Mark Romig

A native New Orleanian, Mark is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of New Orleans & Company, the New Orleans tourism industry’s destination marketing and sales organization. He is serving on the Super Bowl LIX Host Committee as co-chair of the Media, PR and Branding Subcommittee.

His public relations career has spanned more than four decades andhas taken him from teaching in college classrooms to the 1984 Louisiana World’s Fair, from working as a Staff Assistant to U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole during President Ronald Reagan’s administration, and the 1987-88 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Bob Dole, to corporate and non-profit public relations and marketing counseling. In 2013 Mark became the Stadium Announcer for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, succeeding his father, Jerry (who served in the same role for 446 consecutive Saints home games over 44 years). Mark is also a member of the Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank, headquartered in New Orleans. He chaired the NOLA Foundation in support of New Orleans Tricentennial celebration in 2018 and is past Chair of the Louisiana Travel Association. Among his current community activities, Mark is a member of the Board of Directors of the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, WYES-TV (Chair), Fore!Kids Foundation (Chair), and Methodist Health System Foundation. He also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Travel and Tourism Advisory Council and as an advisor to the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation and the Gallier Hall Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation.