Meet the AST Team

Alliance Sports Travel believes in providing opportunities for team members to utilize their talents and experience to benefit our clients.

Karen Cowan

Founder / Director of Group Events

Bio Coming Soon

karen@alliancesportstravel.com

Pamela Rogan

Marketing & Web Manager

Pamela Rogan leads Rogan Marketing and Communications, a full-service outsourced firm that plays the role of a marketing department for its clients. They also manage individual projects such as website development, newsletters & blogs, public relations, and strategic consulting.

Colleagues and clients know Pamela for her natural leadership ability, team-building skills, and commitment to “Blue Sky” thinking, where ideas can be shared collaboratively without fear of being judged. Pamela successfully ran two New York City advertising agencies and went on to turn around a third. She launched Rogan Marketing and Communications (RMC) in 2010.

In Orlando, she previously served for four years as President of the National Association of Women Orlando. Her current volunteer efforts include Governing Board member for Athena PowerLink, Go for the Greens Foundation Board and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board.

pamela@roganmarketing.com

Rene Kuziv

Reservations Administrative Assistant

With an extensive 35-year career in the tourism industry, Rene began as a front desk clerk in her hometown. Upon moving to Orlando in 1985, she continued working at area hotels as a front desk clerk, assistant front office manager, and then front office manager.

In 1993 she was hired by The Kissimmee St-Cloud Convention and Visitors Bureau (currently known as Experience Kissimmee) as the reservation coordinator. She was employed there for twenty-seven years, and during that time, she was promoted to Domestic Sales Manager and then finished her career there as a Sales Manager for the UK & Europe.

Rene is married and has one daughter and two grandsons. She spends her free time with family and friends taking early morning walks, Zumba, playing cards, and traveling.

rene.kuziv@alliancesportstravel.com

Claire Whitcomb

Administrative Assistant

Claire recently relocated to Orlando from Northern Virginia. She is a transfer student from Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently working towards her Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration at the University of Central Florida. Go Knights!

Claire's passion for sports goes further than being a spectator. As a former student-athlete and volleyball coach, she maintained an above 4.0 average and played club and varsity volleyball most of her high school career. She discovered her love for Orlando as an AAU volleyball player, participating and winning a National Championship Title in 2020 at the Orange County Convention Center in the ESPN Wide World of Sports. Claire notes this as one of her proudest accomplishments to date.

In her free time, Claire enjoys lifting weights, going on walks, traveling, and watching football. She plans to join a volleyball intramural league at the University of Central Florida.

Claire’s previous customer service experience, and appreciation and knowledge of football makes her a great asset to our team. We are excited to have her join Alliance Sports Travel as administrative assistant.

claire.whitcomb@alliancesportstravel.com

Tyler Hawkins

Compliance

Tyler recently relocated to Florida from her native home of Texas and brought her extensive background in sports.

She is a Magna Cum Laude 2018 graduate with a Sport Management degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Tyler is also a former student-athlete in the sport of softball, where she was a Lone Star Conference two-time Gold Glove winner, All-Conference player, and an All-American Scholar Athlete. Before graduating, she worked with the Texas A&M University-Commerce ticketing office for football games. She also secured a Sports Marketing internship with Texas Christian University, where she was in charge of in-game promotions, student workers, the game day set up, and communications for the baseball team.

Tyler lives in Orlando, Florida, with her husband, Hunter, and their dog (a Husky), Nike. Tyler enjoys spending her free time running and going to Orangetheory, traveling (especially to Las Vegas!), and watching all types of sports.