Jeff Loether
March 4, 2024

Jeff Loether

Prior to starting ELECTRO-MEDIA DESIGN, Ltd, Jeff was a Manager of Audio/Video Systems Design for Marriott Corporation’s Architecture and Construction Division. Jeff completed over 250 worldwide projects including five-star resorts,...

Dermot Ryan
March 4, 2024

Dermot Ryan

As the Managing Director of Hospitality at MGAC with overall responsibility for the success of our client’s ground-up and renovation hotel projects. Over the past 30 years, I have successfully...

Dr. Chekitan Dev
March 4, 2024

Dr. Chekitan Dev

Chekitan S. Dev is the Singapore Tourism Distinguished Professor at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business in the School of Hotel Administration. Professor Dev is a globally renowned thought...

Leora Halpern Lanz
March 4, 2024

Leora Halpern Lanz

Leora Halpern Lanz is the principal of LHL Communications, a hospitality content marketing, branding and media relations advisory. She is also full-time faculty teaching various marketing classes at Boston University’s...

Mark VanStekelenburg

I grew up in the Netherlands and various states as our family moved around quite a bit. After living in 8 states and abroad, I moved to Ithaca in 2000...

John Fareed
March 4, 2024

John Fareed

John Fareed, MSc CHME ISHC, is the Global Chairman for Horwath HTL. He leads the global brand and oversees the firm’s US offices. Over the past twenty-five years, Fareed’s consulting...

Deborah Friedland
March 4, 2024

Deborah Friedland

With over 30 years of specialized experience in hospitality-related real estate, Deborah advises clients in accounting outsourcing and audit, tax structuring and consulting, acquisition due diligence, brand and management conversion,...

JP Ford
March 4, 2024

JP Ford

JP leads all of the strategic sales initiatives for Lodging Econometrics. He is an industry-leading real estate advisory specialist with over 30 years of experience providing business development, acquisition, and...

James Lehouiller
March 4, 2024

James Lehouiller

"What can we do better?" is James Lehouiller's battle cry as he travels the globe overseeing the DiLeonardo team's work on six continents. During a career that has taken him...

Kristie Dickinson
March 4, 2024

Kristie Dickinson

Kristie Dickinson is a Managing Director/EVP and founding member of CHMWarnick, a leading hotel asset management company and global business advisor to the hotel investment community. She brings 29 years...