FARGO – Visit Fargo-Moorhead has a new CEO.
The organization announced that Shirley Hughes will join the organization on September 8. She succeeds Charley Johnson, who will retire later this month after more than 13 years as the CEO of the organization.
Hughes began her career with Visit Fargo-Moorhead as Director of Sales and Marketing in 1991, serving in that role until 1997. After leaving Visit Fargo-Moorhead, Hughes held leadership roles at BenLabs, Wasserman Media Group, Paramount Studios, Hard Rock Cafes and, most recently, at Ryff, Inc.
Hughes says joining Visit Fargo-Moorhead as its CEO ‘is truly a dream come true.’
