
Amy Karpinski, director of sports marketing for the Fayetteville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, will serve as a new board member for the N.C. Sports Association’s Board of Directors.
“Very excited and honored to be voted in as a new board member to the N.C. Sports Association's Board of Directors,” Karpinski said on LinkedIn. “My term expires in 2025 and I am looking forward to representing Cumberland County on a state level and working in a deeper capacity with the NCSA to support and promote sports tourism in North Carolina!”
The North Carolina Sports Association, Inc. is a non-profit that promotes and grows the sports industry in the state by connecting sports organizations and people in the hospitality industry “who devote time, energy and resources to the development of sports tourism and related industries for the state of North Carolina,” according to NCSA’s website. “NCSA’s primary goal is the growth and enhancement of the sports economy of the State of North Carolina and its local communities.”
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