Logosm.gif (1927 bytes)
navlinks.gif (4688 bytes)
Hruler04.gif (5511 bytes)

Back to Washington Convention Center main page

Washington Convention Center Authority Names Thomas M. Mobley, Jr., General Manager and CEO
November 7, 2003

Home

Bibliography

Calendar

Columns
Dorothy Brizill
Bonnie Cain
Jim Dougherty
Gary Imhoff
Phil Mendelson
Mark David Richards
Sandra Seegars

DCPSWatch

DCWatch Archives
Council Period 12
Council Period 13
Council Period 14

Election 1998
Election 2000
Election 2002

Elections
Election 2004
Election 2006

Government and People
ANC's
Anacostia Waterfront Corporation
Auditor
Boards and Com
BusRegRefCom
Campaign Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Management Officer
City Council
Congress
Control Board
Corporation Counsel
Courts
DC2000
DC Agenda
Elections and Ethics
Fire Department
FOI Officers
Inspector General
Health
Housing and Community Dev.
Human Services
Legislation
Mayor's Office
Mental Health
Motor Vehicles
Neighborhood Action
National Capital Revitalization Corp.
Planning and Econ. Dev.
Planning, Office of
Police Department
Property Management
Public Advocate
Public Libraries
Public Schools
Public Service Commission
Public Works
Regional Mobility Panel
Sports and Entertainment Com.
Taxi Commission
Telephone Directory
University of DC
Water and Sewer Administration
Youth Rehabilitation Services
Zoning Commission

Issues in DC Politics

Budget issues
DC Flag
DC General, PBC
Gun issues
Health issues
Housing initiatives
Mayor’s mansion
Public Benefit Corporation
Regional Mobility
Reservation 13
Tax Rev Comm
Term limits repeal
Voting rights, statehood
Williams’s Fundraising Scandals

Links

Organizations
Appleseed Center
Cardozo Shaw Neigh.Assoc.
Committee of 100
Fed of Citizens Assocs
League of Women Voters
Parents United
Shaw Coalition

Photos

Search

What Is DCWatch?

themail archives

PRESS RELEASE

WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY NAMES THOMAS M. MOBLEY, JR. GENERAL MANAGER & CEO

Posted on 11/7/2003

Washington, DC − The Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) Board of Directors announced today that Thomas M. Mobley, Jr. has been appointed General Manager and CEO of the new 2.3 million square foot Washington Convention Center. Mr. Mobley, a convention industry veteran, was selected after an exhaustive search by a subcommittee of the board and was confirmed by the full body during a special session this morning. Mr. Mobley will officially begin his tenure in mid-December.

For the past eleven years Mr. Mobley was general manager of Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Complex, which is the largest exhibition facility in the Western Hemisphere. Previously, he served as the general manager of a variety of public assembly facilities including the Colorado Convention Center, the Jacksonville Convention Complex and the Baltimore Convention Center.

“The spectacular new Washington Convention Center was designed to be among the best convention and meeting facilities in the world. In Tom Mobley, we now have arguably the best manager in the industry. Tom will help ensure that our operations and customer service are second to none,” said WCCA board member Kumiki Gibson, chair of the search subcommittee.

William A. Hanbury, president of the Washington Convention and Tourism Corporation (WCTC) agrees. “We are absolutely delighted to attract such a solid, experienced industry pro of his caliber. Tom Mobley elevates Washington to the top tier of convention and meeting destinations.”

Mr. Mobley is on the Board of Directors and is currently the immediate Past Chairman of the Center for Exhibition Research. He is also a member of several industry associations. Before entering the exhibition industry, Mr. Mobley served as the assistant labor commissioner for the City of Baltimore, and was involved in negotiating labor agreements with over 20,000 City employees.

“I’m honored by the vote of confidence that the WCCA Board of Directors has given me. I look forward to getting to work with the Authority, the staff and the entire Washington hospitality community to ensure that DC quickly becomes the world’s premier meeting and convention destination,” says Mobley, who is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also attended graduate school at the University of Maryland.

“My wife and I are looking forward to coming back to Washington, DC. We lived for 20 years in the Baltimore, Washington area and my two children were born at GW Hospital, so we’re all happy to be coming home.”

For media inquiries and interviews contact:
Tony Robinson
WCCA Director of Public Affairs
202-626-1107 or
Email to ARobinson@dcconvention.com

For more information, email NewCenter@DCconvention.com

Back to top of page


Send mail with questions or comments to webmaster@dcwatch.com
Web site copyright ©DCWatch (ISSN 1546-4296)