Entering his second decade as a travel journalist and podcaster, Ian has traveled the world with his wife Tonya as the co-founder and co-host of award-winning World Footprints, dedicated to connecting conscientious, socially-responsible travelers all over the world. Having covered Olympic and Paralympic games in Vancouver, Sochi and Rio as well as traveling to places around the world and sharing them through powerful human interest stories, Ian and Tonya have developed a reputation as immersive and interactive travel storytellers. A veteran travel radio broadcaster, he and Tonya hosted consumer travel radio programs in Washington, DC on WMAL-AM and WWRC-AM. He has done live and recorded reporting from festivals, travel trade shows and interviewed some of the leading travel personalities and celebrities. A former airline analyst for Northwest Airlines (now Delta), Ian leveraged his industry knowledge and expertise once covering the airline industry for the Examiner in Washington, DC. Ian is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where he was an editor of the Buffalo Law Review. He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science and an MBA. Mr. Fitzpatrick holds membership in the Maryland and District of Columbia bars. Ian and Tonya make their home in Silver Spring, Maryland, which they share with their cat, Irwin.
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