Born and raised near Hershey Pennsylvania, I began my career in hospitality with Interstate Hotels & Resorts as a dishwasher at the then Harrisburg \ Hershey Marriott and now have over 44 years of hospitality experience. As a 39-year veteran with Interstate Hotels & Resorts, I amassed 33 years of hotel management experience. Focused leadership combining strategic planning, problem solving, team building and leadership skills to produce consistently strong revenue, market penetration, quest satisfaction and profit results. I have extensive experience with turning around challenged hotels. Professional experience includes convention center sales and operations, three and four diamond hotels in suburban, airport, and center city markets with complex hotel operations. Additionally, I have an extensive background in food & beverage; including signature restaurant, nightclub, banquet, conference center and convention center event operations. I have held various positions throughout the industry including Managing Director, Complex General Manager, General Manager, Director of Operations (Rooms\F&B), Food & Beverage Director, Director of Restaurants, Beverage Director, Banquet Manger, Night Club Director, and Restaurant Manager, to name a few. I have served on CVB and Hotel Association Boards.I am a firm believer in understanding the short and long-term goals of stakeholders and my responsibility to achieve the expectations of ownership, brand partners, hotel associates and the community. Throughout my career with Interstate Hotels I had been recruited by company executives to manage challenging projects and to turnaround struggling hotels. I have been evolved with hotel brand conversions, acquisitions and new build hotels, with a reputation for delivering strong results under challenging circumstances, receiving nine prestigious company awards for operations excellence, sales achievement, food & beverage operations, customer satisfaction and General Manager of the Year