Erik Hansen
As vice president of government relations, Erik Hansen leads development of U.S. Travel's domestic policy agenda, and represents the travel community before the Executive Branch and Congress.
Hansen focuses on issues related to aviation, surface transportation, infrastructure and federal travel. He also served as general manager of the Connecting America Through Travel conference, which convened travel industry leaders, transportation experts and policy influencers to help shape the discussion on revitalizing America’s travel infrastructure.
Before joining the U.S. Travel Association, Hansen worked for five years as a legislative aide on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and for the office of Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. Prior to his work on Capitol Hill, he served as Field Director for the reelection campaign of Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), and worked in the government affairs office of Prudential Financial.
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By Erik HansenTravel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Grants Program
August 23, 2021Our August 11 webinar with the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Destinations International included a detailed overview of the EDA’s new six-program initiative called...
View WebinarUnderstanding and Accessing American Rescue Plan Relief
March 16, 2021This webinar features the U.S. Travel government relations team as they walk through the travel-related provisions provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021—the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that includes much-needed federal assistance and substantial support to aid our industry’s recovery—as well as important details on accessing available relief. To learn more about the relief options, we encourage you to bookmark our travel industry relief resource page which will be updated regularly with more information as it becomes available.
View WebinarUnderstanding and Accessing COVID-19 Relief for the Travel Industry
January 07, 2021The U.S. Travel government relations team provides an in-depth overview of the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Package and the components of the legislation that have important impacts on travel...
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