Alain Najar
April 3, 2026

Alain Najar

Alain Najar Founder, Najar Hospitality Consulting Alain Najar is the Founder of Najar Hospitality Consulting and a passionate hospitality professional and educator with more than 45 years of international experience...

Aria Dorsey
December 12, 2025

Aria Dorsey

Aria has built her career in the food and beverage industry from the ground up, beginning as a barista and assistant manager before earning a BA from the Cornell University...

Raha Hadjarpour, Associate

Experienced General Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the commercial kitchen and laundry consultancy. Skilled in Catering, Negotiation, Operations Management, Sales, and Hospitality Industry. Strong sales professional with...

Judith Cartwright
March 4, 2024

Judith Cartwright

Judith has more than twenty years’ experience in the hospitality industry, working closely with senior management to achieve unprecedented results by taking an innovative and disruptive approach to traditional revenue...

Over 45 plus years in hospitality management consulting for hotels, resorts, food shovels, beverage operations of all kinds, restaurants, stadiums and arenas, airport terminal food and beverage concessions, clubs of...

March 4, 2024

Patrick O’Hare

With over twenty years of experience in high profile hospitality design and branding, Patrick O’Hare leads teams in the development of strategic solutions with an innovative edge. Patrick has directed...

Peter Anderson
March 4, 2024

Peter Anderson

Mr. Anderson, a 30-year veteran in the leisure industries, is the founder and CEO of Anderson and Associates, a consultancy firm specializing in developing and programming issues related to senior...

Amy Jakubowski
March 4, 2024

Amy Jakubowski

Amy’s enthusiasm for design is only matched by her passion for adventure and eagerness to inspire those around her. An award-winning hospitality design executive with nearly 30 years of experience,...

Daniel Larkin
March 4, 2024

Daniel Larkin

Daniel is a seasoned corporate attorney with a major focus on complex investment, financing and commercial transactions in the hospitality and leisure industry. He has spent a major portion of...

Theodore (Ted) Mandigo

Over 40 years of hospitality consulting. Detailed knowledge of dynamics of Chicago area market. Consulting services for over 30% of hotels in the Chicago CBD. 12 years as Assistant Professor...