Evan Tzeng is the founder of StayAltered and a steering committee member of Coalition of Festivals and Live Events (COFAME). He also guides and advises leaders on developing places, businesses, and experiences that unleash the human potential for hospitality, community, and positivity.

Evan launched StayAltered to help the $10 trillion tourism industry multiply its benefits to local communities around the world.

Founder of StayAltered.
- 160+ independent hosts in 45+ countries have added 170+ places to StayAltered since launch.
- StayAltered was included The New York Times’ “Travel Predictions for 2025” and has been accepted into Turismo du Portugal and Startup Madeira’s fifth Madeira Startup Retreat as well as Amadeus’ Travel4Impact Network.

Founding steering committee member for Coalition of Festivals and Live Events (COFAME).
- COFAME is a promoter, production company, and festival agnostic coalition of event leaders, producers, department heads, and workers.
- 30+ festival and major leaders have united to train two cohorts of Future FAME Leaders.

Select projects include:
- Amaro Montenegro
- Beyond Green
- Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics
- Outside Lands Festival
- Mohegan Sun
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
- The New York Times Food Festival
- Raduno
- Red Light Management
- Time Magazine
- Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts
- Woodstock 50
- Zebras Unite
Select agencies include:
- Empire Entertainment
- ENVEEKAY
- Raduno
- PKF International
- Superfly
Select production work includes:
- AEG Presents
- CID Entertainment
- Wanderlust Festivals

Director of Sustainability for Beyond Green Travel and Preferred Travel Group.
- Beyond Green Travel works with destinations, hospitality companies, tour operators, and non-profit groups to build their brands, craft compelling stories, and make travel a force for good.
- For over 20 years, Beyond Green Travel has been on the cutting edge of travel innovation and leadership, helping to spearhead the global sustainable tourism movement that supports conservation, cultural preservation, and economic development through business success.
Select clients include:
- Coastal Alabama Partnership
- Ventana Canyon Club and Lodge

Joined Danny Wimmer Presents as the VP of Experience & Partnerships to co-develop and launch the critically-acclaimed Bourbon & Beyond festival brand.
Co-led and produced brand creative, strategy, partnerships, and pouring of over 250 expressions from 20 bourbon companies.
Select companies include:
- Bacardi
- Beam Suntory
- Brown-Forman
- Diageo
- Heaven Hill
- Kirin
- Pernod Ricard
- Sazerac

Joined Superfly as an intern. Hired as the 13th employee and became Associate Director of Creative & Strategy.
Co-designed the experience of Google I/O, the world’s most significant developer conference.
Overhauled the sponsorship strategy for international esports league Intel Extreme Masters.
Created the methodology and execution plans for multiple global influencer marketing and content campaigns for Citi, Target, Yahoo!, and more.
Select clients include:
- Adult Swim
- Asus
- Ben & Jerry’s
- GNC
- JetBlue Airways
- Nickelodeon
- Pabst Brewing Company
- Patrón Tequila

Pro bono work includes Chief of Staff to Horizons: Perspective on Psychedelics and advisor to Asian Psychedelic Collective.
Lived in Inle Lake for six months to help open and setup Song of Travel, the fourth hostel in Myanmar and first built from the ground-up for backpackers (named “The 10th Best Small Hostel Worldwide” and “The Best Hostel in Myanmar” by Hostelworld).
Volunteered with Star Hostels in Taipei, Taiwan (named “The Best Large Hostel Worldwide” by Hostelworld).with The Yard Hostel & Community Space in Bangkok, Thailand (one of The Guardian’s “10 Best Sustainable Hotels in Southeast Asia“).