Mark Calitri, former president and chief executive officer of the Cincinnati East Convention and Visitors Bureauand the Clermont (Ohio) Sports Development Corp., began his duties as president of the local CVB on June 1.

Ruth Ann Dearness, the CVB’s board chairwoman, said the decision to hire Calitri was easy.

“We interviewed three people,” she said. “Mark has the track record we need. He came with incredible recommendations. He has Kentucky roots, and he lived in Northern Kentucky. He understands the culture. He impressed us with the homework he had done on Owensboro. He came here and studied the community before his interview.”

Dearness said Calitri fits the job description so well that, “Had we known Mark first, it would look like we built the job description around him.”

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