Overseeing IHG's Franchise Development for Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, avid hotels, Staybridge Suites, Atwell Suites, and Candlewood Suites brands for Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, & West Virginia.

My role is to expand the Ascend Hotel Collection, which is recognized as the hotel industry’s first “soft brand” concept, and is now a global, upscale portfolio of more than 200 open & operating independent hotels and resorts that are unique, boutique, or historic. To do so, I network with hoteliers of open hotel/resort properties, and also with developers of new construction, upscale projects – who desire to maintain their distinctive, independent and/or local charm - but also wish to gain a global presence via a “soft branding” affiliation with Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s largest leading hotel companies. The Midwest and Midsouth region is my focus, covering the states of IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, TN, WI, WV.

Field-based, Director of Development responsible for the prospecting, qualifying, negotiating, and closing of new long-term franchise agreements for Choice Hotels’ signature, limited-service brands: Comfort Suites, Comfort Inn, Sleep Inn, and Dual Brand Sleep Inn/MainStay Suites concept. During this time, I gained franchise development responsibility for the Company’s extended-stay brands: MainStay Suites and Suburban Extended Stay. The Midwest Region was my focus and I covered the states of IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, SD, WI. In this role, I built relationships with hotel owners, investors, and prospective developers, of a wide-range of experience, to determine the most-suitable Choice Hotels franchise option available for either the construction of a new hotel, or the rebranding of an existing hotel. In order to help my customers get their deals done, I established a network of essential hospitality specialists including: Hotel management companies, lenders, brokers for land & hotels, hotel market feasibility consultants, general contractors, city/municipality economic development commissions, and procurement supplier/vendors.

Field-based, Director of Development responsible for the prospecting, qualifying, negotiating, and closing of new long-term franchise agreements for Choice Hotels’ signature, limited-service Comfort Suites, Comfort Inn, Sleep Inn, and Sleep Inn/MainStay Suites Dual Brand concept. The Midwest Region was my focus and I covered the states of IL, IA, MN, MO, ND, SD, WI. In this role, I built relationships with hotel owners, investors, and prospective developers, of a wide-range of experience, to determine the most-suitable Choice Hotels franchise option available for either the construction of a new hotel, or a the rebranding of an existing hotel. In order to help my customers get their deals done, I established a network of essential hospitality specialists including: Hotel management companies, lenders, brokers for land & hotels, hotel market feasibility consultants, general contractors, city/municipality economic development commissions, and procurement supplier/vendors.

Responsible for the franchise development of the Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, and Suburban Extended Stay Hotel brands in Texas and Oklahoma. Five-Time President's Club Award Winner.