Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Board Members | Penn State College of Health and Human Development

Executive Board

Ryan Spear, '02 | Chairman

President

Spear Travel Group
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Ashley Akright, '09 | President

Director of Operational Excellence and Innovation

Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center

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Tom Neely, '87 | Program Chair

CEO

Thomas E. Strauss, Inc.
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Melissa Navarro, '12 | Membership Chair

Sales Program Manager
Tableau Software (a Salesforce company)
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Adam Tegge, '93 | Treasurer

Vice President of Asset Management

Ashford

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Abigail Estevez, '13 | Secretary/Communications Chair

Leisure Travel Advisor
Spear Travel Group

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Bill Kohl, '85 | Awards Chair

Principal
Greenwood Hospitality Group

Past Presidents Active on the Board

Jason Bayona, '05
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & University Relations
Marriott International
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Ed Book, '79

General Manager, Retired
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards
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Gary Budge, '72
Consultant
Budge & Co., LLC
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Rob Grimes, '80
Chairman, CEO & President
Constrata Tech Consulting
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Lea Ann Kish, '87
Principal
KM Development Works
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David Miles, '67
Co-Owner/Chairman
Miles LeHane Companies, Inc.
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Jim Purdum, '77
General Manager, Retired
Penn State Hospitality Services
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Tom Riley, '91
Chief Development Officer
Our Town Hospitality
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David Scypinski, '77
Senior Vice President
Conference Direct
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Debbie Ulrich Gerald, 77
Retired
Sysco Central PA

Appointed Members of the Board

Dianne Cook '00
Vice President of Operations
Culinary Services Group

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Kirsten Marroni, '17

Sales and Events Coordinator
The Pennsylvania Market

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Jessica Mente, '10

Director of Training
Royal Farms
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Sara Quinteros-Shilling '09
Co-owner
Shilling Canning Company
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Abbe Strauss '19
Group Sales Coordinator
Renaissance Boulder Flatiron

Affiliated Members of the Board

Tim Colligan, '86

Senior Sales Executive, Strategic Accounts - Hotels
Oracle Hospitality
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George Dabney, '88
Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
Noble Investment Group

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Theodore E. Farrand ’71
Director of Management Advisory Services,
(and Past President & COO)
Cini-Little International, Inc
(retired)
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Dana Katz ’09
Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence
HOST Hotels & Resorts, L.P.
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William R. Kidd ’87
Instructor
Penn State School of Hospitality Management

Ex-Officio Members of the Board

Brian Black, '98 | Director of Hospitality Industry Relations

School of Hospitality Management
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Brent Hurley | Director of Alumni Relations

College of Health and Human Development

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Donna Quadri-Felitti | Marvin Ashner Director

School of Hospitality Management
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Sara Parks | Director Emeritus

Finn/Parks and Associates
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Amit Sharma | Associate Director and Professor/Professor in Charge, Undergraduate Programs

School of Hospitality Management

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Jennifer Wakemen, '96 | Coordinator of HRIM Programs

Berks Campus