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Joe
McClure
President
Joe@montrosetravel.com
Joe McClure and his team have built a small mom and pop travel agency
into a $100+ million national travel management company. After getting
his BS from Northridge and his MBA in Marketing and Finance from
USC, Joe worked in Finance for the Coca-Cola Company and in Product
Management for the Dole Package Foods Company. Joe's wife Julie is
the CFO of Montrose Travel. They have two beautiful children, a 13-year
old daughter Marissa and 10-year old son Joey IV. |
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Julie
McClure
CFO,CPA
Julie@montrosetravel.com
After graduating from high school on the beautiful island of Maui,
Julie ventured to Loyola Marymount University to get her BS in Accounting.
Upon graduating, Julie became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
and received her public accounting experience with Peat Marwick Mitchell
in Los Angeles. From there, Julie became the Manager of Accounting
at First Deposit Corporation in San Francisco. Now with Montrose Travel
since 1989, Julie has two beautiful children, Marissa and Joey, and
one challenging husband. |
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Andi
McClure
President, Home Based Agent and Independent Contractor Division
Andi@montrosetravel.com
Andi began her career in the travel business by being introduced to
the brochure room annual cleaning process at a young age! Prior to
joining Montrose Travel as an "adult", she received her
BS in Marketing at California State University, Northridge in 1983
and her MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of Southern
California in 1985. Upon graduation, she worked at Hunt-Wesson Foods
as the Product Manager of Peter Pan Peanut Butter followed by several
years at the Kellogg Company managing several large cereal brands
including Frosted Flakes. In 1990, she and her brother, Joe, rejoined
Montrose Travel and have lead the company through years of growth.
Since 1990, Andi's responsibilities have included the Leisure and
Group Divisions, as well as our sister company, Sportours, where she
became a ski and dive travel expert. Sportours was sold in 2002 and
she returned exclusively to Montrose Travel in Spring 2004 handling
business development, our home-based agent and independent contractor
programs. She married Dave in 2000 and they are the proud parents
of Jessica, David, and two cute cats Barney & Benjy. |
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Kate
Bernier
Manager, Honeymoon and Leisure Divison
KBernier@montrosetravel.com
Kate began her travel career with Delta Airlines as a 'Gate Agent'
at Burbank Airport. She wanted to get more involved with the traveler's
decision making process. Montrose Travel gave her that opportunity
in 1989. Kate started as an assistant (trainee) and "learned
her way up" to handling worldwide vacations. In January of 1998
Kate realized her dream of developing a Honeymoon Division. In July
of 2003 Kate stepped up and filled an open position of Manager of
the Leisure Division. At this time Kate runs both the Leisure and
Honeymoon Division out of our Vacation Center at 2349 Honolulu Avenue. |
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Nicole Fenton
Assistant to the President
NDelgran@montrosetravel.com
Nicole joined Montrose Travel's Commercial Division as a Receptionist in July 2001. In March of 2002 she took on the position of Assistant to the President and joined Montrose Travel's Management Team. In addition to working with Joe, Nicole works very closely with both the Leisure and Corporate Receptionists to make sure we are providing the highest level of customer service to all of our customers.
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Lisa
Fredeen
Leisure Account Executive
LFredeen@montrosetravel.com
Born and raised in Southern California Lisa has worked in the Travel
Industry for the past 20 years where she has enjoyed the challenging
career of Leisure Travel Sales. Lisa has worked for Montrose Travel
for the past 6 years and is the Account Executive for Montrose Travel’s
Leisure Division.
Lisa has seen many changes in the travel industry over the last 20
years but continues to enjoy the challenges change brings.
In her current position at Montrose Travel she has been given the
unique opportunity to tell others about all of the fabulous travel
benefits that Montrose Travel has to offer. Lisa is the proud
mother of two grown children and is also a grandmother to a beautiful
granddaughter. |
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Igor
Guman
Supervisor, Dispatch
IGuman@montrosetravel.com
Born
and raised in Slovakia, a small country in the heart of Europe,
Igor obtained his diploma in Hotel & Catering studies and postgraduate
certification in Accounting and Information Technology at Hotel
Academy. He left Slovakia in 1996 to learn English and to find better
career opportunities.
