SCOTT SCHRANK Vice President - Brand Performance & Support Hampton® Hotels Scott Schrank assumed his current position of vice president of Hampton brand performance and support for Hilton Hotels Corporation in November 2005. He is responsible for leading a team of more than 40 people, all unified by a goal of maximizing the hotel and owner support platform for more than 1,550 Hampton hotels, including facets such as product and service quality, sales, and revenue management. Scott began his career in 1983 as a food and beverage director with Holiday Inns, Inc (which became Promus Hotel Corporation in 1990, and subsequently was acquired by Hilton Hotels Corporation in late 1999) and held various positions during his long tenure with the company, including general manager of the Holiday Inn Texarkana hotel, general manager of an Embassy Suites hotel, senior director of organizational development and training, and most recently vice president of training. In 2001, Scott joined Golder Hospitality Management as the vice president of food and beverage and partner in GHM, and in 2002 he joined Intercontinental Hotels in the capacity of general manager and regional director of operations for hotels in St. Louis, Mo. and then in Pittsburgh, Pa. No stranger to Hilton Hotels Corporation, in 2005, Scott found his way back to his roots by joining the Hampton brand in the capacity of vice president of brand performance and support. Scott holds an Associate’s degree in culinary arts and hospitality management from Johnson & Wales University. Scott was born in Dayton, Ohio and is the proud father of four children and the grandfather of two. Scott is a rabid Ohio State Buckeye and Cincinnati Bengal fan and loves to go on family trout fishing trips. Above all, Scott’s passion is to serve others and to demonstrate what a service oriented environment truly looks like, both internally and externally. Hampton Hotels is a part of Hilton Hotels Corporation, the leading global hospitality company, with more than 3,000 hotels and 500,000 rooms in 76 countries, including 100,000 team members worldwide. The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded brands, including Hilton®, Conrad®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations®, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection® hotels around the world. For more information about Hampton Hotels, please visit hampton.com/pressandmedia. # # # .