Architecture & Design

• Brian West, President, LifeStyling
• Douglas Nysse, Principal, Kahler Slater
• Mark Johnson, President, Loyalty 360 - The Loyalty Marketer’s Association
• Michael Bedner, Chairman & CEO, Hirsch Bedner Associates
• Nicole Gould, Senior Interior Designer, Hatchett Hospitality
• Roger G. Hill, Chief Executive Officer, The Gettys Group Inc.
• Scott B. Brickman, CEO, Brickman

Boutique Hotels

• Brenda Fields, Founder, Fields & Company
• Kim Hehir, VP of Strategic Planning, The Leading Hotels of the World
• Steven Marx, Managing Principal, Lifestyle Hospitality

Concierge

• Elaine Oksner, Guest and Concierge Services Trainer, Hospitality Excellence, Inc.
• Holly Stiel, President, Thank You Very Much Inc.
• Leigh Anne Dolecki, President, The Northern California Concierge Association
• Marjorie Silverman, Honorary President, UICH, Les Clefs d'Or
• Shujaat Khan, Chief Concierge, The Capital Hilton

Conferences & Meetings

• Bruce Fears, President, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
• Greg Pesik, President and CEO, Passkey International
• John Arenas, Chief Executive Officer, Worktopia
• Lynn McCullough, Executive Director, ACOM
• Marilyn Healey, President , Association for Convention Operations Management
• Michael Boult, President & CEO, StarCite, Inc.

Cultural Tourism

• John Poimiroo, Principal, Poimiroo & Partners

Development & Construction

• Berno-H. Feuring Sr., Chairman & CEO, Feuring Visionary Hotel Development
• Donald R. Boyken, Chairman and Chief Executive, Boyken International
• Fred B. Roedel, III, Partner & Managing Member, Roedel Companies, LLC
• Howard C. Nusbaum, President & CEO, American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
• Larry K. Kimball, Director of Hotel Development, C. W. Clark, Inc.
• Rollin Bell, Founder / CEO, PCM Construction

Diversity Issues

• Agnes L. DeFranco, President, Conrad University Diversity Institute
• Cheryl Duke, President, W.C. Duke & Associates
• Darrell Schuurman, Co-Founder, Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• Ellen L. Shackelford, President, Connections Access Consulting Services, LLC (CACS)
• Jane Renton, General Manager, Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel
• Jeff Guaracino, Vice President, Communications, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp
• John Hogan, Director of Education & Cultural Diversity, Best Western
• Olivier Poirot, CEO, Accor North America

Executive Leadership

• Andy Dolce, Founder, Chairman & Managing Partner, Dolce International
• Clyde Guinn, Senior Vice President, Stanford Hotels
• Dawn Walzak, First Vice President, Tishman Hotel Corporation
• Jed Heller, President, The Providence Group
• Jeffrey Catrett, Dean, Kendall College Les Roches School of Hospitality Management
• Michael Goldstein, President & CEO, Packard Hospitality Group
• Morris E. Lasky, Chief Executive Officer, Lodging Unlimited, Inc.
• Nigel Lobo, Vice President of Resort Operations, Grand Pacific Resorts
• Olivier Bottois, Managing Director & COO, The Whiteface Lodge Resort & Spa
• Paul R. Kremp, General Manager, Rochester Plaza Hotel & Conference Center
• Rajagopal Venkatraman, Professor, Pacific International Hotel Management School
• Robert M. O’Halloran, Ph.D, Professor & Chair, Hospitality Management , East Carolina University
• Sanjay Nijhawan, COO, Guoman Hotels (UK)
• Scott D. Hollis, Senior Vice President, Avendra, LLC
• W. Don Turner, Board Chair, California Lodging Industry Association

