Jamie Koshofer, former director of sales and marketing at the Westin Huntsville, has been named vice president of conventions by the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The CVB also made a pair of other hires. Beth Ridgeway is the social media specialist and Mark McCarter was named convention sales manager.

Koshofer will oversee the CVB’s conventions department, which works to promote Huntsville/Madison County as a premier destination for meetings, conferences, tradeshows, and other events. The conventions team services a wide variety of markets, including government/military, sports, education, family reunions, religious, corporate, and multi-cultural groups.

Ridgeway is the first social media specialist for the CVB, expanding the bureau’s marketing department to three full-time staffers.

McCarter is responsible for the sports, fraternal and education markets in the convention industry.