Speakers Bureau

Danielle Martin Sanspree

Danielle attended the University of South Alabama where she earned her undergraduate degree in Communication. After her completing internship, she accepted a full-time position with Wind Creek Hospitality. Since 2015, Danielle has worked in the Public Relations field sharing the tribe’s purpose and values throughout Alabama and northwest Florida while providing PR support to Wind Creek Hospitality’s gaming entities.

Danielle is a native of Atmore, AL, an enrolled tribal member and former Poarch Creek Indian Princess. She has a passion for rural communities, education and family. Currently, she is pursuing her MBA from Faulkner University, and resides in Century, FL with her husband, Brannon, and their four children.

 

Kristen Gehman Vaughn

Kristen is a native of Atmore, Alabama and a First Generation Descendant of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. She is a 2011 graduate of Escambia County High School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama in public relations and political science. In August 2015, Kristen returned to Atmore and joined the Wind Creek Hospitality team where she has served the past three years as a public relations specialist. Her work focuses on connecting internal and external audiences to the mission of Wind Creek Hospitality. She accomplishes this through digital and print communication tactics, media relations, assisting philanthropy efforts and building genuine relationships.

In her four years, Kristen assisted development and administration of a custom social intranet called Wind Creek Connect; the mobile friendly site allows nearly 4,500 deskless team members to stay informed and engaged with their work and with each other. Kristen is recently married to her college sweetheart, David Vaughn, of Athens, AL. She is now based out of Montgomery and travels north and central Alabama promoting Wind Creek Hospitality’s mission.