About Our People

Travel Square One exists to serve our partner agents and staff with the best resources. We have experience, know how, technology and professionalism.

Bill O'Connor

Bill is the founder and Managing Member of Travel Square One, LLC. He is also the Co-founder & Managing Partner of The Denver Consulting Group, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in results-oriented change in the hospitality, travel and tourism industry. He was also the founder and owner of The Travel Society, and has been in the travel industry since 1966. Prior to 1986, Bill spent almost 20 years in sales, operations and marketing in the airline business, with United, Frontier and others.

His skills fall into two general disciplines of Strategic Business Planning and Organizational Development. They include: Business Planning, Financial Modeling, Marketing, Advertising, Promotion, Pricing, Distribution Strategies, Electronic Distribution Alternatives, Goal Setting, Performance Assessment, Incentives and Compensation.

His personal passions are: Fly-fishing, Mountain Hiking & Camping, Photography, Cooking, his 46 year old MGA, and most of all his wife of 39 years, their four adult children and their spouses. Click here for a full biography.

Paula Wagner

Paula has been called Methuselah on more than one occasion, and understandably so; she has been in the travel business since 1956, and refuses to leave. She has seen the best and the worst of it all. One evening after an industry meeting she had cocktails with a new found friend who explained how her father started American Airlines, and the early mail routes. It made Paula aware of how many changes have happened in so short a time.

Paula considers her contributions in Travel Education to be the hallmark of her career, and also her greatest enjoyment. She started Colorado School of Travel in 1982, and only opened the agency to obtain CRTs for the student’s use. One evening she bought 12 old CRT’s from an agency owner, and had to get ARC appointments to plug them in!

She enjoyed writing her own curriculum. Several of her student manuals were published for national distribution.. She excelled in both domestic and international tariff, loving what many thought pure misery. Paula helped ASTA and IATAN do international tariff training in the Western US after deregulation caused a major change in the international tariff rules. She was the first proprietary school owner to sit on the board of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators, bringing a face and voice to the many trade schools throughout the country to the higher education arena.

So now in her “mid-life” career she is truly enjoying helping train her friends and partners in travel in the use of Client Base and other new computer based programs that want to bring organization to the messy old agent desk of past.

At home she loves her two schnauzers, silk ribbon embroidery and making porcelain dolls…..oh, and also her kids and grandkids.

Anita Barnes

Anita started in the travel business attending Colorado School of Travel in 1997. She was working as an outside agent until 2001 and when Paula closed her school and offices on Garrison we moved to share another agency which she was also working inside sales. They then moved to the “dungeon” when Plaza Travel closed and she’s been stuck to Paula’s side ever since.

Prior to that her background was in commercial banking (supv. of new accounts and loans) and also mortgage banking where she was a loan closer and also involved with post closing of mortgages. She has been married to Rick for 24 years and they have two college aged kids who are just amazing! She really enjoy running half marathons, hiking 14ers, and spending time with family and friends.

Andrew Beardall
Andrew started in the Travel Industry with Travel Square One LLC last December 2006, so you could say he’s the newbie on the block.

He was born in the United Kingdom, lived and worked there until he moved to the United States back in February 1998, where after three months he married his US love, Margaret.

His education included finishing/completing to High School level, passing the exams necessary to get into the workforce. His first job was on a Youth Training Program for one of the major banks in the United Kingdom, which gave him a foot in the ladder of employment.

His hobbies include photography, traveling. He also enjoys watching most sports. However when he moved to the United States he had to learn a whole new set of rules for some different sports for which he has now become more familiar with. Whilst he was in the UK he used to broadcast on a local Hospital Radio Station.

He has traveled through most of Northern Europe, Mexico, around fifteen states of the United States, Caribbean and Tahiti all of which have their own distinctive characteristics.

Photography is his main hobby although his previous employment both in the UK & US was in the retail business dealing mostly with camera equipment.

Since late 1998 he has been a member of The Cherry Creek Chorale, a local Community Choir in the Denver area.

Jeremiah Donahue

Jeremiah has been working with technology since he was in high school. Trained in electronics and receiving a degree in Network Systems Administration combined with experience he knows his way around our systems. He started working with the travel industry in 1999. Since then has become one of the few technicians that understands how to integrate the CRS systems in the travel industry with contemporary technology platforms.

Besides technology, Jeremiah enjoys playing music, fishing, bicycling, and true to his heritage, the occasional adult brew. He has been playing bass guitar since 1986 and currently plays with some local bands.

David Glanz (Destinations Revealed)

David has been planning FIT travel for the past 20 years as an Independent Contractor and principal in his own company, Destinations Revealed, LLC. He is well known and respected in the travel industry for his expertise in Europe, Asia, and particularly Africa – for which he was recognized as a destination expert by Conde Naste.

