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Rickey Thigpen, CEO of Visit Jackson Mississippi on Making Destinations

What's it like to lead destination marketing efforts in a soulful kind of place? Rickey Thigpen, CEO & President of Visit Jackson, Mississippi joins Stephen Ekstrom to share his thoughts on embracing community. He shares his experience from the Drum Corp and IT corner to creating a stronger, better destination that people want to visit and stakeholders are proud to support. Plus - being at the table for policy and bridging government & local community as destination leaders with a collective ambition. Can we help him connect with his grade school best friend, Curtis Bowman?

 

 

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