Kim Bumpas, president of Visit Knoxville, joins Chris McAdoo to talk about what motivates her, and we dive head-first into challenges that the hospitality & travel industry are faced with since the COVID-19 pandemic - and the tactics to survive, adapt, and thrive moving forward.

Kim Bumpas is a national and regional leader with strong hospitality experience and nearly two decades of experience in senior management, sales and marketing. A community leader and volunteer, Bumpas serves as a tourism leader for East Tennessee and the Knoxville community.

Visit [https://www.visitknoxville.com/) for soooooo much information on Knoxville!

Best Behavior Creative Club. A Designsensory Original Production.

This is a podcast for the people who make things, and make things happen. Our host and creative director, Chris McAdoo, takes you behind the scenes with experts in creativity, business, technology, and marketing. Together we'll uncover what it takes to drive engagement, grow a brand, pursue a passion, and nourish a creative life.

Best Behavior Creative Club is one of many original productions for Designsensory, positioned to act as a catalyst for additional original podcasts, limited series, and various other forms of content. Designsensory is a full-service research, branding, advertising and digital firm based in Knoxville, TN and known all over the world. Visit our site to learn more or drop us a line.

As marketing director of Brixx Pizza, Jenna Wise makes a lot of decisions - Where to focus, what to focus on, and how to get there in the first place. We dig into her career as a creative professional and the steps that brought to her Brixx Pizza, heading up a team and leading the communication charge for a rapidly growing business with 29 locations throughout the southeast.

Best Behavior Creative Club. A Designsensory Original Production.

This is a podcast for the people who make things, and make things happen. Our host and creative director, Chris McAdoo, takes you behind the scenes with experts in creativity, business, technology, and marketing. Together we'll uncover what it takes to drive engagement, grow a brand, pursue a passion, and nourish a creative life.

Best Behavior Creative Club is one of many original productions for Designsensory, positioned to act as a catalyst for additional original podcasts, limited series, and various other forms of content. Designsensory is a full-service research, branding, advertising and digital firm based in Knoxville, TN and known all over the world. Visit our site to learn more or drop us a line.

Mark's bio, courtesy of TN.gov:
Mark Ezell, a seventh generation Tennessean, will serve as the Commissioner of the Department of Tourist Development. Ezell has worked with Dean Foods since 1998 as a senior executive focused on brand development for Purity Dairies and other southeast dairies. Ezell spearheaded philanthropic efforts to create the Purity Foundation and other Middle Tennessee efforts like the successful Moosic City Dairy Dash. He is a nationally recognized brand developer who coordinated the creation and implementation of the iconic “Milk Mustache – Got Milk?” campaign. His 35 years at Purity Dairies, including time as President and General Manager, helped the former family-owned company receive recognition as a “Brands That Built Nashville” winner from the Nashville American Advertising Federation.