Paul Decker

Personal

• Born December 17, 1943; New York, NY
• One son (Patrick Marshall)

Education

• New York City Public Schools (Forest Hills High School)
• Fordham University School of Business, BS 1965, Marketing.

Professional Education

• Mobil Oil Corporation - Retail Marketing Development
• National Tour Association - Certified Tour Professional
• United States Defense Information School
• United States Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management
• United States Army Command & General Staff College

Previous Employment

• Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau, Memphis, TN
  1988-91 - President.
• Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Philadelphia, PA
  1979-88 - Vice President, Tourism.
• Pennsylvania Department of Commerce, Harrisburg, PA
  1976-79 - Director, Bureau of Travel Development.
• Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Hampton, VA
  1973-75 - Director, Convention & Visitors Department.
• United States Army, 1965-67, 1969-73. Field Artillery Officer. Unconventional Warfare Officer. Public Affairs Officer. Master Paratrooper. Combat Duty - 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vietnam, 1970-71; 1st Special Operations Command, Grenada (US Army Reserve), 1983. Retired as Lieutenant Colonel.
• Mobil Oil Corporation, New York State Division, 1968
  Marketing Representative.

Professional and Civic Affiliations

• American Society of Association Executives
• Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council, Director
• Delaware Valley Society of Association Executives
• International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus, (Former Director)
• National Tour Association (Former Director)
• Pennsylvania Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus, (Former President)
• Pennsylvania Economy League - Eastern Division, Leadership Council
• Pennsylvania Society of Association Executives
• Pennsylvania Travel Council (Former Vice Chairman)
• Rotary International, Philadelphia Club
• SKAL Club International (Past President, Memphis and Philadelphia)
• Southeast Pennsylvania Travel Council, Chairman
• Travel Industry Association of America (Former Director)
• US Travel Data Center (Former Vice Chairman)
• Valley Forge Historical Society, President

Other Interests/Activities

• Physical Fitness
• Spectator Sports
• Homebrewing
• Hunting
  

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