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Appointed president and CEO of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau in 1987, John Marks is in charge of one of the largest bureaus of its kind in the country, with an annual budget of $15 million and a staff of 80. He is president of the California Travel Industry Association (CALTIA) and secretary of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA). Marks is also vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of Golden Gate University, a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Zoological Society, Chairman of the San Francisco Super Bowl Task Force and is life director of the annual Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix, AZ.
Prior to his appointment to the San Francisco Bureau, Marks had served as president and CEO of the Phoenix & Valley of the Sun Convention & Visitors Bureau, chief executive of the Arizona Office of Tourism, the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce and on the staff of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. A native of San Francisco, Marks graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA with a bachelor's degree in communications.
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