Background

Until his retirement in March of 2007 Koehl was with the US Travel Association for fifteen years.  US Travel is the national association serving the common interests of the entire U.S. travel industry with a mission to promote and facilitate increased travel to and within the United States.

Prior to US Travel Koehl built an extensive background serving in senior level positions in travel and tourism.

US Travel Association

• Washington, DC - 15 years
• Vice President Communications and Public Relations; Vice President Industry Relations

Carlson Companies: Travel Group

• Minneapolis, MN - 6 years
• Director of Public Relations

Hershey Entertainment & Resort Company

• Hershey, PA – 9 years
• Vice President Marketing

Swafford & Company Advertising

• Beverly Hills, CA – 2 years
• Vice President

Sea Pines Company

• Hilton Head, SC – 4 years
• Director of Development

American Airlines

• New York, NY – 6 years
• Manager Passenger Market Planning
  

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley in Far Eastern Studies, Koehl also graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California and served in U.S. Army Intelligence as a Japanese translator at the National Security Agency.