O le sa avea muamua ma Marriott exec Matthews na faamamaluina mo saofaga i Travel ma Turisi

O Kathleen Matthews, o le sa avea muamua ma ofisa sili o fesoʻotaʻiga ma mataupu lautele i le Marriott International, na maua se faʻailoga iloga mai le US Travel Association e faʻafetaia ana sao i femalagaaiga ma tagata tafafao maimoa, faʻalauteleina le faʻaauau, ma le lagolagoina o le eseesega ma le aofia i totonu o pisinisi.

Na auai Matthews i le Marriott i le 2006 ina ua uma ona 30 tausaga i Washington, DC's ABC affiliate, WJLA, lea sa avea ai o ia ma taula mo le 15 tausaga. I le taimi o lana nofoaiga, na faʻalauiloa ai e Marriott lana Global Green Council ma amata fausia faletalimalo faʻamaonia LEED e avea o se vaega o lana fuafuaga faʻaauau fou, ma na taʻitaʻia e Matthews se taumafaiga i Saina e fesoasoani i le faʻasaoina o punaʻoa o le atunuʻu.

Na fausia e Matthews faiga faapaaga ma faʻalapotopotoga e pei o le Human Rights Campaign, ma faʻalauiloa polokalame faʻaaʻoaʻoga i le US, faʻapea foʻi ma atunuʻu e pei o Rwanda, Initia ma Haiti e tuʻuina atu ai se auala i galuega talimalo mo talavou le tagolima.

Na faasoa mai e Matthews lona tomai i le atunuu ma le lalolagi atoa e ala i lana auaunaga i le US Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board ma le World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Travel and Tourism. Sa galue foi o ia i le komiti faafoe a le US Travel ma lana komiti faafoe, ma faatautaia le US Travel's Secure Tourism Summit i le 2017.

I le 2015, na tuua ai e Matthews Marriott e saili se galuega i auaunaga lautele, ma ua avea nei ma taitaifono o le Maryland Democratic Party.

"O le galuega a Kathleen na faia ai se aafiaga tumau, lelei i Marriott ma le pisinisi femalagaaʻi atoa, ma ou te mitamita i le mafai ona taʻua o ia o se uo vavalalata," o le tala lea a le US Travel President ma le CEO Roger Dow.

Na tauaaoina e le US Travel le fa'ailoga ia Matthews i le taumafataga a le Komiti Fa'atonu o le tautoulu.

O i latou na mauaina muamua le mamalu o le US Travel e aofia ai le Kovana o Florida Rick Scott ma Tom Nides, sa avea muamua ma sui failautusi mo le pulega ma punaoa i le US Department of State, lea na aloaia i ofisa konesula a le matagaluega.