Our Member Associations

To be a full voting member of the NFTGA-USA, you must be an association of tourist guides. Each member association has a lengthy official name, so most use an acronym.

The names of the current NFTGA-USA member associations, their acronyms and provided contact information can be found below. For your convenience, the associations have been listed alphabetically.

The latest NFTGA brochure is currently under construction. Please check back periodically for the latest brochure.

Please note: if the member association itself does not have a telephone number or e-mail address specifically for its organization, the name and contact information for the president or another officer of that organization has been provided.

The guide associations in the U.S. were founded independently in diverse metropolitan geographic areas. The first to be established was the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides (of Gettysburg) in 1916. The next organization founded was the Guides Association of New York City in 1974. Many others got their start in the 1980's and 1990's, although a few were just formed in the past few years.

The number of members in each association, the types of membership, annual dues fees, and the organizational structure vary quite a bit from member association to member association. The smallest organization has only about a dozen members and the largest counts nearly 500 members in diverse member categories. Please use the website links below to find out more about the NFTGA member associations.

Metro Area	Official Association Name	Acronym
Austin, TX	Austin Tour Guide Association Anne Dilworth, President E-mail: actionanne@hotmail.com Phone: (512) 241-1984 Website: www.austintourguides.org	ATGA
Boston, MA	Greater Boston Tour Guide Association Cheryl Tobey, Board Member E-mail: ctobey3@verizon.net Phone: (617) 846-5965	GBTGA
Branson, MO	Branson Professional Tour Guides Association Nancy Town, President E-mail: NJTOWN@aol.com Phone: (417) 848-3283 Website: www.bransonprofessionaltourguideassoc.com	BPTGA
Chicago, IL	Chicago Tour-Guide Professionals Association Donna Primas, President E-mail: primascopy@aol.com Phone: (630) 717-9004 Website: www.tourguidesofchicago.com	CTPA
Dallas & Fort Worth, TX	Dallas/Fort Worth Area Tour Guide Association Juanita Gonzales, President E-mail: destinationsjmc@aol.com E-mail: dfwtourguides@yahoo.com Phone: (214) 571-1088 Website: www.dfwtourguides.com	DFWATGA
Denver, CO	Rocky Mountain Guides Association Mary Bendelow, President E-mail: mmbtravel@gmail.com E-mail: inquire@rockymountaintourguides.com Phone: (303) 838-2089 Website: www.rockymountaintourguides.com	RMGA
Florida	Professional Tour Guide Association of Florida Kevin Doran, President E-mail: twofoottours@bellsouth.net Phone: (305) 342-7609 Website: www.ptgaf.com	PGTAF
Gettysburg, PA	Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides Gettysburg law requires all guides to be licensed Roy Frampton, President E-mail: president@gettysburgtourguides.org Phone: (717) 337-1709 Website: www.gettysburgtourguides.org	ALBG
Houston, TX	Professional Tour Guide Association of Houston Melissa Dixon, President E-mail: melissadixon70@comcast.net President: (713) 826-6963 Website: www.ptgah.org	PTGAH
Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild Art Chesmore, President E-Mail: ArtChesmore@gmail.com Phone: (702) 647-0497 Website: www.lvtgg.com	LVTGG
New Orleans, LA	Tour Guide Association of Greater New Orleans, Inc. New Orleans law requires all guides to be licensed Capt. Tom Nagelin, President E-mail: tom.nagelin@cox.net Phone: (504) 367-8162 Website: www.neworleanstourguides.net	TGAGNOI
New York, NY	Guides Association of New York City New York City law requires all guides to be licensed Lee Gelber, Co-President Carole Anne Seidelman, Co-President E-mail: info@GANYC.org Phone: (212) 582-2139 Website: www.GANYC.org	GANYC
Philadelphia, PA	Association of Philadelphia Tourguides Bob Skiba, President E-mail: bobskiba@verizon.net Phone: (215) 627-8165 Website: www.phillyguides.org	APT
St. Louis, MO	Professional Tour Guide Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Susan Ankenbrand, President E-mail: info@ptgastl.org Phone: (314) 521-5281 Website: www.ptgastl.org	PTGASTL
San Antonio, TX	Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio Patricia Pooser, President E-mail: texag77@sbcglobal.net Phone: (210) 495-0942 Website: www.sanantoniotourguide.com	PTGASA
San Diego, CA	San Diego Professional Tour Guide Association Mark Jacobson, President E-mail: president@sdptga.com Phone: (619) 663-7705 Website: sdptga.com	SDPTGA
San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Tour Guide Guild Lynn Andrews, President E-mail: la94606@sbcglobal.net Phone: (415) 753-8600 Website: www.sftgg.org	SFTGG
Salt Lake City, UT	Utah Tour Guide Association Leslie Kesten, President E-mail: lkesten@comcast.net Phone: (801) 566-2044 Website: www.utahtourguides.org	UTGA
Washington, DC	The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, DC Washington DC law requires all guides to be licensed Jim Heegeman, President E-mail: j.heegeman@att.net Phone: (703) 302-5586 Website: www.washingtondctourguides.com	The Guild
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Seattle, WA	International Association of Tour Managers - The Americas Scott MacScott, Chairman E-mail: chairman@tourmanager.org Website: www.tourmanager.org	IATM

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