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Kelly Craighead

CEO & Secretary/Treasurer · Cruise Lines International Association INC

CEO & Secretary/Treasurer at Cruise Lines International Association INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.5M
Others who share this name
2

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as CEO & Secretary/Treasurer of Cruise Lines International Association INC, based in Washington, DC.
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Received $1.5M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as President & CEO & Sec./Treasurer of Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Kelly Craighead is President and CEO of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world's largest cruise industry trade association. A seasoned political insider and tourism leader, she served as the first Executive Director of the National Travel & Tourism Office at the U.S.

Department of Commerce (2014-2017), where she led initiatives generating over $250 billion annually from international visitors.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
CEO of CLIA (2019-2024)

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Cruise Lines International Association INC CEO & Secretary/Treasurer · $37.2M revenue · Washington, DCTO PROMOTE THE CRUISE INDUSTRY.pay $930K → $1.5MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.5Mreported comp
Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation INC President & CEO & Sec./Treasurer · Washington, DCFOCUSES ON PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALIFY OF LIFE IN AREAS SERVED BY THE CRUISE INDUSTRY.Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Kelly Craighead

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Kelly Craighead 1 organization · Tallahassee, FLFlorida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation INC
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Kelly Craighead 1 organization · Washington, DCUS Travel Association

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

A
SVP, Mktg & Strat. Communications · FY2024
$435K
M
SVP, Global Gov't Affairs · FY2022
$421K
J
Gov't Affairs & Mktg.(until 10/2024) · FY2024
$399K
J
CFO · FY2024
$388K
K
Dir., Enterprise Dev. & Membership · FY2024
$358K
B
SVP, Gl. Marit. Pol. (until 12/2023) · FY2023
$316K
C
SVP, N Amer. Travel Trade Membership · FY2024
$315K
D
SVP, Global Maritime Policy · FY2024
$302K
J
Managing Dir. of It (from 1/2024) · FY2024
$284K
C
VP, Member and Trade Relations · FY2024
$253K
C
VP, Membership Experience · FY2024
$228K
J
VP, Global Maritime Policy · FY2024
$219K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org