Industry Advisory Board

About the Board
The purposes of the industry advisory board include providing the school with strategic advice and helping strengthen our industry links for such things as career placement, education, and research, as well as to help faculty remain current about industry trends.
Members
Current members of the School of Hospitality Management Industry Advisory Board are:
- Javid Baig
-
Senior Vice President-Business Retention, North America
Aramark Corporation - Jason Bayona
-
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & University Relations
Marriott International, Inc. - Carl Berquist
- Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Marriott International, Inc
- Brian Black
- Director of Hospitality Industry Relations
- Penn State School of Hospitality Management
- Brooks Broadhurst
- Proprietor
- Block 292
- Kevin Carey
- Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President
- American Hotel & Lodging Association
- Joseph Crimmins
- Executive Director
- Penn State Hospitality Services
- Jennie DeCarrier Benzon
- Vice President, Franchising
- Marriott International
- Robert DeSalvio
- President
- Wynn Resort MA, LLC
- Daniel Flannery
- Senior Vice President and Managing Director
- EDITION Hotels
- Plato Ghinos
- President
- Shaner Hotel Group
- David Gingher
- Director, Retail Campus Dining
- Penn State Auxiliary & Business Services
- Steve Hood
- Senior Vice President
- STR
- Josh Josephson
- Director,Transactions and Asset Management
- IHG
- Naveen Kakarla
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Hersha Hospitality Management
- Karen Kotowski
- Vice President, District Councils
- Urban Land Institute
- Daniel Lesser
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- LW Hospitality Advisors
- John Longstreet
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association
- Mark Lomanno
- Investor and Senior Advisor
- Kalibri Labs
- Doug McBrearty
- Principal
- Gulph Creek Hotels
- Brian McGuire
- Chief Operating Officer
- CONVENE
- John Metz
- CEO, Executive Chef, Partner and Co-Founder
- Sterling Hospitality
- Jeff Metz
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Metz Culinary Management
- Dave Montrose
- Chief Operations Officer, Suburban Select Hotels
- White Lodging
- Doug Patrick
- Partner/Executive Coach
- Arete Coaching Group
- Donna Quadri-Felitti
- Associate Professor and Marvin Ashner Director
- Penn State School of Hospitality Management
- Paul Rigazzi
- Worldwide Sales Director
- Best Western Hotels & Resorts
- Peter Rogers
- Board Member
- Internap Corporation
- Hugh Roth
- Senior Vice President, Business Development
- PepsiCo Food Service
- Matthew Schuyler
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Hilton Worldwide
- James Schweppe
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Elite Cuisine L.L.C.
- Emily Sheetz Mandel
- Vice President of Strategy and Innovation
- Sheetz Company
- Brian Sparacino
-
Managing Director
INTRIGUE (Hotels and Resorts by Interstate) - Peter Tyson
- Principle
- Tyson Hospitality Consulting
- Collin Urgo
- Principal/Senior Vice President, Operations
- Urgo Hotels