NBTA

The Global Leadership Professional^sm designation (GLP) was created to acknowledge business travel professionals who had completed the Global Leadership Professional program, received their Certificate of Professional Development and then applied that knowledge to help further the industry through a related group project.  Participants completing the 12 month designation program will be honored at NBTA's Annual Convention and then be able to carry the GLP designation following their names.

The Global Leadership Professional designation consists of several components, beginning with a 2-day on-site session with Wharton Professors.  During this session, work groups will be formed and industry related projects will be assigned.  Over the next 9 months participants will receive additional instruction from the professors via three web-based virtual classrooms, as well as working independently and within their groups via email and conference calls.  There will be a final 1-day on-site session during which the participants will finalize their projects and presentations for delivery to their industry peers at the NBTA Convention.

This program provides corporate travel professionals an opportunity to utilize the various skills, knowledge and expertise they have gained during the GLP program, put it to practical use and then in turn share that knowledge with their peers in an effort to help better the travel industry.

To apply for the 2010-2011 GLP Designation program, applicants must first complete the GLP program and receive their Certificate of Professional Development.

The GLP Designations were awarded during the NBTA International Convention & Exposition in August 2009 in San Diego to the following:

Dan Baillie, CCTE, GLP
Maylena Burchfield, CCTE, GLP - ADTRAV Travel Management
Janice Crawford, GLP - AREVA NP, Inc.

Cheryl Geib, CCTE, GLP - Grant Thornton
Kelly Henry Luedtke, CCTE, GLP - BNSF Railway Company
Colleen Kempf, GLP - Omni Hotels
Susan Long, CCTE, GLP - Alliance Data
Joni Miyashiro, GLP
Debi Scholar, CTE, CMM, CMP, CTT, GLP - PricewaterhouseCoopers
Yasuo Sonoda, CCTE, GLP - Sonoda Travel Management Solutions
Martin Stoll, GLP - GoSeeTell Network
Karin Thompson, CCTE, GLP - ViaSat, Inc.

Karen Vanbuskirk, CCTE, GLP - Perot Systems
Eve White, GLP - HRG North America