Family Travel

• Matthew Rosenberger, Consultant & Publisher, ABC Travel Guides for Kids

Finance & Investment

• Bill Boyar, Chairman, Boyar and Miller
• Bob Carr, Chairman & CEO, Heartland Payment Systems
• Bryan J. Clark, President & CEO, Lion CFC Inc
• Chris Bills, Chief Operating Officer, The Summit Group
• Christopher G. Hurn, President & CEO, Mercantile Commercial Capital LLC
• Donald Trump Jr., Executive Vice President Development & Acquisition, The Trump Organization
• Elie Younes, Associate, HVS International
• Gavin Davis, Director, Neptune Hospitality Advisors, Inc.
• John Tess, President & CEO, Heritage Consulting
• Jose Acosta, COO, pZi Services
• Joshua Miller, Principal, Niche Advisors
• Lori Raleigh, Executive Director, International Society of Hospitality Consultants
• Mike Handelsman, General Manager, BizBuySell.com
• Neale Redington, Partner, Deloitte
• Robert Plotka, Managing Director, CityScape Capital Group
• Thomas E. Pastore, CEO & Founder, Sanli Pastore & Hill

Food & Beverage

• Ahmed Rahim, Alchemist, Numi Tea
• Al Ferrone, Sr Director F&B Marketing, Hilton
• Ed Thompson, Vice President, Quality Assurance, Avendra, LLC
• Gerald A. Fernandez, Sr., President & Founder, Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance
• Juan Carlos Flores Mazon, Executive Sommelier, Pueblo Bonito Hotels Resorts & Spas
• Kevin Batters, Vice President Food & Beverage, Stanford Hotels Corporation
• Robert Trainor, Exec Chef, Hilton
• Stowe Shoemaker, Associate Dean of Research, Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
• Susie Ross, Founder, Waiter Training

Fractional, Mixed-Use, & Condo Hotels

• Lawrence Hefler, Principal, Hefler International
• Rory B. Loberg, President, Loberg Hospitality,
• Tom LaTour, Principal, LaTour Signature Group

Franchising

• Steven Belmonte, President & Ceo, Hospitality Solutions LLC

Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment

• Amy Locke, Director, Interior Design, Hatchett Hospitality
• Cary Tyler Schirmer, Chief Executive Officer, The Higgins Group
• Christopher Cole, Founding Partner, Cole & Cole Kitchen & Bath LP

Guest Service / Customer Experience Management

• Carl Schneider, Founder, GuestRights
• David Benton, Vice President and General Manager, The Rittenhouse Hotel
• John Ely, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Signature Worldwide
• Michael Waddell, Managing Director, INTEGRITYOne Partners
• Richard D. Hanks, Chairman and President, Mindshare Technologies
• 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, Office Managing Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Bob Chasnow, Attorney, Holland & Knight
• Dan Brown, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
• Daniel Croley, Labor and Employment & Litigation, Futterman & Dupree
• Jonathan Greenbaum, Partner, Nixon Peabody
• Jonathan Gilbert, Chair, Gunster, Law Leisure & Resorts Group
• Laura K. Christa, Founding Member, Christa & Jackson
• Marjorie Obod, Partner, Dilworth Paxson LLP
• Marta Fernandez, Senior Member Global Hospitality Group, Partner Labor & Employment Group, JMBM LLP
• Michael Wildes, Partner , Wildes & Weinberg
• Michael C. Schmidt, Partner, Cozen O'Connor
• Nelson Migdal, Real Estate, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Tara K. Gorman, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Theodore C. Max, Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
• Victor P. Haley, Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP
• William A. Brewer III, Co-Founding & Co-Managing Partner, Bickel & Brewer

Hotel Market Reports

• Embree 'Chuck' Bedsole, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services, LLC
• Nickolay Mayger, Founder & President, MAYGER
• Robert Mandelbaum, Director of Research Information Services, PKF Consulting

Hotel Operations

• Dennis M. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avendra, LLC
• Ed Offshack, Associate Director, Global Technology Development, Proctor & Gamble
• Joanna Harralson, Vice President Operations, The Insight Group International

