Third Generation of Sullivan Family to Lead Collette

Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, daughter of Collette’s CEO Dan Sullivan, Jr., will take the helm as president of the company.

The Rhode Island-based tour operator revealed the news on Tuesday, ahead of its 100th anniversary event taking place on June 21-22 in Providence.

Leibl-Cote will work alongside her father for the next several years. She will then become his successor and the third generation of the Sullivan family to occupy the role of CEO of Collette.

“Jaclyn’s promotion is significant not only to Collette, but to the travel industry as a whole,” said Sullivan. “As a female president, she is one of very few women occupying senior leadership roles in the travel industry, and that serves as an inspiration to others.”

Jaclyn started at Collette in 2005, working in the mail room as a teenager. Since then, she has occupied many roles within the company, spending time in sales, working as a tour manager and tour designer, and most recently as the executive vice president of product and tour management.