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and his beautiful wife Katarina, settled in London and for 6 ½
years ran their own employment agency. Again searching for a better
life, Igor and Katarina accepted temporary positions with Montrose Travel. Igor provided coverage as the Dispatch Supervisor then served
as the Marketing and Product Specialist in our Commercial Division.
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year later, Igor returned to a permanent designation as the Dispatch
Supervisor. His strong organizational and cost control skills ensure
the highest level of customer service in the all-important document
delivery portion of our business. |
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Katie
Guman
Manager, Support Staff
KGuman@montrosetravel.com
After
graduating from high school and obtaining a diploma in Management
and Business studies in a beautiful mountain resort in the heart
of Europe, Katie leaves Slovakia in 1997 to learn English and continue
her studies. Katie lived in London and for 6 ˝ years ran a partnership
company together with her husband Igor.
In 2002, Katie got introduced to travel business and accepted temporary
positions with Montrose Travel. Katie provided coverage as a receptionist
then served as the Marketing Coordinator. In October 2003 Katie
returned to Leisure Division as a Support Staff Associate. In December
2004 she got promoted to Leisure Support Group Supervisor.
Katie is committed and dedicated to provide the highest level of
customer service for all customers and travel counselors of Montrose Travel. |
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Moumene Hamadi
Manager, IT
MHamadi@montrosetravel.com
Born and raised in Algeria, Moumene completed his Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering / Telecommunication from the National Institute of Electricity and Electronics, Algeria, in June 1994. Post graduation, Moumene decided to relocate to the United States to further his career. Luckily, AIR4LESS.com - a division of Montrose Travel - found Moumene and snatched him off the market. Working as a successful travel agent until 1998, Moumene was quickly promoted to help design, program and develop AIR4LESS.com's Desktop, Point of Sale, Quality Control and Automated Ticketing applications.
Upon completing his technological tasks with AIR4LESS.com, Moumene then joined Montrose Travel as a lead developer helping to build Montrose Travel's many websites.
In July, 2007, Moumene was promoted to manage Montrose Travel entire website design and development group. |
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Jamie
Hoff
Manager, Leisure Sales & Marketing
JHoff@montrosetravel.com
In the travel industry since 1993, Jamie joined Montrose Travel in
1995. During her tenure, Jamie has worked on both Montrose Travel's
Leisure and Commercial Sales Teams. Showing unending initiative and
results while earning a BS in Marketing from California State University,
Northridge, Jamie was promoted to Manager of Montrose Travel's Marketing
Department in 2000 and in May, 2001 was again promoted to be the Manager
of Montrose Travel's combined Leisure Sales and Marketing Departments. |
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Rhonda
Holguin
General Manager
RHolguin@montrosetravel.com
Rhonda has a B.A. in Psychology from California State University,
San Bernardino, CA. and joined Montrose Travel in 1988. She has managed
our Commercial, Leisure and Air, Car & Hotel divisions. Rhonda
knows the unique skills required to be a Montrose Travel Professional.
Her focus is to ensure a consistently superior product and performance.
Rhonda is readily available to hear your praise or concerns regarding
your experience at Montrose Travel. |
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Miguel
Marquez
Manager, Commercial Division
MMarquez@montrosetravel.com
Miguel started working with Montrose Travel in 1994 as an assistant
where he quickly worked his way up to be a seasoned corporate travel
counselor. In 1997, Miguel became the Supervisor of Montrose Travel's
Commercial Division and then became its Manager in 1999. Being responsible
for the day-to-day in-house operations of his Division, Miguel has
done a superior job of training and motivating his staff with the
ultimate objective of constant and consistent customer service and
satisfaction. In January 2004 Miguel took on the responsibility of
Air / Car / Hotel Manager. |
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Kathy
Nolan
Accounting Manager
KNolan@montrosetravel.com
After graduating from UCSB in the summer of 1997, Kathy started in
the travel industry as a bookkeeper at a travel agency in Santa Barbara.
