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Architecture & Design
Brian West. Senior Designer, Gensler
John Arzarian. Associate Principal, Lohan Anderson
John M. Tess. President & CEO, Heritage Consulting
Michael Bedner. Chairman & CEO, Hirsch Bedner Associates
Roger G. Hill. Chief Executive Officer, The Gettys Group, Inc.
Scott W. Brickman. Chief Executive Officer, Brickman
Boutique Hotels
Brenda Fields. Founder, Fields & Company
Kimberly Moffitt Hehir. Vice President of Strategic Planning, The Leading Hotels of the World
Marshall Calder. Managing Director, Leading Hotels of the World
Steve Marx . Managing Principal, Lifestyle Hospitality
Concierge
Leigh Anne Dolecki . President, The Northern California Concierge Association
Shujaat Khan . Chief Concierge, The Capital Hilton
Cultural Tourism
John Poimiroo . Principal, Poimiroo & Partners
Development & Construction
Berno-H. Feuring Sr.. Chairman & CEO, Feuring – Visionary Hotel Development
Fred B. Roedel, III . Partner & Managing Member, Roedel Companies, LLC
Rollin Bell. Founder / Chief Executive Officer, PCM Construction
Diversity Issues
Agnes L. DeFranco. President, Conrad University Diversity Institute
Carmen Jones. Founder, Solutions Marketing Group
Cheryl Duke. President, W.C. Duke & Associates
Darrell Schuurman. Director Tourism Program & Co-Founder Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Ellen L. Shackelford. President, Connections Access Consulting Services, LLC (CACS)
Jeff Guaracino . Director - Regional Communications, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
John Hogan. Director of Education & Cultural Diversity, Best Western International
Executive Leadership
Andrew J. Dolce. Founder, Chairman & Managing Partner, Dolce International
Atef Mankarios. President, Mankarios Partnership
Bill Morrissey. President, Morrissey Hospitality Companies
Clyde Guinn . Senior Vice President of Operations, Stanford Hotels
David G. Gabri. President & CEO, Associated Luxury Hotels
Dawn Walzak. First Vice President, Tishman Hotel Corporation
Don Turner. Board Chair, California Lodging Industry Association
Jeffrey Catrett . Dean, Kendall College Les Roches School of Hospitality Management
Morris E. Lasky. Chief Executive Officer, Lodging Unlimited, Inc.
Olivier Bottois. Managing Director & COO, The Whiteface Lodge Resort & Spa
Olivier Poirot . Chief Executive Officer, Accor North America
Ruud J. Reuland. General Director, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
Sanjay Nijhawan. Chief Operating Officer, Guoman Hotels (UK)
Family Travel
Matthew G. Rosenberger . Consultant & Publisher, ABC Travel Guides for Kids
Finance & Investment
Bob Carr . Chairman & CEO, Heartland Payment Systems.
Bryan J. Clark. President & CEO, Lion CFC Inc
Christopher G. Hurn. President & CEO, Mercantile Commercial Capital LLC
Lori E. Raleigh. Executive Director, International Society of Hospitality Consultants
Mike Handelsman. General Manager, BizBuySell
Neale Redington. National Partner - Hospitality, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Robert Plotka. Managing Director and Co-Founder, CityScape Capital Group, LLC
Thomas E. Pastore. CEO & Co-founder, Sanli Pastore & Hill
Food & Beverage
Ahmed Rahim. Alchemist, Numi Tea
David G. Benton. Vice President & General Manager, The Rittenhouse Hotel and Condominium Residences
Gerald A. Fernandez, Sr.. President & Founder, Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance
Joanna Harralson. Vice President Operations, The Insight Group International
John Everett Askew, C.F.B.E.. Director of Food & Beverage, Peabody Hotel Group
Juan Carlos Flores Mazon. Executive Sommelier, Pueblo Bonito Hotels Resorts & Spas
Marcel Escoffier. Associate Professor, FIU School of Hospitality Management
Stowe Shoemaker . Associate Dean of Research, Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
Susie Ross. Founder, Waiter Training
Fractional & Mixed-Use Resorts
Howard C. Nusbaum. President/CEO, American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
Tom LaTour. Principal, LaTour Signature Group
Franchising
Steven Belmonte. President & CEO, Hospitality Solutions, LLC
Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment
Brenda Lookadoo. Senior Interior Designer, Hatchett Hospitality
Cary Tyler Schirmer. Chief Executive Officer, The Higgins Group
Christopher Cole. Founding Partner, Cole & Cole Kitchen & Bath LP
Ed Offshack . Associate Director, Global Technology Development, Proctor & Gamble
Guest Service / Customer Experience Management
Bob Winding. VP Sales & General Manager Hotel Division, Better Life On Demand
John Ely. Senior Vice President of Marketing, Signature Worldwide
Kimberly Moffitt Hehir. Vice President of Strategic Planning, The Leading Hotels of the World
Michael Waddell. Managing Director, INTEGRITYOne Partners
Richard Hanks. CEO, Mindshare Technologies
Robert J. Duprey. Founder, Lexington Interactive LLC
Roberta Nedry. President, Hospitality Excellence, Inc.
