Frank Abruzzese  joined Pan Am in 1970, worked at Logan International airport and the CTO performing, reservations, prepaids and international rates. Frank has been a travel agent for over 14 years specializing in USAID cost-reimbursable travel to all international destinations. 

Marika Delgado has been a travel agent for over 25 years. She grew up in the Washington DC and has managed several travel agencies and is now based in Tucson Arizona and enjoys having Sedona and the Grand Canyon in her backyard.

Nikki Lewis, originally from New Delhi, India,  is based in  Arlington, Virginia.. She has  40 years of travel management experience, specializes in USAID contractor and subcontractor travel.  Recently, Nikki has been highly influential in helping to make the travel arrangements for many contractors to Afghanistan, Iraq, and other destinations that have been difficult for outsiders to perform. Nikki has numerous personal contacts within the airline and hotel industries thus is often able to perform the "impossible". 

Tony Ghodsi was born in Tehran and moved to the US to attend the University of Miami in 1980,  earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering After four years with Pan Am, Tony was transferred to Delta. Tony was then recruited to work at Thomas Cooke Travel/World Bank in Washington as a quality control/travel counselor. Tony now lives in Los Angeles.

Marife Simon was born in Manila, Philippines and is now based in Rockville, MD. She has worked for several travel organizations in the Philippines for almost twenty years and in the US for 7 years.  Her work with the sole representative of American Express in the Philippines made her adept to handling complicated itineraries for VIP clients and corporate accounts like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Desriene Wills is a corporate travel specialist with over 22 years experience in the industry and is based in Centerville, Virginia. Desriene, originally from Jamaica, West Indies, has also worked in Kingston, New York City and San Francisco performing leisure, commercial and incentive travel arrangements for a number of travel agencies. She is an expert in finding the absolutely lowest fares for each of her clients.

Kim Grasso has been in the travel industry since 1995 and is proficient on four airline reservation systems and the Internet. She is highly skilled in corporate travel arrangements and is also is an expert in leisure travel, especially cruises.

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