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OF DIRECTORS Corporation REIT, Inc 2021 Chair of the Board Vice Chair Secretary/Treasurer Chair of the Board Immediate Past Chair President & CEO Mark Hoplamazian Justin Knight Leslie D. Hale of Trustees Jon Bortz Chip Rogers President & CEO, CEO, President & CEO, Greg Juceam Chairman and CEO, President & CEO, Board Hyatt Hotels Apple Hospitality RLJ Lodging Trust President & COO, Pebblebrook American Hotel & OF DIRECTORS Corporation REIT, Inc. G6 Hospitality LLC Hotel Trust Lodging Association BRAND REPRESENTATIVES Jim Alderman Danny Hughes Ron Pohl Peter Strebel CEO of the Americas, EVP & President, Americas, SVP & COO, President, Radisson Hotels Hilton Best Western Hotels & Resorts Omni Hotels & Resorts Jay Caiafa Barbara Kilner Rena Reiss Alex Tisch COO, The Americas, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, EVP & General Counsel, President, IHG Hotels & Resorts North & Central America, Marriott International Inc. Loews Hotels & Co Lisa Checchio Accor John Russell Jeff Wagoner EVP & Chief Marketing Officer, George A. Kalogridis CEO, President & CEO, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts President, Segment Development and Red Lion Hotels Corp. Outrigger Hospitality Group Alan Fuerstman Enrichment, Disney Parks, Experiences Peter Sears Simone Wu Founder, Chairman & CEO, and Products at The Walt Disney Company EVP & Group President, Americas, SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Montage Hotels & Resorts George Limbert Hyatt Hotels Corporation Secretary & External Affairs, Interim CEO, Choice Hotels International Red Roof Inns, Inc. OWNER REPRESENTATIVES Arash Azarbarzin Kenneth Fearn Keith Overton Rob Snyder CEO, Managing Partner, Founder, President & CEO, President, SH Hotels & Resorts Integrated Capital Pioneering Resort Management Tishman Hotel Group Joseph Berger Terri Haack Al Patel Scott Steilen President & CEO, President, President, President & CEO, BRE Hotels & Resorts Terranea Resort Baywood Hotels Sea Island Company Barry A.N. Bloom Daniel Hansen Mehul Patel Nate Tyrrell President & COO, Chairman, President & CEO, Chairman & CEO, EVP & CIO, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Summit Hotel Properties NewcrestImage Host Hotels & Resorts Mark Brugger Rob Kline Mitch Patel Jeremy Welter President, Director & CEO, CEO & Co-Founder, President & CEO, Co-President & COO, DiamondRock Hospitality Company The Chartres Lodging Group, LLC Vision Hospitality Group Ashford Hospitality Trust Keith Cline Sean Mahoney Tarun Patel President & CEO, EVP, CFO and Treasurer, Principal, CorePoint Lodging, Inc. RLJ Lodging Trust Pacific Hospitality Company Tom Corcoran Jamal Mashburn Jay Shah President & CEO, President, CEO, TCOR Hotel Partners, LLC Mashburn Enterprises Hersha Hospitality Trust Jack Damioli Michael Medzigian Steven Siegel President & CEO, Chairman and CEO, Partner & COO, The Broadmoor Watermark Lodging Trust, LLC KSL Capital Partners, LLC MANAGEMENT COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES Ken Barrett Ted Darnall Doug Dreher Nick Kellock President & CEO, CEO Lodging and President & CEO, COO, White Lodging Technical Services Companies, The Hotel Group Concord Hospitality Joseph Bojanowski HEI Hotels & Resorts Michael George Bakulesh “Buggsi” Patel President, Sloan Dean Founder, President, & CEO, President & CEO, PM Hotel Group CEO & President, Crescent Hotels & Resorts BHG Hotels Jeffrey Brown Remington Hotels Thom Geshay Thomas Penny CEO, Mike Deitemeyer President, President, Schahet Hotels, Inc. Global President, Davidson Hotels & Resorts Donohoe Hospitality Services Alex Cabanas Aimbridge Hospitality W. Chris Green Benjamin Seidel CEO, Prem Devadas President & CEO, President & CEO, Benchmark, President, Chesapeake Hospitality Real Hospitality Group A Global Hospitality Company Salamander Hotels & Resorts Michael Heaton Rick Takach James Carroll Navin Dimond President, Chairman & CEO, President & CEO, CEO, Waterford Hotel Group Vesta Hospitality, LLC Crestline Hotels & Resorts Stonebridge Companies Ron Vlasic, CHA COO, Hostmark Hospitality Group ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES Walter Barela (LHA) Floor Bleeker (HTNG) Paul Sacco (ISHA) Principal, Chief Technology Officer, President & CEO, Peak Hospitality Accor Massachusetts Lodging Association ALLIED REPRESENTATIVES Alex Alt Ben Erwin Amanda Hite Tammy Weinbaum SVP & General Manager, President & CEO, President, EVP-Global Client Group, Oracle Hospitality Encore STR American Express INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIVES Harry Javer Jagruti Panwala Kate Walsh Steve Wahrlich President, Founder, President & CEO, Dean & E.M. Statler Professor, Owner/General Manager, The Lodging Conference Wealth Protection Strategies Cornell University Best Western Plus Clocktower Inn.
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