Steven Ferry. Chairman, International Institute of Modern Butlers
Hospitality Law
Al DeNapoli. Partner, Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C.
Andrew Glincher. Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Daniel Brown. Associate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
James R. Butler. Partner - Real Estate Department, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP
M. Guy Maisnik . Partner & Senior Member, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP
Nelson F. Migdal. Shareholder - Real Estate, Greenberg Traurig
William A. Brewer III. Co-Founding & Co-Managing Partner, Bickel & Brewer
Hotel Market Reports
Bill Betcher . Product Marketing Manager, Gomez
Christopher McGinnis. Director, Travel Skills Group, Inc.,
Embree 'Chuck' Bedsole. Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services, LLC
LeeAnn Prescott . Director of Research, Hitwise
Maria Chevalier. Vice President Business Intelligence, Advito
Nikolay Mayger. President & CEO, Mayger Consulting
Paul Chui. Partner, Accenture
Robert Mandelbaum. Director of Research Information Systems, PKF Hospitality Research
Sara Stevens. Director, Marketing Solutions, comScore Networks
Tom Jenkins. Executive Director, European Tour Operators Association
Insurance
Richard Dahm. Senior Risk Consultant, National Hospitality Division, Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Lodging Entertainment
Jeff Coy. President, JLC Marketing Associates
Meetings & Conventions
Bruce Fears. President, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
John Arenas. Chief Executive Officer, Worktopia
Thomas F. Nolan. Regional Vice President, Aramark Harrison Lodging
Tina Stark. President, Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM)
Public Relations & Publicity
Dee Dee Dochen. Founder, DDD Marketing Communications
Didi Lutz. President, Didi Lutz PR
Doug Luciani. Chief Associate, PRofit from PR
Georgi Bohrod. Principal, GBG & Associates
Gini Dietrich. President & Founder, Arment Dietrich Inc.
Mary Gendron. President, Middleton & Gendron, Inc.
Recruitment & Training
Jason Ferrara. Vice President, Corporate Marketing, CareerBuilder.com
Matt Symonds. Founder & Director, ECS Education and Career Services
Nunzio Quacquarelli. CEO, QS Career & Education Group
Paul Feeney. President, Sanford Rose Associates
Sales & Marketing
Andrew Freeman. President, Andrew Freeman & Company
Bob Dauner. Vice President Sales & Marketing, BeDynamic
Bonnie J. Knutson, PhD. Professor, The School of Hospitality Business, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University
Ed Donaldson. Vice President of Marketing, Small Luxury Hotels of the World
Erik A. Fisher, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Author
Gary Leopold. President and Chief Executive Officer, ISM
John C. Jones. Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
John Manderfeld. President, Marin Management, Inc.
Johnna Freud. Qualitative Research Moderator, Saul Cohen & Associates
Mahendra Rathore. President, Ultima Management Company
Matthew Maxwell . CEO, Amateo Corporation
MaureenBrigid Gonzalez. Director, Corporate Communication, Peabody Hotels
Michael J. Cheatham. Director of Sales Recruitment, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Mike Paton. Senior Vice President, Signature Worldwide
Naseem Javed. Founder, ABC Namebank International
Robert M. Rush. President & CEO, LRA Worldwide Inc.
