Edie Rodriguez
Edie Rodriguez is a highly accomplished CEO, Member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Tourism Authority, and the Chair of the STA’s Nominating and Remuneration Committee. She cares deeply about Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) and United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) initiatives. With that focus in mind, she leads and delivers billion-dollar outcomes across luxury, luxury travel, and technology industries. Currently, Edie continues to advise numerous Private Equity and Venture Capital global companies on evaluating a myriad of opportunities and acquisitions.
She has honed a 35+ year career across sales, operations, marketing, digital, and social distribution channels to transform some the world’s most recognizable brands – Crystal Cruises Corporation, Royal Caribbean’s Azamara Club Cruises, Carnival Corporation’s Cunard, Seabourn and Carnival brands and Ponant Cruises.
Edie was also a Member of the Board of Directors for Gaucho Group Holdings traded on the NASDAQ as VINO and was the Chair of the Compensation Committee. Edie was recruited and selected by Rand Corporation to be a member of the Board of Directors for their Center for Global Risk and Security (CGRS).
Edie received a significant honor in 2018 when she was hand selected by The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be a Founding Steering Committee Member and Executive Committee Member for a Public Investment Fund project (under NDA) that was integral for the KSA’s strategic #SaudiVision2030 plan.