Leadership

HSMAI Foundation leaders represent a cross section of the industry’s most respected hotel and hospitality brands, destinations, and suppliers.

HSMAI Foundation Executive Committee

FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS

• Brandon Ahearn, Senior Director of Sales, Hospitality, Milestone, Inc.
• Rosemary Browning, Chief Executive Officer, Global Career Horizons
• Lovell Casiero,
• Karen Contos, VP, Marketing DerbySoft
• Mike Gamble, President & CEO, Searchwide Global
• Rick Garlick, Principal Consultant, bvaBdrc
• Tammy Gillis, CEO & Founder, Gillis Sales
• Michael Goldrich, CHDM, CRME, Founder & Chief Advisor, Vivander Advisors
• Caryl Helsel, Founder & CEO, Dragonfly Strategists
• Robert Kwortnik, Associate Professor, Cornell University
• Monique Lee, Group Vice President, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
• Dr. Breffni Noone, Professor, Penn State University
• Alyssa Petty, Director, Global Sales Excellence, IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Anthony Rose, Principal Director, Strategic Growth, Plusgrade
• Bernadette Ruby, Vice President of Sales, Amadeus Hospitality
• Deb Surden, Senior Director, Market Management, Expedia Group
• Cheryl Williams, Chief Revenue Officer, Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Special Advisors:

• Dorothy Dowling, Managing Director, Horwath HTL
• Matthew Clyde, President, Ideas Collide

 

Past Chairs

• 2023-2025 | Lori Kiel
• 2021-2023 | Michelle Woodley
• 2019-2021 | Agnelo Fernandes
• 2016-2018 | John Fareed
• 2012-2015 | Vail Ross
• 2010-2011 | Susan Thronson
• 2007-2009 | Pam Streeter
• 2005-2006 | Richard Chambers
• 2002-2003 | Cindy Estis Green
• 1999-2022| Salvatore Dickinson, CHME
• 1997-1999 | Mike Pusateri
• 1996-1997 | Gordon Rockwell
• 1995-1996 | Jim Pearman
• 1993-1995 | William Gehron
• 1991-1993 | Lyn Matthew, CHME
• 1989-1991 | Hoyt W. Bacon, CHME
• 1988-1989 | Chad Martin, CHME
• 1987-1988 | Neil W. Ostergren, CHME
• 1986-1987 | Thomas L. Knowlton, CHME
• 1985-1986 | Mervyn M. “Mickey” Levine, CHME
• 1984-1985 | Clifford M. Johnson, CHME
• 1983-1984 | David A. Troy, CHME