Scott White has been named president and CEO of the Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities (California) Convention & Visitors Authority. White was previously president and CEO of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Doug Price has been appointed president and CEO of Experience Colorado Springs. Price is currently serving as senior vice-president of professional development at DMAI. He will start his new position at Experience Colorado Springs on January 1.

At Destination DC, Ronnie Burt has been appointed vice-president of convention sales and services. Burt was previously senior vice-president of sales and service at the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association. And, Melissa Riley has been promoted from senior national convention sales manager to director of convention sales.

Visit Milwaukee has appointed Tiffany Backus as its Washington, D.C.-based sales manager. Backus has more than 10 years of hotel sales experience and was most recently senior sales manager for the Hiltons of Washington, D.C. She also
has worked at the Hyatt Regency/Washington on Capitol Hill and the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Virginia.

The Oakland (California) Convention & Visitors Bureau, recently renamed Visit Oakland, has made two new hires. Elisa Williams will serve as director of marketing and communications and Lindsay Wright as marketing assistant.