Mr. Nusbaum

Howard C. Nusbaum

President & CEO

American Resort Development Association (ARDA)

Howard C. Nusbaum is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). ARDA is a non-profit trade association, located in Washington, D.C., representing the interests of more than 1,500 resorts, including second home resorts, vacation timeshare developers, fractional interests as well as timeshare homeowners' associations and individual timeshare owners across the country.

Prior to joining ARDA in 2000, Nusbaum was the Director of Corporate and Industry Relations for the American Hotel & Lodging Association as well as Executive Vice President of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association. Before joining the world of hotel association management in 1990, Nusbaum was Vice President of Marketing for Janus Hotels and Resorts, a hotel management company with more than 50 hotels and motels nationwide.

Nusbaum sits on the Board of Directors of the Washington D.C.-based Travel Business Roundtable. He is also active in the Real Estate Roundtable.

He has led the timeshare industry's responses to and participation in the debates on major national issues such as do-not-call and homeland security matters, and a wide range of state, regional and local concerns, including taxes and specific matters of local interest.

He is a graduate of both the University of Cincinnati and the Institute for Organization Management at the University of Notre Dame, a program for Association Executives. Nusbaum served his state hotel association executives as Chairman of the International Society of Hotel Association Executives (ISHAE).

Mr. Nusbaum can be contacted at 202-371-6700 or hnausbaum@arda.org

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