David serves on the national board of APTA (Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa). He is an avid musician and a collector of unusual art and sculpture - much from his travels.

While David arranges all types of travel for his exclusive clientele, he is best known for, and most fond of creating unique, personal international itineraries.

Tammy Hardin

With more than 22 years in travel and an education in teaching, psychology, and coaching, Tammy began her career at People Express Airlines, followed with Continental Airlines, working in airport operations in Customer Service. She moved on to CUC Travel (now Cendant Corp, parent of Galileo and other travel businesses) where she worked initially selling air, car and hotel to “member-only” clientele. Tammy also became Cendant’s lead trainer, responsible for all facets of travel as well as the development of training curriculum and materials. She was also instrumental in securing Colorado State accreditation, and as Manager of Training, was responsible for 4 offices.

Tammy left Cendant to join Virginia Horn Travel as Office Manager, where she learned first hand the agency business from “The Denver Travel Expert”. She was then made Office Manager at Frosch Travel Denver Office, who acquired Virginia Horn and has continued to develop her considerable travel knowledge since. Her passion is creating “dreams” for her clients, and she is a specialist in Cruise, Caribbean, Mexico – and actually loves doing airfare!

Margaret Beardall

Margaret was born and raised in Marion, Iowa. She has always had a passion for travel and faraway places.

Margaret obtained a Master’s degree in Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont. After teaching English in Mexico City, Bogota, and Madrid, she moved to Denver in 1979 and began work as a travel counselor. Since then she has traveled to 59 different countries on 6 of the seven continents. She completed her Certified Travel Counselor degree in 1987.

Her favorite leisure activity is singing and performing with The Cherry Creek Chorale.

Lesley Van Biljon (Golf Dream Vacations)

Golf Dream Vacations is Lesley’s dream occupation. She works at and enjoys arranging upscale golf packages for her clients to Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, the USA, Mexico, Caribbean and Canada as well as many other golf destinations around the world.

Lesley was born in South Africa and arrived in the USA with her husband and two children in the mid eighties when he was transferred here on company business. She brings almost twenty years experience in worldwide golf travel to the company and has traveled to her favorite destinations, Scotland and Ireland on many occasions. The most recent, a fact finding thirty day trip in April 2007. She still visits South Africa often to spend time with her family and to enjoy the spectacular country of her birth.

Ann Boyer

Ann is a Colorado native, born and raised in Colorado Springs. Graduated from Colorado University with a BA in teaching and a MA in Guidance and Consulting. She worked in Jefferson County schools until she became a travel agent in 1984.

Ann has traveled to every continent with the exception of Antarctica. She loves working with people and assisting the with vacation travel.

Ann is a past president of the Rocky Mountain APTA Chapter and a former national board member of APTA.

Ann is married with two grown children and 4 grandsons. Her hobbies are hiking , theater, reading and, above all - traveling!

Valerie Sewell

Valerie born in the small village of Kenninghall, England got her start in the travel industry in England working for a travel agency who specialized in travel to the US and Canada. She moved to Colorado 15 years ago with her husband, where she started working for an agency in Littleton owned by Elfi Smith who was from Denmark, they are now lifelong friends.

Specializing in F.I.T travel to Europe and very personalized itineraries usually including bed and breakfasts, small inns, unusual hotels and often restaurant recommendations. She also works with several local corporate clients on their corporate and personal travel, her clients include a NHL hockey team.

Valerie is married with 1 daughter. Her hobbies include keeping 6 chickens, gardening, cooking, soap making, knitting, hiking and fly fishing, as well as being a co-leader of her daughter’s girl scout troop, amongst other things!

Beth Lincoln

Years of living in different countries imprinted travel in her life. She enjoies facilitating clients’ journeys beyond the ordinary to experience cultures as well as places. Her interests include horseback riding and assorted adventures, music, art, cooking and meeting new people all over the world.

Mandy Lippincott

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Pam Rathke

Pam specializes in small group educational, cultural and adventure travel. She designs and hosts custom tours for alumni, museum, botanic garden, and adventure associations. Although she escorts groups throughout the world, her favorite destination is Africa. Because of this she has recently created a new company, African Art Tours, where safaris take on an art, music, culinary, or botanic twist.

Kurt Heuer

Kurt has had a passion for culture and travel for many years. He has spent most of his working career in the customer service arena so his desire and ability to listen and determine exactly what a client is looking for are two of his strongest suits. His motto is that it’s all about building relationships.

While Kurt arranges all types of travel for his clients, his real strength comes in arranging unique and out-of-the ordinary experiences with a focus on the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. In his spare time he loves traveling, reading, church and spending time with his wife and three children.

