Debbie Bowser

Hospitality industry veteran Debbie Bowser has more than 30 years of marketing, corporate communications, public relations and crisis communications experience. Her career has taken her from the floor of Germany’s largest travel trade fair to the top of Spain’s tallest roller coaster. She has extensive experience in integrated marketing, and more than 25 years of experience providing crisis communications support to resorts, theme parks, water parks, attractions, suppliers and associations – both large and small. Through the year 2006, she served as Six Flags’ corporate director of communications providing strategic counsel and crisis communications guidance to the company’s 39 parks worldwide. As a consultant, her clients have included the International Association of Fairs & Expositions, the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions, Ripley’s Entertainment, Herschend Family Entertainment, Gaylord National Resort, the Space Needle, and Six Flags among others. Bowser currently serves as the marketing executive and crisis communications counsel for Ellis & Associates, overseeing branding for the company’s full suite of safety and risk management services, and providing crisis communications training and on-call counsel for hospitality industry clients worldwide.