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The Group Sales team at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel is your first point of contact with the hotel when you begin the process of planning an event. From this very moment, until your event is handed off to the Convention Services staff, you’ll have the advantage of the team’s experience, professionalism, attention to detail and friendliness.

» Meet the Group Sales team

  • Tommy Morel / Area Director of Sales & Marketing
    A native New Orleanian and a graduate of Louisiana State University, Tommy has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 17 years.
  • Brett Forshag / Director of Group Sales
    A native New Orleanian and a graduate of Louisiana State University, Brett Forshag is in his 13th year of hotel sales at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.
  • Charlene Berard / Sales Manager
    A native New Orleanian and graduate of the University of New Orleans, Charlene has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 18 years.
  • Ken Newman / Senior Sales Manager
    Originally from Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of Michigan State University, Ken was recruited immediately after graduation by Hilton Hotels for a position in the Big Easy and has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 9 years.
  • Margo Choquette / Senior Sales Manager
    Originally from Rhode Island and graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Margo came to New Orleans via the Omni in 1986 and has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 8 years.
  • Angele du Passage / Sales Manager
    A native of New Orleans and graduate of the University of New Orleans, Angele received her CMP certification in 1999. She has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel 18 years.
  • Ashley McCoy / Sales Manager
    A native of New Orleans and graduate of the University of Alabama, Ashley has been with the hotel an amazing 22 years.
  • Kathan Dearman / Sales Manager
    A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., and a graduate of the University of Mississippi, Kathan has worked as a Sales Manager for the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 7 years.
  • Ray Theriot / One-Call Sales Manager
    A native New Orleanian and a graduate of the University of New Orleans, Ray has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 15 years.
  • Derrick Rogers / Sales Manager
    A native of New Orleans, and a graduate of Louisiana State University and Florida State University and has been with the hotel 2 years.
  • Tameka Francis / Sales Manager
    A native of New Orleans and a graduate of the University of New Orleans, Tameka is a former New Orleans Saints NFL cheerleader and has been with the hotel 2 years.
  • Casie Anderson/ Sales Manager
    A native of New Orleans, Casie graduated from the University of New Orleans with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration. She has been with the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel for 4 years and is a member of MPI Gulf States Chapter.


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