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Shawn Dixon

Chair · San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau

Chair at San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau. 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 3 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
Others who share this name
3

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Chair of San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau, based in San Diego, CA.
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Also listed as Director of San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

President and Chief Executive Officer of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, a global nonprofit conservation organization overseeing the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park. He brings over two decades of leadership experience in hospitality and tourism industries, including previous roles at Hilton Hotels and Vail Resorts, and served as Chief Operating Officer of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for nine years before his promotion to CEO.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
9 years as COO, then promoted to President/CEO

Affiliations

Organizations

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

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Director · $3.9M revenue · San Diego, CAIT IS THE MISSION OF THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BE THE LEADING, MOST EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE AND VOICE FOR BUSINESS POLICY AND…Filed FY2025, FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau Chair · $54.2M revenue · San Diego, CATO DRIVE VISITOR DEMAND TO ECONOMICALLY BENEFIT THE SAN DIEGO REGION.Filed FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Shawn Dixon

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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Shawn Dixon 2 organizations · San Diego, CABalboa Park Cultural Partnership
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Shawn Dixon 1 organization · Philadelphia, PAFriends of Ryan INC
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Shawn Dixon 1 organization · Ashland, KYTri-State Labor Education and Development Trust Fund

Network

Serves alongside

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

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President & CEO (thru 11/30/24) · FY2024
$654K
K
Chief Operating Officer · FY2024
$410K
K
Chief Sales Officer · FY2024
$409K
J
Past President/CEO - Thru June 2020 · FY2020
$354K
J
President & CEO · FY2024
$340K
J
Executive VP & COO · FY2025
$323K
R
VP & Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$301K
M
Sr Vice President of Sales · FY2021
$264K
A
Sr National Sales Director · FY2024
$260K
A
VP of Human Resources (thru 1/15/25) · FY2024
$253K
P
Sr National Sales Dir (thru Mar '22) · FY2022
$237K
K
National Sales Director · FY2024
$228K

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