Sarah
Graham Mann
Sarah Graham Mann brings more than a quarter century of marketing experience to bear on client challenges. Mann's extensive experience with the public sector, nonprofit organizations, destination marketing organizations and the private sector have solved problems and increased sales, memberships and profits.
Mann is former managing director of Discover New England, the regional six-state marketing organization. More than $20 billion is spent on tourism in New England and Mann has achieved measurable results through her public-private partnership programs which significantly increased New England's share of the lucrative international marketplace. Prior to joining Discover New England, Mann served as Director of Tourism for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under Governor William Weld, receiving national recognition for the state's marketing programs.
Recently, Mann joined the faculty of New York University's Graduate School of Tourism and teaches courses in destination marketing and management. She is a frequent speaker at business and civic events and was a federal appointee to the White House Conference. Mann has traveled the globe promoting her native New England to hundreds of travel press and has completed more than 3,000 travel agent training sessions.
Mann's prior experience included handling public relations for Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum of 17th century Plymouth and as senior vice president and partner of Promotional Development Corp., where she developed and managed promotions for clients including Colgate Palmolive and Hebrew National. Her career has included all aspects of conventional marketing.
Mann lives on Cape Cod, but she travels extensively and her suitcase is always packed.
