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Vice President , Tour Director
Joani Olsen
Joani's travel career spans the industry from travel counselor to National Director of a Travel Consortium. She developed, managed and was Regional Manager for a successful wholesale travel office; conducted numerous seminars at sea; presentations on land; and opened her own Multi-line travel business teaching product and gaining sales to/from the travel professionals throughout New England. Her experience lends itself well to the needs of our company both in group and retail sales as clients and friends of clients began coming to us with their travel requests (all of our business comes from word of mouth, you won’t find us in the telephone book). When Joani is not busy in travel she hand-paints walking canes and creates original paintings. See her artwork on www.joaniolsen.com
Tour Director and
Group Tour Leader
Iris Van Rynbach
Iris has been leading successful tours with an art and culinary flair for us for several years. Her particular favorite destinations are France and Italy. She is great fun and full of knowledge in her special subjects and her groups continue to grow in number!
Iris studied at the Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design in New York City and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. She is the award winning author and illustrator of over a dozen books for children and a regular contributor to the Hartford Courant Newspaper and Sunday magazine supplement as well as The New Yorker Magazine. Read more about Iris and see her work on www.IrisVanRynbach.com .
Tour Director and
Group Tour Leader
Maura O'Shea
Maura began leading tours for TravelBuilders while serving as Deputy Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art located in New Britain, Connecticut. Artist, art educator, curator and free-lance management consultant she has developed education and interpretive programs for museums, taught docents and teachers to understand art and art history, lectured and provided training for the New England Museum Association as well as libraries, community centers and professional associations including the CT Art Docent Network. Additionally she has taught painting, drawing and other art classes in Connecticut at the; Silvermine Guild School of Art, The Farmington Valley Arts Center and the Mattatuck Museum as well as the Windrush School in El Cerito CA. She is a published art author and holds numerous awards for her work in the art field. We are pleased to have Maura as an associate and already know people love to travel with her as she brings her special charm and love of fun to her groups. See her complete resume at (soon to come): www.mauraoshea.com
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