The board brings top travel advisors into an ongoing dialogue with Travel + Leisure to provide insights based on their first-hand experience with travelers and knowledge of the travel marketplace. Owen joins 17 other existing board members.
The Travel + Leisure Travel Advisory Board meets several times throughout the year at events and roundtable discussions to share their expert opinions on trends in the travel world and insights on the tastes and preferences of sophisticated travelers, according to a release.
Owen is the president and CEO of Huffman Travel, the company founded by her father, Tony Huffman, in 1997. She is a graduate of Colby College, and received her MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. Shawna lives in Chicago with her husband and two children.
Prior to entering the travel advisory business in 2007, Shawna held positions at both Price Waterhouse Coopers and J.P Morgan/Chase.