Insurance

• Richard Dahm, Senior Risk Consultant, National Hospitality Division, Wells Fargo Insurance Services

Lodging Entertainment

• Jeff Coy, President, JLC Hospitality Consulting

Luxury Travel

• Atef Mankarios, President, Mankarios Partnership

Public Relations & Publicity

• Dee Dee Dochen, Founder & Owner, DDD Marketing Communications
• Didi Lutz, President, Didi Lutz PR
• Doug Luciani, Chief Associate, PRofit from PR - Public Relations & Marketing
• Georgi Bohrod, Principal, GBG & Associates
• Gini Dietrich, President & Founder, Arment Dietrich Inc.
• Jennifer Rodrigues, Visibility Specialist, ThinkInk PR
• Lanny Grossman, President, EM50 Communications
• LeJane Carson, Principal, Carson Stoga Communications
• Mary Gendron, President, Middleton & Gendron, Inc.
• Susan Stoga, Principal, 1511 Lake Shore Drive South

Recruitment & Training

• Doug Walner, President & CEO, Psychological Services, Inc.
• Erik Van Slyke, Founding Partner, Solleva Group
• Jason Ferrara, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, CareerBuilder
• Joyce Gioia, CEO, Employer of Choice, Inc
• Matt Symonds, Founder & Director, ECS Education and Career Services
• Paul Feeney, President, Sanford Rose Associates
• Tracey Holloway, Vice President of Human Resources, Stanford Hotels Corporation

Revenue Management

• Jean Francois Mourier, Founder & CEO, RevPar Guru Inc.
• Juston Parker, President & CEO, Parker Hospitality Group, Inc.
• Klaus Kohlmayr, Director, IDeaS Advantage Consulting

Sales & Marketing

• Alan Villaverde, Vice President & General Manager, Peabody Orlando
• Andrew Freeman, President, Andrew Freeman & Company
• Bob Dauner, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, BeDynamic, Inc
• Bonnie Knutson, Professor, The School of Hospitality Business/MSU
• Debbie Bermont, President, Source Communications
• Edward Donaldson, VP Marketing, Small Luxury Hotels of the World
• Erik Fisher, Clinical Psychologist, Author, Erik A. Fisher, PhD
• Gary Leopold, President & CEO, ISM
• Georges Panayotis, President, MKG Consulting
• Janine Roberts, Director of Sales and Marketing, Tradavo
• Jim Butler, Partner - Real Estate Department,, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP
• John Manderfeld, President, Marin Management, Inc.
• Johnna Freud, Qualitative Research Moderator, Saul Cohen & Associates
• Josiah MacKenzie, Founder, Gradigio Group
• Marc Portugal, Director of Marketing, Bortz Group of Companies
• Michael J. Cheatham, Director of Sales Recruitment, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Mike Paton, Senior Vice President, Signature Worldwide
• Naseem Javed, Founder, ABC Namebank International
• Pam Streeter, Vice President Distribution and Marketing, Interstate Hotels & Resorts
• Rob Rush, CEO, LRA Worldwide
• Robert Gilbert, President & CEO, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Int. (HSMAI)
• Sandy Heydt, President, Panetiere Marketing Advisors
• Shaun Burchard, President, Meridian Hospitality Group, Inc.
• Stacy Shaw, President & Founder, m-k-t-g
• Steve McKee, President, McKee Wallwork Cleveland
• Todd D. Scholl, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Peabody Little Rock

Sales & Marketing: Hotel Branding

• Anne Payne, CEO, BeDynamic

Security & Safety

• Brian Herbert, Director, Phenix Investigations
• 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, Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Europe and U.S., Spatality
• Gary Henkin, President & Founder, WTS International
• Gayle Bulls Dixon, Owner/Founder, Breathe Spa Management Company
• Jacqueline Clarke, Research Director, Diagonal Reports
• Jane Segerberg, Founder & President, Segerberg Spa Consulting, LLC
• Judy Singer, President & Co-Owner, Health Fitness Dynamics, 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 Borgman, President, Preston Wynne, Inc.
• Peter Anderson, President, Anderson & Assoicates
• Todd Walter, Chief Executive Officer, Red Door Spa Holdings

