Gordon Lambourne, former senior VP of global PR and 35-year veteran of Marriott International, has shifted to the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation in Washington as VP of communications for the philanthropic entity of restaurant industry trade group.

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Lambourne, who spent the past year consulting after exiting Marriott in late 2015, lead the NRAEF’s overall communications strategy, including media relations, campaign development, social media and digital storytelling and content creation.

At Marriott, where he started in 1980, he held leadership posts in brand and consumer PR, corporate communications, social and digital PR, campaign and event strategy, multicultural PR and issues management.

Lambourne in 2015 earned HSMAI's Winthrop W. Grice Award for Lifetime Achievement in Travel and Hotel PR.