New president headed for OKC Convention and Visitors Bureau

Michael Carrier
OKCBusiness Staff
6/26/2007

The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber announced today the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau has hired a new president.
Coming from Shreveport, La., where he has been the general manager of the Shreveport Convention Center, Michael Carrier has more than two decades of hospitality industry experience. He has also been the president of the Knoxville Convention and Visitors Bureau along with the executive director of the Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Greater Greenville (S.C.) Convention and Visitors Bureau.

“Mike Carrier brings to Oklahoma City the right mix of experience to lead our convention and visitor efforts,” the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber’s President and CEO Roy Williams said in a statement. “Oklahoma City has seen such tremendous growth in our visitor product and industry in the last 10 years. Mike is a seasoned leader that will help us continue that forward momentum.”

Carrier’s first day on the job will be July 16.

Carrier will take over for Interim Executive Director Barb Denny, who is the Chamber’s vice president of finance and operations.