Eben Peck, Executive Vice President, Advocacy, ASTA. (Photo Credit: ASTA)
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has announced that longtime Executive Vice President, Advocacy, Eben Peck, will be leaving the organization to pursue another opportunity within the travel industry, effective October 12.
Peck has made significant contributions to ASTA over more than a decade spent with the organization.
He first joined ASTA in 2012 as Senior Vice President, Government & Public Affairs, and later took over the role of Executive Vice President, Advocacy, in 2017, making him the de facto number two in the association's staff structure ever since.
"Eben's integrity, judgment, graciousness, and persuasive power guided ASTA through many challenges facing both our organization and industry, including the difficult days of the pandemic. He has been a major force in achieving the solid footing ASTA and our members enjoy today," ASTA President & CEO Zane Kerby said in a statement.
"From the start, Eben spearheaded ASTA's work to protect your interests at all levels of government—federal, state and the occasional local government dispute. From getting travel advisors off the dreaded DOL blacklist to fighting for Paycheck Protection Program loans and unemployment insurance to helping secure an exemption for advisors in California AB 5, to the too-numerous-to-count state tax fights, Eben has borne the heat of the day," added Kerby.
"His tenure featured a series of legislative and regulatory victories that saved our industry an estimated $720 million in new taxes, fees and other costs, and a fifteen-fold increase in ASTA's annual political fundraising receipts to more than $800,000. In short, Eben leaves a legacy of immense professional achievement."
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