Speakers

Frank A. Anderson

Frank A. Anderson
President
Anderson Hospitality Consultants LLC
FrankAAnderson@gmail.com

Patrick Bajdek

Patrick M. Bajdek
Director, Midscale Development, Americas
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
PBajdek@CarlsonRezidor.com

Bruce Baltin

Bruce Baltin
Senior Vice President
PKF Consulting USA
Bruce.Baltin@pkfc.com

John Beazley

John B. Beazley
Managing Director Hospitality
Trigild, Inc.
John.Beazley@Trigild.com

Embree C. Bedsole

Embree C. "Chuck" Bedsole
Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal North America
EBedsole@AlvarezandMarsal.com

Peter Berk

Peter Berk
President
PMZ Realty Capital
Berk@PMZCapital.com

Kim Blackseth

Kim R. Blackseth
Kim R. Blackseth Interests, Inc.
KimBlackseth@MAC.com

Michael Bluhm

Michael E. Bluhm
Managing Director - Investment Banking
Morgan Stanley
Michael.Bluhm@MorganStanley.com

Robert E. Braun

Robert E. Braun
Partner
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
RBraun@JMBM.com

Larry R. Broughton

Larry R. Broughton
President &  CEO
Broughton Hotels
LB@BroughtonHotels.com

Vail Brown

Vail Brown
Vice President
Smith Travel Research
Vail@STR.com

Mark F. Burden

Mark F. Burden
President & CEO
Rim Hospitality
MBurden@RimHospitality.com

Michael Cahill

Michael Cahill
CEO and Founder
Hospitality Real Estate Counselors (HREC)
MCahill@HREC.com

Bill Canepa

William L. Canepa
Managing Partner
Wave Crest Resorts LLC
WCResort@pacbell.net

Jerry Cataldo

Jerry Cataldo
President
Hostmark Hospitality Group
JCataldo@Hostmark.com

Rich Clark

Rich Clark
Managing Director
Gallagher Real Estate & Hospitality Services
Rich_Clark@AJG.com

Kevin Colket

Kevin Colket
Vice President, Acquisitions
Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
KColket@Starwood.com

Peter D. Connolly

Peter D. Connolly
EVP Operations & Development
Hostmark Hospitality Group
PConnolly@Hostmark.com

Geoff Davis

Geoff Davis
President
Hospitality Real Estate Counselors (HREC)
GDavis@HREC.com

Warren DeHaan

Warren DeHaan
Chief Originations Officer and Managing Partner
Starwood Property Trust
wdehaan@starwood.com

Bill Doak

William Doak
1st Vice President - Hotel Group
CIM Group
BDoak@CIMGroup.com

Douglas N. Dreher

Douglas N. Dreher
President & CEO
The Hotel Group
DDreher@TheHotelGroup.com

Mark Elliott

Mark Elliott
Senior Managing Director
Hodges Ward Elliott, Inc.
MElliott@HWEHotels.com

Thomas R. Engel

Thomas R. Engel
President
T.R. Engel Group, LLC
ThomasEngel@TREngelGroup.com

Jonathan Falik

Jonathan Falik
Managing Director
Cantor Fitzgerald
JFalik@Cantor.com

John C. Farrow

John C. Farrow
President
Farrow Commercial Construction
John@FarrowCommercial.com

Patrick J. Feltes

Patrick J. Feltes
Senior Vice President
GE Franchise Finance
Patrick.Feltes@GE.com

Thomas C. Fisher

Thomas C. Fisher
EVP & Chief Investment Officer
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
TFisher@PebblebrookHotels.com

Alan Flatt

Alan Flatt
Principal
Bank of America Securities
Alan.L.Flatt@baml.com

Rick K. Frank

Rick K. Frank
SVP Hospitality
Behringer Harvard
RFrank@BehringerHarvard.com

Neil D. Freeman

Neil D. Freeman
Chairman & CEO
Aries Capital, LLC
NFreeman@AriesCapital.com

Thomas M. Geshay

Thomas M. Geshay
SVP Business Development
Davidson Hotels & Resorts
TGeshay@DavidsonHotels.com

