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- Oakland First Friday Street Festival
- Oakland Restaurant Week
- A's Fanfest
- Chinatown Lunar New Year Bazaar
- Black Joy Parade
- Oakland Running Festival
- Oakland Art Month
- Oakland Greek Festival
- Pedalfest
- Art & Soul Festival
- Laurel StreetFair World Music Festival
- Oaktown Half Marathon
- Chinatown Street Festival
- Oakland Triathlon
- Hiero Day
- Oakland Pride Parade & Festival
- Eat Real Festival
- Oakland Cocktail Week
- Rolling Loud Music Festival
- Oaktoberfest in the Dimond
- Oakland Black Cowboy Parade
- Autumn Lights Festival
- Dia de los Muertos Festival
- Black Restaurant Week
- Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker
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Board of Directors Executive Committee
Chair: John Albrecht, Port of Oakland
Past Chair: Mark Hochstatter, Executive Inn & Suites and Bayside Hotel, a Best Western Plus
Vice Chairs #1: Gyasi Edwards, Booking.com
Vice Chairs #2: Christopher Sullivan, Oakland Marriott City Center & Oakland Convention Center
Secretary: Anand Patel, Piedmont Place
Treasurer: John Marsh, District (restaurant in Old Oakland)
At-Large: V. Toni Adams, Retired Alameda County Office of Education
Emeritus: Sam Nassif, Z Hotel Jack London Square
Board of Directors
Thomas Cavanagh, BANADLOOP
Carl Chan, Oakland Chinatown Chamber Foundation
Jeffery Durkin, Waterfront Hotel
Barney Fonzi, Diablo Publications
Charles Head, Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel
Barbara Leslie, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Joel Parrott, Oakland Zoo
Dhruv Patel, Rigdemont Hospitality
Paresh Patel, The Washington Inn
Michael LeBlanc, Playt Restaurant
Patten Wood, FLRish Retail Management
Taj Tashome, Oakland Athletics
Paul Tormey, Fairmont Claremont Resort
Dennis Berris, Homewood Suites
Jermaine Gause, Sonder
Mark Ive, Hilton OAK
Pete dePashalis, Southwest Airlines
Mark Everton, Visit Oakland CEO
Click here to review the bylaws of the Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau.