Mark Grosh Named GM for the Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership
HOUSTON, TX, June 4, 2008. Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Mark Grosh as general manager for the new Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence, currently under construction in Bethesda, Maryland. The property, which is located adjacent to the company's Corporate Headquarters, is expected to open in February of 2009. Ellen Sinclair, vice president, made the announcement.
"I am very pleased to welcome Mark to the Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence," said Ms. Sinclair," and to welcome him back to Benchmark Hospitality International. His extensive experience in successfully operating private corporate centers as well as Four Diamond service operations makes him the perfect choice for Lockheed's new Center."
Mark Grosh is a Benchmark alumnus, having previously worked for the company over a 12-year period. He started with Benchmark Hospitality as conference planner at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, which Benchmark operated at the time. Grosh was part of Benchmark's pre-opening team at the AT&T Learning Center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, serving as conference floor manager. He subsequently was promoted to conference center manager for 23 Wall Street, the JP Morgan Conference Center located in Manhattan's Financial District, when Benchmark opened the property.
During his tenure with Benchmark Hospitality, Grosh assisted with property openings at the Thornwood Conference Center, Westchester County, New York, in 1996 and Compaq Commons, Houston, which opened in 1998. As general manager he led the Benchmark transition team at CIBC Leadership Centre in Toronto in 1999, and the subsequent repositioning of that property as The Kingbridge Centre in 2001.
Mr. Grosh most recently served as director of sales & marketing for The Resort at Seabrook Island in South Carolina, and as a consultant for several hotel openings and conference center projects. He studied history and international relations at the University of California, Berkeley. Grosh and his family are relocating to the Bethesda area.
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