March 4, 2024

Rebecca Jones

Rebecca Jones got her start at Texas Tech University studying interior design and architecture. Upon graduation she moved to the Big Apple to learn boutique hospitality design from some of...

Richard (Rick) Pastorino

Rick has 35+ years of experience providing investment decision analysis, asset management, technical, development, and advisory services to the hospitality and tourism industry. Over the course of his consulting career,...

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,...

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...

Alan Tantleff
March 4, 2024

Alan Tantleff

Alan Tantleff is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in New York. He leads the Hospitality, Gaming and Leisure practice within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring...

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...

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...

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...