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The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau (QCCVB) kicked off the 2018 fiscal year with new members and officers on Saturday, according to a press release.
The newly elected officers are Deanna Jensen-Valliere, chair at-large; Tim Huey, first vice chair, Scott County; Lori Wilson, second vice chair, Moline; Mo Hyder, treasurer at-large; and Nancy Ballenger, past chair.
The QCCVB also announced new at-large board members Todd Hajduk and Jessica Licko-Avants.
The new members will join Katelyn Darling, Jim Grafton, Chandler Poole, Jeff Reiter, Bill Renk, Jennifer Sautter, Kai Swanson and and Brigitte Tapscott. The group is also planning to name a representative from Davenport.
Counties the QCCVB serves are Rock Island, Mercer, Warren and Henderson in Illinois, and Scott in Iowa. With an average of more than 1 million visitors a year, tourism has an estimated $837 million economic impact on the Quad Cities economy.