Tour Director/Guide

Certified Professional Tour Guide Las Vegas

Founder, Past President, Vice President, Director and Member of the Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild

34 years of experience in multi-day tour planning, tour escorting, and tour guiding

In the Southwest and Western United States

Professional Tour Guide and Tour Director, proficient in custom itinerary planning independent and group travel

Experience working with convention/visitor bureaus, destination management companies, tour operators, travel agencies, and hospitality and attraction venues.

Owner, Las Vegas Private Tour Guide, Las Vegas, NV 1991-Present

Guiding and directing custom private tours throughout Southwest United States

Owner, Distinctive Vacations and Tours, Las Vegas, NV 1990-2005

Planned client vacations to International and Domestic destinations

Guide/Driver, Adventure Photo Tours, Las Vegas, NV 1999-Present

Escort tours to National Parks and to Public Lands in the Southwest United States

Guide/Driver, SWEETours, Las Vegas, NV 2015-Present

Escort tours to National Parks and to Public Lands in the Southwest United States

Guide/Driver, Another Side Tour, Las Vegas, NV 2022-Present

Escort tours to National Parks and to Public Lands in the Southwest United States

Guide/Driver, iTravel, Las Vegas, NV 2022-Present

Escort tours to National Parks and to Public Lands in the Southwest United States

Tour Director, Get America Tours, Englewood, NJ 2006-2018

Implement, direct, and guide multi-day tours throughout the Southwest and Western United States

Step-on Tour Guide, Akshar Travels Ltd, American Classic Tours, Americantours International, All Tours Ltd., Flemming Tours, Fitzgerald Tours, Mayflower Cruises and Tours, Oregon Adventure Tours, Senior Discovery Tours, Tour Mappers North America, Trafalgar Tours, Travalco USA, White Star Tours, Your Man Tours

Adjunct Instructor, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

Instructed: International Destination Geography, Tour Conducting, Travel & Tourism

Hospitality Marketing, Home Based Travel Agent

Assistant Director – Administration, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1973-1981

Division of Marine Fisheries, Boston MA

Marine Biologist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1963-1973

Division of Marine Fisheries, Boston MA

Fisheries Biologist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1961-1963

Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Boston MA

Professional Affiliations

Founder, Past President, Vice President, Director, and Member: Las Vegas Tourist

Guides Guild (LVTGG), Las Vegas, NV

Current Director-at-Large: National Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (NFTGA)(USA)

Past Director: International Association of Tour Guides and Directors (IATDG)

Past Director-at-Large: National Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (NFTGA)(USA)

Past Director, Receptive Operators and Destination Management Services, (RODSA) Las Vegas, NV

Founder, Past Chairman, Director, and Member: Southern Nevada Chapter, Association of Retail Travel Agents (ARTA)

Education and Training

ABA in Business Administration, Nichols College, Dudley, MA 1960

Major: Forestry

Certified Interpretive Guide, National Association for Interpretation 2024

Certified Professional Tourist Guide, Las Vegas Tourist Guide Guild 2009

Certificate: Executive Development Program, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1975

Certificate: Public Speaking, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Employee 1974

Certificate: Natural Resource Development Seminar, University of Massachusetts 1969

Certificate: Resource Management Training Course, U.S. Forest & Park Service 1969