Sam Santiago, CDE® is an international entrepreneur with three decades of experience across the airline, hotel, travel and tourism, marketing, spirits, and global professional association sectors. He’s the CEO of Artistic Directors International, Global Advisor for Mexico for the Global Chamber, and host of Lambda Weekly, the third-longest-running LGBTQ+ radio show in the United States on KNON 89.3.
A longtime advocate for the arts, he’s served in board, advisory, faculty and leadership roles with organizations including the Business Council for the Arts, Arts Fort Worth, SMU’s MMIAM program, and the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, where he was the mayor-appointed Chair of the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission.