Chief Marketing Officer & Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing, EvansHotels
Ilsa Butler is the Chief Marketing Officer and Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Evans Hotels, overseeing all aspects of sales, marketing, public relations, community relations, and brand strategy for the company.
In 2019, Ms. Butler was appointed the company’s Chief Marketing Officer. Her previous positions include Vice President of Sales and Marketing Corporate Director of Sales, and she was part of the pre-opening sales team of its luxury brand, The Lodge at Torrey Pines. Ms. Butler began her tenure with the company in 1987 with the reopening of the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa, where she held various positions in Sales and Conference Services and later led the sales teams in the strategic positioning and cross-selling of its Mission Bay hotels.
Ms. Butler earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the State University of New York Plattsburgh. She currently serves as a Board Director for the San Diego Tourism Marketing District. In addition, she is the Chair of the Brand and Content Committee and serves on the Marketing Advisory Committee for Visit California. Ms. Butler is a past recipient of the San Diego County Hotel-Motel Association’s and HSMAI’s Gold Key Award for “Sales Person of the Year” and a finalist for San Diego Magazine’s “Celebrating Women” Award.