Mississippi Business Journal recognized Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Nancy Carpenter as a “Top CEO” at a Thursday breakfast at the Old Capitol Inn in Jackson.
Honorees were selected for “excelling in their respective fields while impacting their companies and communities,” a press release from CVB said.
“Nancy Carpenter has been a tremendous asset to the city of Columbus and Lowndes County as a whole for 15 years,” Liz Terry, CVB chairperson, said. “During that time, her leadership and tenacity have helped shape Columbus into one of the state’s premier tourism destinations, and she is more than deserving of this incredible accolade.”
According to the release, visitors to Columbus generated more than $115 million in tourism revenue in 2021, and the hospitality industry is one of Columbus’ top employers, with more than 1,360 people working directly in travel and tourism-related fields.
Carpenter has served as the CVB’s CEO and executive director since 2011. She is an honorary commander at the Columbus Air Force Base and serves as an advisory board member of the Golden Triangle Development LINK.
Carpenter has served as a speaker and presenter at the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Authority’s annual conferences and is a member of the Mississippi University for Women’s Town and Tower board of directors and a member on MUW’s Passport to Wellness advisory board.
She has served on the Mississippi Civil Rights Commission and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History board of trustees.
She was named the “Business Woman of the Year” out of a statewide slate of finalists in 2017 by Mississippi Business Journal. Carpenter was awarded a certificate for “strategic fundraising for nonprofit leaders” from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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