Melissa Woody

Vice President, Tourism Development

Phone Number: (423) 472-6587
Email Address: mwoody@clevelandchamber.com

Primary Responsibilities at the Chamber

Creates and implements marketing strategies to promote the region to tourists, works with community organizations to develop tourism products/attractions, works with media to feature local tourism industry to attract visitors and to create positive publicity for the Chamber and community, advocates for tourism issues to state legislators and maintains relationships with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development

Other Professional/Community Affiliations

For 14 years, she taught part-time in the Communications Department at Lee University. Tennessee Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (past chair); Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association (board member); Tennessee Tourism Roundtable (past board member); Cleveland Media Association; Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society; Bradley County Historical Society; Southeast Tourism Society; and Travel Industry of America; International Cowpea Festival and Cook-off (committee co-chair); Allied Arts Council; Evening Shade Committee; MainStreet Cleveland (past president, board member), First Baptist Cleveland (sanctuary choir)

Professional Recognitions

Tourism Marketing Professional (TMP), Southeast Tourism Society; Certified Tennessee Tourism Professional (CTTP), Tennessee Tourism Roundtable; Spotlight Award for Leadership & Management, Tennessee Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus; graduate of Leadership Cleveland

Education

MS degree in communications, public relations emphasis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

BS degree in communications, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN