and community leaders across the state and he will be a great asset to the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau as we sell our state to meeting planners and sports promoters across the U.S.,” said Thomas Madden, CTCSB chair and director of economic development for the city of Stamford. 

In addition to leading Stamford Downtown, the largest business improvement district in Connecticut, Kooris is chair of the Connecticut Port Authority and is a graduate-level lecturer at Yale University”™s School of Environment. 

As an independent consultant, Kooris has worked on high-speed rail-oriented development, sustainable communities and urban revitalization projects throughout the world. He holds a planning and a master”™s certificate in urban design from the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor”™s degree from McGill University in Montreal.

Another member, Heather Solomon, president and founder of Solomon & Associates Event Management in Glastonbury has provided a full range of conference and event planning services to corporate, association and nonprofit clients worldwide. She is a member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Connecticut River Valley Chapter and is a Certified Pandemic Compliance Advisor for meetings.

Jason Soucy, director of business development for the PGA Tour Travelers Championship is another elected CTCSB member. He has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, selling and promoting championship golf in multiple markets around the country. Previously he was a member of the IMG Golf Division. 

“The composition of our Board of Directors reflects many of the professions and businesses involved with our nation”™s conventions, meetings, sports and hospitality industries,” said Robert Murdock, CTCSB president.