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Kate Daniel

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Dave Bentzin

Ownership and service gives us the strength to empower agents.

	Bill O'Connor Bill is the founder and Managing Member of Travel Square One, LLC. He is also the Co-founder & Managing Partner of The Denver Consulting Group, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in results-oriented change in the hospitality, travel and tourism industry. He was also the founder and owner of The Travel Society, and has been in the travel industry since 1966. Prior to 1986, Bill spent almost 20 years in sales, operations and marketing in the airline business, with United, Frontier and others. His skills fall into two general disciplines of Strategic Business Planning and Organizational Development. They include: Business Planning, Financial Modeling, Marketing, Advertising, Promotion, Pricing, Distribution Strategies, Electronic Distribution Alternatives, Goal Setting, Performance Assessment, Incentives and Compensation. His personal passions are: Fly-fishing, Mountain Hiking & Camping, Photography, Cooking, his 46 year old MGA, and most of all his wife of 39 years, their four adult children and their spouses. Click here for a full biography.
	Paula Wagner Paula has been called Methuselah on more than one occasion, and understandably so; she has been in the travel business since 1956, and refuses to leave. She has seen the best and the worst of it all. One evening after an industry meeting she had cocktails with a new found friend who explained how her father started American Airlines, and the early mail routes. It made Paula aware of how many changes have happened in so short a time. Paula considers her contributions in Travel Education to be the hallmark of her career, and also her greatest enjoyment. She started Colorado School of Travel in 1982, and only opened the agency to obtain CRTs for the student’s use. One evening she bought 12 old CRT’s from an agency owner, and had to get ARC appointments to plug them in! She enjoyed writing her own curriculum. Several of her student manuals were published for national distribution.. She excelled in both domestic and international tariff, loving what many thought pure misery. Paula helped ASTA and IATAN do international tariff training in the Western US after deregulation caused a major change in the international tariff rules. She was the first proprietary school owner to sit on the board of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators, bringing a face and voice to the many trade schools throughout the country to the higher education arena. So now in her “mid-life” career she is truly enjoying helping train her friends and partners in travel in the use of Client Base and other new computer based programs that want to bring organization to the messy old agent desk of past. At home she loves her two schnauzers, silk ribbon embroidery and making porcelain dolls…..oh, and also her kids and grandkids.
	Anita Barnes Anita started in the travel business attending Colorado School of Travel in 1997. She was working as an outside agent until 2001 and when Paula closed her school and offices on Garrison we moved to share another agency which she was also working inside sales. They then moved to the “dungeon” when Plaza Travel closed and she’s been stuck to Paula’s side ever since. Prior to that her background was in commercial banking (supv. of new accounts and loans) and also mortgage banking where she was a loan closer and also involved with post closing of mortgages. She has been married to Rick for 24 years and they have two college aged kids who are just amazing! She really enjoy running half marathons, hiking 14ers, and spending time with family and friends.
	Andrew Beardall Andrew started in the Travel Industry with Travel Square One LLC last December 2006, so you could say he’s the newbie on the block. He was born in the United Kingdom, lived and worked there until he moved to the United States back in February 1998, where after three months he married his US love, Margaret. His education included finishing/completing to High School level, passing the exams necessary to get into the workforce. His first job was on a Youth Training Program for one of the major banks in the United Kingdom, which gave him a foot in the ladder of employment. His hobbies include photography, traveling. He also enjoys watching most sports. However when he moved to the United States he had to learn a whole new set of rules for some different sports for which he has now become more familiar with. Whilst he was in the UK he used to broadcast on a local Hospital Radio Station. He has traveled through most of Northern Europe, Mexico, around fifteen states of the United States, Caribbean and Tahiti all of which have their own distinctive characteristics. Photography is his main hobby although his previous employment both in the UK & US was in the retail business dealing mostly with camera equipment. Since late 1998 he has been a member of The Cherry Creek Chorale, a local Community Choir in the Denver area.
	Jeremiah Donahue Jeremiah has been working with technology since he was in high school. Trained in electronics and receiving a degree in Network Systems Administration combined with experience he knows his way around our systems. He started working with the travel industry in 1999. Since then has become one of the few technicians that understands how to integrate the CRS systems in the travel industry with contemporary technology platforms. Besides technology, Jeremiah enjoys playing music, fishing, bicycling, and true to his heritage, the occasional adult brew. He has been playing bass guitar since 1986 and currently plays with some local bands.
