American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation
Board of Trustees - 2010

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 
Jay S. Witzel
Consultant

Vice-Chairman of the Board
Minaz Abji
Executive Vice President, Asset Management
Host Hotels & Resorts
6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1500
Bethesda, MD 20817
BUS: (240) 744-5250
FAX (240) 744-5255
Email: minaz.abji@hosthotels.com 
Secretary/Treasurer 
Molly McKenzie-Swarts
Executive Vice President,
Human Resources and Diversity
Hilton Worldwide
9336 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
BUS: (310) 205-4084
FAX (310) 205-7824
Email: Molly_McKenzie-Swarts@hilton.com 
Immediate Past Chairman
Gerald W. Petitt
President & CEO
Creative Hotel Associates
6001 Montrose Road, Suite 1040
Rockville, MD 20852
BUS: (301) 881-0054
FAX (301) 881-1173
Email: jpetitt@creativehotels.com 
Richard Brush
Dean
Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
Hospitality School, 8 Abbott Park Place
Providence, RI  02903
BUS:  (401) 598-4621
FAX (401) 598-1125
Email:  rbrush@jwu.edu 
John R. Campbell    
General Manager    
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club  
2000 Spindrift Drive    
La Jolla, CA 92037
BUS: (858) 551-4601
FAX: (858) 454-1064
E-mail: jcampbell@ljbtc.com 
Michael Davidson
Vice President, National Sales - Travel
USA TODAY
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22108
BUS: (703) 854-6371
FAX (703) 854-2049
Email: mdavidson@usatoday.com
Anthony A. Falor
Chief Operating Officer
Hodges Ward Elliott
The Lenox Building, 12th Floor
3399 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
BUS: (404) 233-6000
FAX (404) 233-6636
Email: afalor@hwehotels.com 
Lynn Mohrfeld, CAE, IOM
President
California Hotel & Lodging Association
414 29th Street
Sacramento, CA  95816-3211
BUS:  (916) 554-2664
FAX: (916) 444-5848
E-mail: lmohrfeld@calodging.com
Marc J. Gordon
President & CEO
Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association
27 East Monroe Street, Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60603
BUS: (312) 346-3135
FAX (312) 346-6036
Email: mgordon@illinoishotels.org 
Robert O’Halloran
Director & Professor
Department of Hospitality
East Carolina University
152 Rivers
Greenville, NC 27858
BUS : (252) 737-1604
FAX (252) 328-4276
Email: ohalloranr@ecu.edu
Neil Shah
Chief Operating Officer
Hersha Hospitality
510 Walnut Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA  19106
BUS:  (215) 238-1046
FAX:  (215) 238-0157
Email:  neil.shah@hersha.com   
Kenneth S. Siegel
Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
BUS:  (914) 640-8235
FAX (914) 640-8260
Email: kenneth.siegel@starwoodhotels.com
John Adams
Senior Vice President,
Operations Planning and Execution
Marriott International, Inc.
10400 Fernwood Road
Dept. 51-932.89
Bethesda, MD  20817
BUS:  (301) 380-8306
E-mail:  John.adams@marriott.com 
Joe Martin, CHA
Owner/Operator
Stillwater Hospitality, LLC
717 East Hall of Fame Avenue
Stillwater, OK  74075
BUS: (405) 743-1306
FAX: (405) 743-1382
E-mail: jmartin@itlnet.net
Sal Mendoza
Vice President – Diversity
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts - North America Operations
71 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
BUS: (312) 780-5617
FAX (312) 780-5287
Email: Salvador.Mendoza@hyatt.com 
John Valletta
President
Super 8 Motels, Inc.
1 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
BUS: (973) 753-8302
FAX (973) 753-8886
Email: john.valletta@wyndhamworldwide.com 
Paul R. Handlery, CHA
Chairman & CEO
Handlery Hotels
180 Geary Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94108
BUS: (760) 345-6848
Jack J. Vaughn, CHA
Chairman Emeritus
Opryland Hospitality Group
3710 Cedarwood Drive
Nashville, TN 37216
BUS : (615) 226-6510
FAX (615) 226-6041
Email: jackvaugh1@comcast.net