Our Team

RON DENARO, President/Owner

A well-known and highly respected figure within U.S. travel and tourism industry circles, Ron oversees all day-to-day activities at College Campus Trips. Ron’s association with College Campus Trips began in November 2006 when he acquired the company, pledging to build upon its already solid reputation for offering educational tours by focusing on the business’ core strength, customized college campus trips.

Ron brings more than 35 years of executive level travel and tourism experience to College Campus Trips, along with a deep dedication for building businesses on quality and customer satisfaction. Notably, his strength of travel industry knowledge and experience stretches across nearly every facet of the business. He has served in executive positions in the airline industry with both domestic and international carriers, the car rental and travel agency industries, and has founded his own car rental brokerage firm. Ron has also served as a sales and marketing consultant for companies operating within and outside of the travel industry.

Contact Ron today: ron@collegecampustrips.com

GILLIAN HARPER, Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Gillian is an energetic force in the North American travel marketplace and a central player on the College Campus Trips team.  She has developed a keen appreciation for sales and marketing opportunities across both offline and online platforms.

Born and raised in the UK, Gillian’s early career included a move to Canada and experience with prominent tour and travel companies.  She spent some time in Europe where she led a company’s successful effort to build a bridgehead in that market. After returning to the USA, Gillian has become recognized for her skills in driving complex marketing, sales and product development programs and is focused on developing and managing sales and marketing activities supporting a variety of professionally executed educational campus tours for high school counselors, students and their parents.

Contact Gillian today: gillian@collegecampustrips.com