The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau (GDMCVB) last week announced its new board of directors and officers. Chris Coleman, president of the local Better Business Bureau and a member of the Des Moines City Council, will serve as chairman through June 2012.

Also serving on the executive committee: Vice chair – Paul Rottenberg, Orchestrate Management & Associates; secretary/treasurer – Rick Messerschmidt; immediate past chair – Terry McLane; at-large member – Paula Dierenfeld.

The board members are Grimes Mayor Tom Armstrong; Urbandale Mayor Bob Andeweg; Altoona Mayor Tim Burget; Clive Mayor Scott Cirksena; Pleasant Hill Mayor Jason Dively; Perry Mayor Jay Pattee; Windsor Heights Mayor Jerry Sullivan; Ankeny Mayor Steve Van Oort; Polk County Supervisor Angela Connolly; West Des Moines City Council member Jim Sandager; Ann Atkin, director of operations at Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino; Drake University Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb; Matt Homan, general manager of the Iowa Events Center; Libby Jacobs of The Jacobs Group; Tom Murray, general manager at Country Inn & Suites; Art Slusark, Meredith Corp. vice president of communications; and Kirk Tyler, president of Atlantic Bottling Co.