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Mr. Kohl

William D. Kohl

Principal, Greenwood Hospitality Group

William D. Kohl oversees the strategic and operational direction of Greenwood's food and beverage initiatives. Additionally, Mr. Kohl directs the Company's activities in restaurant development, concept design and re-positioning.

During his thirty-year hospitality career Mr. Kohl has received several honors including The Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association's General Manager of the Year in 2001, and The American Hotel and Lodging Association's State Leadership Award.

Mr. Kohl's portfolio experience includes oversight of several high profile assets together with the concept design of over twenty restaurants. He has been featured in Lodging Magazine and has had restaurants featured in Bon Appetit, Gourmet Magazine, and Colonial Homes Magazine as well as the Central Penn Business Journal. His restaurants consistently achieve the AAA Four-Diamond Award and have been recognized by DiR?NA. He has twice won Restaurant Hospitality Magazine's Top of the Table Award for Restaurant Design. Bricco,

Mr. Kohl's most recent concept, was awarded the prestigious Culinary and Hospitality Award by Sante Magazine recognizing it as the number one restaurant in the Northeast Region for Quality of Food and Service and one of the top nine in the country.

A wine specialist, Mr. Kohl has consistently been recognized by Wine Spectator Magazine for innovative wine lists and just received the Best of Award of Excellence this year. Within the industry he frequently lectures, teaches and writes about wine and food.

Mr. Kohl currently serves on the National Restaurant Association's Board of Directors, the American Hotel and Lodging Association Board of Directors, is a Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association and immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association.

In 2004, Mr. Kohl was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Central Pennsylvania College. A native of Springfield, Pennsylvania, Mr. Kohl is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Wine Advisory Council and founder of Très Bonne Annee, a series of events and international wine auction for charity which raises in excess of $400,000 annually.

Please visit http://www.greenwoodhospitality.com for more information.

Mr. Kohl can be contacted at +1 717-237-6401 or [email protected]