At Aquarius, we're redefining hotel management with a focus on eco-conscious practices and brand marketing. Our mission is to help hotels integrate sustainability seamlessly into their operations, ensuring they resonate with environmentally conscious guests.

- Orchestrated company-wide strategic planning, defining the vision and setting goals and objectives, including comprehensive 1, 5, and 10-year business plans with performance tracking. Led organizational development initiatives, aligning strategy, structure, personnel, rewards, metrics, and management processes to enhance company capabilities.- Co-decision maker in commercial real estate asset management, engaging in market studies, economic forecasting, and portfolio analysis. Directed growth in both the hospitality and real estate sectors, expanding the portfolio from $100M to $250M.- Implemented company-wide recruitment and interview strategies, enhancing talent acquisition and establishing efficient onboarding processes. Spearheaded customer-centric innovation, leading department heads in a strategic partner-in-business approach to talent management, resulting in a 96% hotel-level employee retention rate during economic downturns.- Led the Hotel Operations Team, focusing on operational lifecycle, personnel development, contract negotiation, and liaising between various departments, ownership, and external partners including franchise brands and financial lending partners.- Managed the Accounting Team for two years, overseeing a significant software transition from QuickBooks to Yardi, along with audits, security analyses, and accounting best practices implementation. Collaborated with the Finance team and lending partners to secure refinances, lines of credit, and SBA loans, including Paycheck Protection Program loans and reimbursements, while overseeing cash flow optimization strategies.

hertelier is an online media platform that inspires women in hospitality to pursue, navigate and nurture their careers at every stage.

Ensured the University’s compliance status in conformance with the State and Federal regulations regarding Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action with data collection, analysis, and reporting as well as training and development:- Data collection and analysis for effective EEO/AA policy decision facilitation and implementation campus wide. Responsible for reporting on Workforce Utilization Analysis, Availability Analysis, Goals Progress Analysis, Personnel Actions, and Adverse Impact Analysis.- Campus wide presentations on EEO/AA laws, regulations, and application. Served as an instructor for the campus-wide Diversity Education Program, delivering motivational speaking presentations, career counseling courses, and a variety of individual development, DEI, and leadership courses.- Program development and delivery for staff at all levels of the organization including an award winning mentorship program and the UCSD Culturally Competent Management Program.- Discriminatory compliant and problem resolution handling in relation to federal and state compliance monitoring issues.

Community outreach, event coordination, marketing, training, and development.

- Operational oversight of SSI office including budget development, oversight and reporting using personnel, grant, and gift data to forecast salary expenses and othe rrequirements for RFPs and donor agency submissions. - Logistical event coordination of public educational forums, international interdisciplinary research workshops and high profile special galas including travel planning for 65+ participants with visa requirements and reimbursement management.- Thought leadership participation in strategic planning retreats, RFP writing, organizational development planning and creation of documents for University Executive Leadership presentations with technical, scientific and policy document review and interpretation.- Marketing, including the design and production of the website, annual and workshop reports, newsletters, articles, promotional materials including flyers, brochures, signage, and electronic distributions. Provided website quality assurance, daily maintenance and upkeep, and new initiatives.- Database design and management for donors, research partners, external and internal community members, volunteers and gift tracking.

Golden Care Academy was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provided affordable entry level education for low-income students wanting to pursue careers in healthcare. - Nonprofit structure and legal analysis- Program Development- Advertising and marketing- Website development and management- Strategic planning- Board of Directors engagement- Public Speaking- Event planning- Fundraising- Volunteer recruitment and management- Student onboarding and support- Alumni and donor communications- Executive administrative support