Upon moving to northern California, she continued working as a bookkeeper
for an agency located in Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz agency was purchased
by a large agency located in the Silicon Valley, where Kathy assisted
in coordinating accounting operations for multiple locations as an
Accounting Operations Supervisor. In June 2000, Kathy relocated to
Pasadena to be closer to family. She continued her employment with
the Silicon Valley based agency, working from home and frequently
traveling to San Jose and San Francisco. In July 2002, Kathy took
advantage of a great opportunity to join the Montrose Travel family
as Manager of Accounting. |
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Susan Pelico
National Account Manager, Corporate Division
SPelico@montrosetravel.com
With 21 years in the travel industry, Susan Pelico has most recently joined the team at Montrose Travel as National Account Manager. For the past 2 years she has been with Concorde Hotels and Resorts as Director of Sales and also spent 13 years at Virgin Atlantic Airways in Corporate Sales. Prior to Corporate Sales, Susan just wanted to see the world, so she became a Military Flight Attendant for Flying Tigers for 6 years. She holds Bachelors in Communication Studies from CSULB.
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Andrew
Schroeder
Trainer
ASchroeder@montrosetravel.com
For years Andrew worked in the Workers' Compensation industry but
always had an interest in travel. So, he attended a 10-month training
course for the travel industry. He began his travel career in 1997
as an agent at Air4Less, at that time a sister company of Montrose Travel. There, he worked his way up to lead agent. In early 2000,
he was asked to fill in for a trainer, and after realizing he was
the right person for the job, was promoted to the position. After
Air4Less moved to Virginia in 2001, Andrew accepted the challenge
from Joe and joined Montrose Travel as a trainer. |
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Melissa
Truskett
Manager, Group Division
MTruskett@montrosetravel.com
Melissa came to Montrose Travel in 1996 after working for 7 years
at Nordstrom. Deciding to make her love of travel her career she was
hired at Montrose Travel as a Leisure Division assistant. After a
short time she moved to the Groups/Meetings/Incentives Division where
she found her true calling. She started as an assistant and within
a year was promoted to Group Coordinator. That led to her becoming
the Lead Agent in the Group Division. In July of 2003 she was promoted
to Supervisor of the Division upon the retirement of Nancy Bland,
her Manager and mentor. In January of 2004 she was promoted to Manager
of the Groups/Meetings/Incentives Division and has made it her goal
to grow the Division while maintaining the excellent customer service
that the Division is known for. |
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Laurie
Tullock
Manager, Supplier Relations
Laurie@montrosetravel.com
Prior to joining the travel industry in 1986, Laurie was a Vice-President
and Manager for a major California bank where she was awarded membership
in the Circle of Excellence for providing outstanding service to her
customers. For the past six years, Laurie was the Operations Manager
for our affiliate, Horizon Travel. Laurie has been a member of Montrose Travel’s President’s Club for the past four years. In her position
as the Contract Specialist for Montrose Travel, Laurie uses her expertise
as a travel consultant to constantly seeks new and better opportunities
for all travelers. Laurie and her husband, Bob, enjoy traveling, golf,
home improvements and spending time with their two dogs. |
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Donna
Wiley
Manager, Automation
DWiley@montrosetravel.com
Donna began her career as a travel agent in Washington DC 18 years
ago, with the desire to "see the world". The sun and the
fun of California brought her to Los Angeles over 12 years ago, where
she has worked in various positions for some of the key travel agencies
in the area. Currently, as the Automation Manager for Montrose Travel,
Donna finds the ever-changing evolution of technology to be challenging,
exciting, and fun! |
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