Black Meeting Profs CEO Jason Dunn on the State of DEIAB in the Meetings Industry

Jason Dunn, CEO of the National Coalition of Black Meeting
Professionals (NCBMP), has been a leader in hospitality and DMO
diversity and inclusion efforts for decades, from his time at
Visit Cincy—where he rose to be the DMO's first Black vice
president after initially participating in a travel boycott of
the destination—to lead NCBMP in November 2022.


Now, after a little more than a year at the helm of NCBMP, Dunn
reflects on his work there as well as where the meetings and
events industry is in terms of diversity and inclusion, the
nuanced issue of travel boycotts and advisories, and the
generational challenge of persuading young people to consider a
career in the meetings and hospitality industries.