A 20 year veteran of the tourism industry, Donna O’Daniels is the CEO and President of the St. Tammany Parish Tourist and Convention Commission. She is a graduate of Leadership St. Tammany West and serves in leadership roles for several local, regional and national organizations that promote tourism including the Public Relations Society of America Travel and Tourism and the Society of American Travel Writers.

A North Carolina native, she attended North Carolina State University, where she earned her BA in Communications. She also earned the North Carolina State University Communication Alumni Circle Outstanding Alumni Award. She moved to St. Tammany Parish in 1995 and currently lives in Mandeville with her husband and two daughters.

Appointed by the St. Tammany Tourist Commission; no expiration