Gayle Conran Potter

Gayle Conran Potter is President of ConranPR, a New York PR firm specializing in hospitality and tourism. Gayle works with a portfolio independent boutique hotels, resorts and destinations ranging from the state of Maine to the Swiss Alps. Before launching ConranPR, Gayle was a Managing Director in the Travel Division of Hill & Knowlton Public Relations in New York City, an agency within global WPP Group. During her tenure at H&K, she directed strategic programs for some of the industry’s top destination and aviation accounts. In 1998, Gayle was a member of the team that handled Swissair flight #111 crisis communications.

Gayle is a longtime member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and was inducted as a Top 25: Extraordinary Minds in Sales, Marketing by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing International (HSMAI).

In her previous professional life, Gayle was a professional dancer and contracted member of Boston Ballet, where she spent over a decade performing in classical productions and touring with the company throughout the U.S., Mexico and Europe, the experiences that led her to pursue a career in travel.

Gayle earned her BA in English Literature from Brown University and holds a Professional Certificate from Fordham University in Digital and Social Media Marketing.