	David Glanz (Destinations Revealed) David has been planning FIT travel for the past 20 years as an Independent Contractor and principal in his own company, Destinations Revealed, LLC. He is well known and respected in the travel industry for his expertise in Europe, Asia, and particularly Africa – for which he was recognized as a destination expert by Conde Naste. David serves on the national board of APTA (Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa). He is an avid musician and a collector of unusual art and sculpture - much from his travels. While David arranges all types of travel for his exclusive clientele, he is best known for, and most fond of creating unique, personal international itineraries.
	Tammy Hardin With more than 22 years in travel and an education in teaching, psychology, and coaching, Tammy began her career at People Express Airlines, followed with Continental Airlines, working in airport operations in Customer Service. She moved on to CUC Travel (now Cendant Corp, parent of Galileo and other travel businesses) where she worked initially selling air, car and hotel to “member-only” clientele. Tammy also became Cendant’s lead trainer, responsible for all facets of travel as well as the development of training curriculum and materials. She was also instrumental in securing Colorado State accreditation, and as Manager of Training, was responsible for 4 offices. Tammy left Cendant to join Virginia Horn Travel as Office Manager, where she learned first hand the agency business from “The Denver Travel Expert”. She was then made Office Manager at Frosch Travel Denver Office, who acquired Virginia Horn and has continued to develop her considerable travel knowledge since. Her passion is creating “dreams” for her clients, and she is a specialist in Cruise, Caribbean, Mexico – and actually loves doing airfare!
	Margaret Beardall Margaret was born and raised in Marion, Iowa. She has always had a passion for travel and faraway places. Margaret obtained a Master’s degree in Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont. After teaching English in Mexico City, Bogota, and Madrid, she moved to Denver in 1979 and began work as a travel counselor. Since then she has traveled to 59 different countries on 6 of the seven continents. She completed her Certified Travel Counselor degree in 1987. Her favorite leisure activity is singing and performing with The Cherry Creek Chorale.
	Lesley Van Biljon (Golf Dream Vacations) Golf Dream Vacations is Lesley’s dream occupation. She works at and enjoys arranging upscale golf packages for her clients to Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, the USA, Mexico, Caribbean and Canada as well as many other golf destinations around the world. Lesley was born in South Africa and arrived in the USA with her husband and two children in the mid eighties when he was transferred here on company business. She brings almost twenty years experience in worldwide golf travel to the company and has traveled to her favorite destinations, Scotland and Ireland on many occasions. The most recent, a fact finding thirty day trip in April 2007. She still visits South Africa often to spend time with her family and to enjoy the spectacular country of her birth.
	Ann Boyer Ann is a Colorado native, born and raised in Colorado Springs. Graduated from Colorado University with a BA in teaching and a MA in Guidance and Consulting. She worked in Jefferson County schools until she became a travel agent in 1984. Ann has traveled to every continent with the exception of Antarctica. She loves working with people and assisting the with vacation travel. Ann is a past president of the Rocky Mountain APTA Chapter and a former national board member of APTA. Ann is married with two grown children and 4 grandsons. Her hobbies are hiking , theater, reading and, above all - traveling!
	Valerie Sewell Valerie born in the small village of Kenninghall, England got her start in the travel industry in England working for a travel agency who specialized in travel to the US and Canada. She moved to Colorado 15 years ago with her husband, where she started working for an agency in Littleton owned by Elfi Smith who was from Denmark, they are now lifelong friends. Specializing in F.I.T travel to Europe and very personalized itineraries usually including bed and breakfasts, small inns, unusual hotels and often restaurant recommendations. She also works with several local corporate clients on their corporate and personal travel, her clients include a NHL hockey team. Valerie is married with 1 daughter. Her hobbies include keeping 6 chickens, gardening, cooking, soap making, knitting, hiking and fly fishing, as well as being a co-leader of her daughter’s girl scout troop, amongst other things!
	Beth Lincoln Years of living in different countries imprinted travel in her life. She enjoies facilitating clients’ journeys beyond the ordinary to experience cultures as well as places. Her interests include horseback riding and assorted adventures, music, art, cooking and meeting new people all over the world.
	Mandy Lippincott
photo not available	Pam Rathke Pam specializes in small group educational, cultural and adventure travel. She designs and hosts custom tours for alumni, museum, botanic garden, and adventure associations. Although she escorts groups throughout the world, her favorite destination is Africa. Because of this she has recently created a new company, African Art Tours, where safaris take on an art, music, culinary, or botanic twist.

	Kurt Heuer Kurt has had a passion for culture and travel for many years. He has spent most of his working career in the customer service arena so his desire and ability to listen and determine exactly what a client is looking for are two of his strongest suits. His motto is that it’s all about building relationships. While Kurt arranges all types of travel for his clients, his real strength comes in arranging unique and out-of-the ordinary experiences with a focus on the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. In his spare time he loves traveling, reading, church and spending time with his wife and three children.