Ellie Westman Chin
Senior Director, Membership and Visitor Services
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Ellie Westman Chin is senior director, membership and visitor services for the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB.) She has been with ACVB since 2006.
In her current role, Westman Chin is responsible for overseeing the membership staff including sales, service and member events as well as ACVB's three visitor centers located at Underground Atlanta, the Georgia World Congress Center and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Westman Chin has enjoyed a 15 year career in marketing and event management. Prior to joining ACVB, she worked for Empire Force Events in New York City as an account director. In this role, she managed event programs and served as day-to-day contact for corporate clients including NYC2012, Johnson & Johnson, Sony Electronics and Volkswagen.
In 1993 Westman Chin moved to Nashville, Tennessee to assist in creating the Nashville Sports Council for the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau (NCVB). As associate executive director of the Council she helped secure both the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans) and the NHL franchise Nashville Predators. Additionally, Westman Chin was director of operations for the 1997 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and produced the first annual Music City Bowl. She later served the NCVB as director of convention services.
Westman Chin is on the board of the Georgia chapter of Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), and is a member of the Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA) and Zero Waste Zone committee as well as serves on the Events Committee for the Atlanta Sports Council. In 2007, she was named ACVB Employee of the Year.
A native of Chicago, Westman Chin has a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. She and her husband, Ken, reside in Decatur.
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