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Tamela Blalock ecstatically joins the innovative Team San Jose as a new National Sales Manager for the greater District of Colombia metropolitan area focusing on small meetings and multicultural organizations. Tamela transitions to Team San Jose after three years with the George Washington University as the Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing for the summer housing department, a for profit division that converts two campuses of academic year housing into short-term and long-term summer lodging over a thirteen week period. At George Washington her target markets included associations, government, corporate, and educational organizations growing the department’s gross sales revenue by 157%, during her tenure. Tamela Blalock was recently honored as the PCMA 2010 Student Planner of the Year, |
where she is active with the local PCMA professional development committee. She also serves as the2010-2011 Co-Chair for the MPI Potomac Chapter Marketing Committee, and is a member of industry organizations HSMAI and ISES.
Prior to reinventing herself into the tourism industry, Tamela worked for the Washington Redskins in the premium ticket sales division soliciting new multi-year accounts. She also worked to develop fundraising programs for the Del Valle Foundation, and developed corporate recruiting accounts for the engineering and education schools at the George Washington University. However, her first experience in the meetings industry was planning foreign dignitary events for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Tamela Blalock has a Masters in Tourism Administration from the George Washington University, and a Bachelors in Marketing from Georgetown University.
SAN JOSE
Northern California's Largest City
Population 2005: 945,000
3rd largest city in California
10th largest city in United States
Safest Big City in America (500,000+) for five consecutive years
Getting Around
The Mineta San Jose International Airport is only three miles from downtown and the Convention Center.
Over 12 major airlines provide an average of 384 commercial departures and arrivals from both national and international locations.
You can get anywhere from here. San Jose is easily accessible via four major freeways, Caltrans, bus, light rail, and airport shuttle services.
It's All Right Here
Hear the applause. The hottest traveling Broadway shows, opera, symphony, ballet, and ethnic artists perform nightly.
Stay and play at four star brand hotels or quaint boutiques.
Expand your palette at innovative and multi-ethnic restaurants.
From local haunts to trendy scenes, a diverse after hours scene awaits you.
Shop till you drop. Premium shopping centers with a European flair and 300 store discount shopping malls are in our backyard.
Multiple sporting events are closer than your remote.
Get on the green with over 15 local and championship Golf courses.
Thrilling theme parks and fun family activities can fill more than a day.
Stop and smell the roses at one of our 150 beautiful parks and gardens.
It's time for wine with over 20 local wineries providing wine tasting, touring and special events.
A Diverse Community
San Jose is proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population, and the rich identity of its many neighborhoods. The population in San Jose is 27% Asian and 30% Hispanic. Japantown --one of only three in the U.S.-- and the Japanese Friendship Garden are popular tourist stops. Biblioteca Latinoamericana holds one of the largest collections of Spanish language materials in Northern California. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is the largest public library west of the Mississippi and displays art work on every floor. Home to the biggest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam, San Jose is constructing the nation’s first Vietnamese Heritage Garden and Historical Museum. Year-round, San Jose sponsors many cultural festivals and numerous ethnic chambers of commerce are active in our community.
Silicon Valley's Best and Brightest
San Jose boasts the highest disposable household income of anywhere in the country. With the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world, it is not surprising that over half of the adult population holds a college degree. Innovation and creativity aren’t just words—San Jose also leads the nation in patent generation. The city has 25 companies with 1,000 employees or more, including the headquarters of Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco, Xilinx, Novellus Systems, and eBay, as well as major facilities for Flextronics, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Hitachi, Agilent Technologies, and Lockheed Martin.
What They Are Saying About San Jose...
MostLivable.org recently ranked San Jose among the Top 10 Most Livable Large Cities.
Visit us at www.sanjose.org
Contact Information: |
Tamela Blalock, CMP
National Sales Manager
Team San Jose
PO Box 2854, Arlington, VA 22202
T. 703.892.1482
C. 301.379.4619
tblalock@sanjose.org