David Goerz

David Goerz
SVP, Chief Investment Officer
High Mark Capital Management, Inc.
David.Goerz@HighMarkCapital.com

Renny Goldstein

Renny H. Goldstein
Director
HVS Capital Corp.
RGoldstein@HVS.com

Angela M. Gonzalez-Rowe

Angela M. Gonzalez-Rowe
President
Latino Hotel & Restaurant Association
Angela@LatinoHotelAssociation.com

Ronnie Gul

Ronnie Gul
Principal
MesaWest Capital, LLC
RGul@MesaWestCapital.com

Anne G. Hampton

Anne G. Hampton
Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Anne.G.Hampton@WellsFargo.com

Charles Harris

Charles E. Harris
Vice President, Marketing
Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard
Charles.Harris@LuxeHotels.com

Gregory Hartmann

Gregory Hartmann
Executive VP, Strategic Advisory
Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
Greg.Hartmann@am.jll.com

Reginald Heard

Reginald Heard
President & CEO
Bank One Capital
RHeard@Bankers1Capital.com

Kate Henriksen

Kate B. Henriksen
SVP, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
RLJ Lodging Trust
KHenriksen@RLJLodgingTrust.com

Len Howell

Len Howell
Vice President Hospitlaity Acquisitions
Pacifica Companies
LHowell@PacificaCompanies.com

Kris Hudson

Kris Hudson
Reporter
Wall Street Journal
Kris.Hudson@WSJ.com

Andrew Ingraham

Andrew Ingraham
President & CEO
NABHOOD
Horizons@Gate.net

Stephen Kallaher

Stephen E. Kallaher
Vice President Development
Wyndham Hotel Group
Stephen.Kahhaher@wyn.com

Ali Kasikci

Ali Kasikci
Regional Managing Director, North America
Orient Express Hotels
Ali@Bentleymgt.com

Louis Katsos

Louis Katsos
Executive Managing Director
New York Immigration Fund
Louis@NYIFund.com

Robert W. Kline

Robert W. Kline
Principal & CEO
R.W. Kline Companies
BKline@RWKline.com

Jeffrey Kolessar

Jeffrey Kolessar
Senior Vice President, Development
GF Management, Inc.
KolessarJ@GFHotels.com

Morris E. Lasky

Morris E. Lasky
CEO
Lodging Unlimited, Inc.
MLasky@aol.com

Benjamin Leahy

Benjamin Leahy
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Ben.Leahy@GS.com

Bill Linehan

Bill Linehan
Chief Marketing Officer
Richfield Hospitality, Inc.
BLinehan@Richfield.com

Kevin D. Mahoney

Kevin D. Mahoney
Chief Operating Officer
Stonebridge Companies
KMahoney@sbcos.com

Guy Maisnik

Guy Maisnik
Partner
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
GMaisnik@JMBM.com

Kevin E. Mallory

Kevin E. Mallory
Senior Managing Director, Practice Leader
CB Richard Ellis
Kevin.Mallory@CBRE.com

Craig Mance

Craig Mance
Senior Vice President
Development, North America
Hilton Hotel Corporation
Craig.Mance@Hilton.com

Jonathan Martin

Jonathan E. Martin
Vice President
AEW Capital Management L.P.
JEMartin@AEW.com

Joseph McCarthy

Joseph C. McCarthy
Principal
American Dream Fund, LLC
JMcCarthy@Adreamfund.com

Lamont Meek

Lamont L. Meek
Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Circa Capital Corporation
Lamont@CircaCapital.com

Suzanne R. Mellen

Suzanne R. Mellen
Senior Managing Director
HVS
SMellen@HVS.com

Jim Merkel

James T. Merkel
President & CEO
RockBridge
JTMerkel@RockBridgeCapital.com

Michael Mohr

Michael B. Mohr
Principal
MetWest Ventures, LLC
MMohr@MetWestVentures.com

Tom Morone

Thomas F. Morone
Principal
Warnick + Company
TMorone@WarnickCo.com

Gregory T. Mount

Gregory T. Mount
President
Richfield Hospitality, Inc.
GMount@Richfield.com

John Murray

John G. Murray
President
Hospitality Properties Trust
JMurray@reitmr.com

Rich Musgrove

Rich Musgrove
Executive Vice President
HotelAVE
RMusgrove@HotelAVE.com

Chip Ohlsson

Chris Ohlsson
Vice President, Franchised Development,
  North America
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Chip.Ohlsson@StarwoodHotels.com

