Our team
Placing diversity and inclusion at the heart of who we are and what we do, get to know our team of global professionals.
Meet our team
Support team
Interns
Green Destinations Coordination Team
Albert Salman
President, Green Destinations Foundation
Hugo de Jong
Director of Destination Certification
Patricia Marull
Director of Communications
Patice Talaue
Head of Training and Support
D’Arcy Dornan
Director of Destination Management & Assessment
Mina Staleva
Events Manager
Bart Hageman
Top 100 Manager
Malu Mayorga
Good Travel Guide Manager
Olga Skepetari
Business Certification Team Coordinator
Elisabeth Boon
Business Certification Assurance Manager
Kassandra Marie Correa
Destination Certification Coordinator
Amit Bhatia
Communications Coordinator
Green Destinations Support Team
Valentine Zheng
Junior Legal Counsel
Laura Klingenberg
Financial Administration
Robin Diekhorst
Good Travel Guide
Daniela Miranda
Graphic and Web Design
Gurkan Ozer
GD Turkiye Office - Director
Chinthana Duminduhewa
GD Sri Lanka Project - Coordinator
Bahadır Kalıpçı
GD Support
Aparna Vinod
Communications and Marketing Officer
Zakaria Alsaqer
GD Solutions for Businesses - Technical Assistant
Malika Aidarkhanova
GD Solutions for Businesses Technical Assistant - Lead Auditor Central Asia
Tansu karabulut
GD Solutions for Businesses and GD Türkiye - Executive Secretary
Arianna Manzo
GD HR Team
Lita Retko
GD Top 100
Marcia Szarlej
GD Top 100
Ken Drew
Good Travel Guide
Linh Bui
Good Travel Guide
Green Destinations Regional Coordinators
Felipe Vera
South America
Jose María de Juan
Europe
Beatriz Barreal
Mexico and Central America
Andreas Dohle
Brazil
Susan Santos de Cardenas
East & SE Asia
Iyad Kayali
Middle East & North Africa
Mahadevan Parasuraman
South Asia
Diogo Neves
Portugal
Green Destinations Board
Albert Salman
Founder and President
Hugo de Jong
Co-founder, Board Member
Freddy Van Der Brugge
Board Member
Peter Reelfs
Board Member
Robert Chappell
Board Member
Gijs Kamperman
Treasurer & Finance
Jana Apih
Board Member
Felipe Vera
Vice-President
Green Destinations Interns
Evita Petrakou
GD Support & Training
Bachelor degree in Tourism Management
University of West Attica
Emma Magistri
GD Support & Training
Master Degree in Intercultural Development of Tourism System
Ca’ Foscari University
Tryfonas Kioutoutskas
Solutions for Businesses
Thessaloniki Vocational Training Institute of Tourism
Carmen Guillén
Good Travel Guide
Master in International Communication
Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Huy Manh Le
Good Travel Guide
Software Engineering
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Interested in joining our team?
Motivated students, young professionals and sustainable tourism advocates are always welcome to join our team. We are currently looking for:
Interns
Advanced Bachelor (from 3rd year) and Masters students can apply for an internship placement to any of our departments.
Volunteers
We can welcome you as a volunteer, in case you have finished your studies already and would like to contribute to the work of Green Destinations.