Via Zoom - Visit Bakersfield -Getting tourists to leave their money in Bakersfield
Apr 22, 2020 6:45 AM
David Lyman - Manager, Visit Bakersfield
Via Zoom - Visit Bakersfield -Getting tourists to leave their money in Bakersfield

Dr. David Lyman sells Bakersfield.  He is Manager of Visit Bakersfield, the city’s convention and visitors bureau, where he and his staff help people from around the world spend their money in California’s ninth largest city. 

David has been in the trenches of economic development for his hometown of Bakersfield since 1984 and has written numerous successful program and grant applications.  He now oversees the city’s visitor center with a focus on building collaboration among Bakersfield’s many travel partners.

A graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma, David holds a master’s degree in public administration from Cal State Bakersfield, and both a second master’s degree in public policy and a Ph.D. in political science with a focus on urban development policy from Claremont Graduate University.

David often writes for “Kern Business Journal” and other platforms, is a frequent presenter sharing the economic gospel of travel and tourism, and enjoys motivating others about the power one person has to make positive change in his or her community.