Brandi Hyder Named Assistant General Manager for the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center

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. March 08, 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA. March 8, 2016 - Brandi Hyder has been named assistant general manager for the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center currently under construction in the heart of UCLA's main campus. The university-based conference center, which will offer 254 spacious guestrooms and 25,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting space, is scheduled to open in August of this year. Les Utley, general manager, made the announcement.

"It is such a pleasure to welcome Brandi to the Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center," said Mr. Utley. "She brings to her new role with us important experience in senior leadership positions gained at several first rate properties. She also has previously opened a new hotel, and offers this unique operational perspective to our team.”

Brandi Hyder was most recently assistant general manager for The Logan, Philadelphia, where she was an active part of the hotel's preopening and post-opening management teams. Prior to this appointment, she served as assistant general manager for the Hilton Memphis.

Ms. Hyder has held leadership positions for a variety of Four Diamond properties, including the Eden Roc Miami Beach; The Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa and The Heathman Hotel, both of Kirkland, Washington; and the Hotel Andra of Seattle, where she launched her hospitality career.

Brandi Hyder is a graduate of Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, and the coveted Cornell General Managers program. She earned her Bachelor of English and Sociology degrees from the University of Washington.

About the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center

The UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, currently under construction in the heart of UCLA's vibrant campus, offers an inspirational learning environment in a thoughtfully designed space that fosters excellence, engagement, inspiration and breakthroughs. Scheduled to open in August 2016, the UCLA Luskin Conference Center is set amid iconic and historic campus buildings and the exhilarating backdrop of daily student life. The Luskin Conference Center is a place where the best academic minds, medical innovators, researchers, political leaders, and societal visionaries will meet to exchange ideas that will help shape the world. Upon opening, the UCLA Luskin Conference Center will feature 254 beautifully-appointed guest rooms, many with sweeping views of the stunning campus architecture and beautifully landscaped grounds. With more than 25,000 square feet of versatile and thoughtfully-planned event space, the Luskin Conference Center will offer some of the most technologically advanced facilities available within the United States and globally. The gracious guest experience at the Luskin Conference Center will be further enhanced by a full-service restaurant and lounge, room service for breakfast, lunch and dinner, on-site professional catering services, well-equipped fitness center, concierge service, business center, valet parking and complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the property. The conference center project is self-sustaining and does not utilize state funding or revenues from student tuition. For more information, please visit http://luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu/.

Contact:
Ken Ellens
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201-758-2864