Cormac O'Modhrain

Cormac O'Modhrain
Group VP, Asset Management
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
COModhrain@SunstoneHotels.com

Patrick K. O'Neal

Patrick K. O'Neal
Vice President
PNC Bank
Patrick.ONeal@pnc.com

Martin H. Orlick

Martin H. Orlick
Partner
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
MOrlick@JMBM.com

Christopher Pfohl

Christopher J. Pfohl
Senior Vice President
New Business Development & Acquisitions
Pyramid Hotel Group
CPfohl@PyramidHotelGroup.com

Todd Pollack

Todd Pollack
Executive Director
UBS AG
Todd.Pollack@UBS.com

Thomas Q. Prins

Thomas Q. Prins
Principal
Gemstone Hotels & Resorts LLC
TPrins@GemstoneResorts.com

Brian Quinn

Brian Quinn
EVP & Principal, Development
Driftwood Hospitality Management, LLC
BQuinn@DHMHotels.com

Alan X. Reay

Alan X. Reay
President
Atlas Hospitality Group
Alan@AtlasHospitality.com

Samuel Reynolds

Samuel Reynolds
Senior Vice President Development
Apple REIT Companies
SReynolds@AppleREIT.com

Carlos Rodriguez

Carlos J. Rodriguez
Executive Vice President
Driftwood Hospitality Management, LLC
CRodriguez@DHMHotels.com

Matthew Schwab

Matthew Schwab
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Karlin Real Estate, LLC
Matt@KarlinRE.com

Kevin Semon

Kevin S. Semon
Vice President - Special Servicing Manager
Midland Loan Services
Kevin.Semon@MidlandLS.com

Bill Sipple

William G. Sipple
Managing Director
HVS Capital Corp
WSipple@HVS.com

Larry Somma

Larry Somma
Senior Vice President, Treasurer
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
Larry.Somma@Hyatt.com

Curtis Spaugh

Curtis Spaugh
Senior Vice President
Helios AMC
Curt.Spaugh@HeliosAMC.com

Angelo Stambules

Angelo Stambules
Senior Vice President, Mortgage Banking
Marriott International
Angelo.Stambules@Marriott.com

Robert B. Stiles

Robert B. Stiles
EVP & Principal
Cushman & Wakefield
Sonnenblick Goldman
Robert.Stiles@cushwake.com

Brian Su

Brian Su
President & CEO
Artisan Business Group
info@ArtisanBusinessGroup.com

David A. Sudeck

David A. Sudeck
Of Counsel
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
DSudeck@JMBM.com

Bill Swank

William Swank
President, Development
Twenty4Seven Hotels
BSwank@twenty4sevenhotels.com

Alan Tantleff

Alan Tantleff
Managing Director/Corporate Finance
FTI Consulting, Inc.
Alan.Tanteff@FTIConsulting.com

Stephen L. Van

Stephen L. Van
President & CEO
Prism Hotels & Resorts
SVan@PrismHotels.com

Adrian Watkins

Adrian Watkins
Director
Archon Capital, a Goldman Sachs Company
Adrian.Watkins@Archon.com

Jack Westergom

Jack Westergom
Managing Director
Manhattan Hospitality Advisors, Inc.
JWestergom@ManhattanHospitalityAdvisors.com

Sam Winterbottom

Sam C. Winterbottom
SVP & Director, Hotels, Golf & Leisure
Grubb & Ellis
Sam.Winterbottom@Grubb-Ellis.com

Craig A. Wrench

Craig A. Wrench
President & CEO
Washington Real Estate Holdings, LLC
CWrench@WaHoldings.com

Kevin Wright

Kevin Wright
Principal
WrightJohnson
Kevin@WrightJohnsonLLC.com