Sandy Heydt. Founder, Panetiere Marketing Advisors
Stacy Shaw. President & Founder, m-k-t-g
Steve McKee. President, McKee Wallwork Cleveland
Tema Frank. Founder / President, Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc.
Sales & Marketing: Hotel Branding
Lawrence Hefler. Principal, Hefler International
Security & Safety
Frank Meek. Technical Director, Orkin, Inc.
Peter Goldmann. President, FraudAware Hospitality
Spas, Health & Fitness
Bryan Green. President & CEO, Advantage Fitness Products
Casey Olsen. Owner, Spa Sources
Elaine Fenard. Vice President of Spa Operations, Spa Strategy Inc.
Gary Henkin. President & Founder, WTS International
Gayle Bulls Dixon. Owner/Founder, Breathe Spa Management Company
Jacqueline Clarke. Research Director, Diagonal Reports
Jane Segerberg. Vice President, JGL Inc. Spa Design and Consulting
Janice Gronvold. Founder & Director, Spectrec
Judy Singer. Co-Owner, Health Fitness Dynamic, Inc
Kurt A. Broadhag. President, K Allan Consulting
Lisa Starr. Partner, Preston Wynne, Inc.
Melinda Minton . Founder, The Spa Association / Spa Secure
Nina Curtis. Founder & President, The Nile Institute
Peggy Wynne Borgman. CEO, Preston Wynne, Inc.
Peter Anderson. Principal, Anderson and Associates
Sustainable (Green) Hotels
Arthur B. Weissman. President, Green Seal, Inc.
Chris Albrecht. Director of Energy Procurement , Cadence Network
Jeff Slye. Chief Evolution Officer, Business Evolution Consulting
Jennifer Soto . Marketing Director, Expense Reduction Experts
Louis D'Amore. Founder & President, International Institute of Peace through Tourism
Mike Sawchuk. President & General Manager, Enviro-Solutions
Sam Small. Vice President - Developing Markets, Bamboo Technologies
Steve Kiesner. Director of National Accounts, Edison Electric Institute
Tom Rosenberg. Consultant, PA Consulting Group
Technology: In-house Solutions
Cid Jenkins. Senior Vice President of Sales, eStara
Connie Rheams. Vice President Sales & Marketing, AltiusPAR
Dennis M. Baker. President & Chief Executive Officer, Avendra, LLC
Jerry Tarasofsky. CEO, iPerceptions Inc.
John Federman . CEO, eStara
Kristie Willmott . Group Director of E-Business & Customer Development, Jumeirah.
Maurice Martin. President, COO & Founder, iRise Inc.
Michael DiLeva. Executive Vice President, The IDT Group
Tina Stehle. Vice President & General Manager, Agilysys
Technology: Internet Marketing
Hugo Burge. Vice President, Cheapflights
Jacki Kelley. Yahoo! Category Development Officer, Travel
Janine Popick . Founder /CEO, VerticalResponse, Inc.,
Max Starkov. Chief eBusiness Strategist, Hospitality eBusiness Strategies, Inc.
Michael A. Gross. President & CEO, Global Travel International, Inc.
Price Glomski. Account Director & Integration Specialist, Range Online Media
Technology: Online Reservations
Antonio DiMilia . Chief Executive Officer, StayOnline
Brian Dass. President & Co-Founder, Open Hospitality
Cheryle Pingel. Co-Founder and Chairman, Range Online Media
Greg Pesik. President & CEO, Passkey
Kevin Williams. Vice President of Distribution, TravelWorm
Michael A. Gross. President & CEO, Global Travel International, Inc.
Michael Stacy. Chief Executive Officer, Groople
Robert Post. President & CEO, TravelCLICK, Inc.
Scott Farrell. Senior Vice President of Product Management, TravelCLICK
Technology: Search Engines
Donald R. Smith. Executive Vice President , Nor1 Inc.
Technology: Virtual 3-D
Douglas Aurand. President, Douglas Aurand & Associates
Joseph L. Ortiz. President & CEO, Concept2Market Inc.
Telecommunications
Michael Kasprzyk. CEO, Thinwires, LLC,
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