Sustainable (Green) Hotels

• Arthur Weissman, President and CEO, Green Seal, Inc.
• Bill Meade, Partner, PA Consulting Group
• Jeff Slye, Senior Consultant, Five Winds International
• Jim Poad, Director of Client Solutions, Advantage IQ
• Jim Motavalli, Editor, E Magazine
• Louis D'Amore, Founder & President, International Institute of Peace through Tourism
• Mike Sawchuk, President & General Manager, Enviro-Solutions
• Rani Bhattacharyya, Hospitality & Tourism Research Director, Green Seal, Inc.
• Sam Small, Vice President - Developing Markets, Bamboo Living
• Steve Kiesner, Director of National Accounts, Edison Electric Institute
• Tyler Tatum, Marketing Strategy Consultant,

Technology: High Speed Internet Access

• Josh Friedman, VP Marketing, Eleven Wireless
• Michael S. Wasik, Chairman, CEO, Interim CFO, Roomlinx Inc.

Technology: In-house Solutions

• Cid Jenkins, Vice President, ATG's eStara
• Connie Rheams, , Altiuspar
• David Chin, Director of Information Technology, Stanford Hotels Corp.
• Hilary Murphy, Professor of IT amd E- marketing, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland
• John Federman, CEO, eStara
• Mark Tapling, President & CEO, InfoGenesis
• Mark Holzberg, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Technology Solutions, Inc.
• Maurice Martin, iRise Inc., President, COO & Founder
• Michael DiLeva, Executive Vice President, The IDT Group
• Pedro Colaco, President & CEO , GuestCentric Systems
• Shirley Tafoya, President, TravelZoo
• Tina Stehle, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Agilysys Hospitality Solutions Group

Technology: Internet Marketing

• Blake Suggs, Account Director & Integration Specialist, Range Online Media
• Grazia Sorice Ochoa, Senior Category Director, Travel Category, Yahoo! Search Marketing
• Hillary S. Bressler, Founder & President, .Com Marketing
• Hugo Burge, Vice President, Cheapflights
• Jacki Kelley, Yahoo! Category Development Officer, Travel
• Jerry Tarasofsky, CEO, iPerceptions Inc.
• Kristie Willmott, Group Director of E-Business & Customer Development, Jumeirah
• Max Starkov, President & CEO, Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Inc
• Michael Kasprzyk, CEO, Thinwires, LLC
• Michael A. Gross, President & CEO, Global Travel International, Inc.
• Paolo Boni, President & Chief Executive Officer, VFM Leonardo, Inc.
• Rob Käll, President, Bookt LLC
• Robert King, General Manager, Travel & Hospitality, ClickSquared
• Steve Morse, General Manager, Travel & Hospitality, ClickSquared
• Tema Frank, President, Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc.
• Teri Utley, Senior Account Manager, Range Online Media

Technology: Online Reservations

• Brian Dass, President & Co-Founder, Open Hospitality
• Drew Rosser, VP of Business Development, Whiteboard Labs
• John Piescik, Chief Operating Officer, eStara, Inc.
• Kevin Williams, Vice President of Distribution, TravelWorm
• Kristi White, Director of Revenue Optimization, TravelCLICK, Inc.
• Mike Stacy, Cheif Executive Officer, Groople.com
• Mike Kistner, President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, Pegasus Solutions

Technology: Search Engines

• Donald R. Smith, Executive Vice President, Nor1 Inc.

Technology: Virtual 3-D

• Douglas Aurand, President, Douglas Aurand & Associates
• Joseph Ortiz, President, IPIX InfoMedia