Cory Jobe was appointed as President & CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism
Bureau in November 2020. Jobe comes to the bureau after a distinguished career
spanning more than twenty years in various roles inside Illinois state government, where
he served as the Director of the Illinois Office of Tourism from 2014-2018.
The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau region is the only place in America where
the Mother Road of Route 66 meets the Great River Road. The region celebrates three
of the nation’s great rivers (Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois) alongside famous roads,
history and small-town charm and encompasses a six-county region in southwest
Illinois, including Madison, Jersey, Calhoun, Macoupin, Montgomery and Greene
counties and the City of East St. Louis in St. Clair County. The tourism bureau is a
nationally certified destination marketing and management organization providing world-
class destination management and marketing leadership that improves the region’s
quality of life and economic vitality.
Jobe serves as Chair of Illinois’ Route 66 Centennial Celebration Commission and is on
the board of directors of the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway Associations, the Illinois
Destination Association (IDA), and Arts Alliance Illinois (AAI).