KHM Travel Group has named travel advisor Marcus Williams its new DE&I specialist.
The role was designed to strengthen the Brunswick, Ohio-based host agency's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to KHM, No. 42 on Travel Weekly's Power List.
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Williams will lead KHM's existing DE&I Committee and will plan and host its quarterly meetings. He will also work with suppliers and other industry partners with DEI initiatives.
He will also be tasked with contributing to KHM's DE&I Resource Library and make DE&I Minute presentations during monthly staff meetings in addition to finding new ways to engage diverse groups of travel advisors.
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Additionally, Williams will head KHM's Bipoc Agent Resource Group. The group provides a place for advisors who are people of color to network and communicate with one another.
Williams is the founder of the agency Impressive Travels in Houston. He was named KHM's 2024 DE&I in Action Agent of the Year and a Diamond Pinnacle Agent.
"We started our DE&I journey back in 2017, and thanks to the dedication and perspectives of travel advisors like Marcus, we have seen industrywide progress, specifically in consumer advertising and marketing resources offered," KHM president and CEO Rick Zimmerman said in a statement. "We know there is still a lot of work to be done and are confident that Marcus is the perfect person to collaborate with our team to continue making a positive change for greater diversity, equity and inclusion in travel."