EVELYN LEAGUE-ST. GERMAIN
Owner/President

Established in 1996, League Marketing Group, Inc. serves a niche in the marketplace providing comprehensive support in sales, marketing and public Relations for tourism-related entities. Evelyn’s experience spans over 27 years within the travel industry. Over the years she has been involved in opening 7 hotels, and worked in numerous sales positions within the hotel industry.
She has headed regional offices, and prior to starting LMG, directed sales, marketing, public relations and advertising worldwide for the luxury Bora Bora Lagoon Resort in

Resort in French Polynesia (an Orient Express Hotel). Her tenure includes a number of positions with prestigious hotels; Dir. of Sales for Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Dir. Of Group Sales Kea Lani Hotel, Emerald Hotels (which included Mauna Lani Bay Hotel), Hawaiian Regent and Pan Pacific in Anaheim. She worked as Dir. Of Group Sales for three years at a Hawaiian-based DMC during her memorable five years in the islands.

LMG clients include; Post Ranch Inn, Laucala, Hotel Hana-Maui, Le Meridien Hotels de Polynesia, and Bettoja Hotel properties in Rome and Florence, Italy to name a few.

Evelyn believes in giving back, so she devotes time to charitable organizations to assist them in raising contributions for their worthly causes. She assists "Meals On Wheels" and is a member of the MBWIB committee, which raises funds for MCHS senior girl scholarships and Beach Cities post breast cancer treatment. She is also member of Ka Ohana O Kaleponi (which she initiated in May 1990), LA PROST, So Cal. SITE, and MPI.

She enjoys entertaining friends and family, playing tennis, cooking, and relaxing in one of the special Hotels & Resorts within the portfolio. Evelyn resides in Manhattan Beach, CA with her husband Sam and sons Ryan and Dylan.

BETH CURRY BOHN
Director of Sales

Beth joined League Marketing Group in March 2008 with over 24 years in the travel industry.  She comes with a wealth of  experience and professional contacts in the Group Market having worked in regional offices for Inter-Continental Hotels, Forte and Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts and recently, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts for the past four years. 

Beth will use her experience and talents to focus on generating group business for our hotel partners.  She will work with meeting and incentive planners, third party planners and association executives that have potential to utilize our highly unique resorts in many desirable locations within California and internationally.

During her leisure time Beth spends time with her husband Buddy and her close knit family.  She lives in Manhattan Beach, and enjoys all there is about the beach community that she calls home.
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GERALDINE HARVEY
Sales Manager

Geraldine has been in working within various fields of the travel industry for over 22 years. Her well-rounded experience includes employment with Air Jamaica Vacations and Hawaiian Airlines in Sales positions, Ask Mr. Foster Travel as a Travel agent and, Hawaiian Polynesia Tours as a Tour Escort for one of Hawaii’s wholesalers, in addition to other tourism-related assignments.

In March 2000, Geraldine joined LMG, Inc. as a Sales Manager to assist in providing sales coverage to the retail travel trade for the properties within the LMG portfolio. Her position includes; sales calls, escorting familiarization trips to the resorts represented by LMG, presentations and seminars to travel agencies, participation at travel trade shows and more.

When Geraldine is not working, she spends time with her two sons, volunteers time to her church, and enjoys running, biking, hiking, cooking and time with her family and friends.

Dean Johnson
Regional Sales

Dean’s travel industry career spans three decades - most recently at Creative Leisure International and Villas of Distinction in senior Sales, Marketing and Product Management positions.

Dean focused on the sales and marketing of the world’s top luxury hotels and private villas to successfully build business from travel agencies including members of

Virtuoso. His experience also includes developing relationships with airlines, ground operators and tourist board partners in key vacation markets around the world.  Dean earned his Certified Travel Counselor certification in 2002 and is recognized for his ability to build revenue in the leisure travel marketplace.

During his free time Dean enjoys classical music, food and wine experiences with friends and family, and commercial aviation exploring the fabulous world we live in and its many cultures.
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KATHY MAYE
Project Management Coordinator

Kathy Maye joined League Marketing Group in August 2008. Her areas of responsibility include segmenting and maintaining our industry database, creating e-newsletters, coordinating client reports and helping out with special events such as sales blitzes. She brings over 15 years of tourism experience to the job, having worked at New Zealand Tourism Board, Tahiti Tourisme, Tahiti Legends and InterContinental French

Polynesia, and the Southern California Chapter of SITE.

Originally from Kansas, Kathy lives in Torrance with her husband and five-year old son. She has an Associates Degree in French and freely admits to being a history freak. She enjoys gardening, reading, swimming and scrapbooking.
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LUZ PADILLA
Administrative Support Staff

Luz has been working as Admin. Asst. for over 7 years. She is better known as "Mom", Evelyn's mom. She thought she was going to retire, and Evelyn put her to work. She's probably never worked harder, but enjoys every minute and loves the travel business. Most of all, she gets much gratitude in helping her daughter succeed in business. Luz is extremely dedicated, great at getting those smaller tasks completed and assists

with general office work. You will often see Luz at LMG events handling registration or doing other necessary on-site coordination.

During her free time she enjoys cooking, dancing, visiting with friends and family, and traveling the world. Now you really know where it all started for Evelyn.....

KATHLEEN DUDA
KVD Communications

For more than 20 years, Kathleen Duda has brought intelligence, creativity and commitment to providing public relations, sales, marketing and promotional services to diverse clients in a variety of industries.

Beginning in 1983, Kathleen spent five years as an Executive VP at Shearson/American Express, holding supervisory positions in the Marketing, Incentives, and Corporate Events divisions. In 1988, Kathleen established

Marketing Solutions and began providing similar services to corporations and the travel industry. She generated marketing and communication strategies and served as a consultant to tourism and trade offices (including those of Egypt and Morocco that were developing new approaches for the American market).

In the years since, she has developed thorough expertise in luxury properties and international destinations, categories that overlap with the lifestyle products and services that were part of Kathleen’s earlier career experiences. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Morocco, Egypt, Australia and New Zealand.

KIM MARSHALL
The Marshall Plan

Kim Marshall is the owner of The Marshall Plan, Ms. Marshall has become a respected source of information about wellness and spa-ing, having appeared on Fox News, Access Hollywood, The Health Network, E! Entertainment Television and the Style network. Ms. Marshall has written articles on travel trends, wellness, anti-aging and branding that have appeared in newspapers and magazines, including Conde Nast