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.