About OHLA

Hoteliers

OHLA is the professional organization that is dedicated to providing representation, information and resources for the Ohio lodging industry, promoting Ohio’s travel economy and increasing membership value.

Industry Partners

OHLA is the key resource in reaching the Ohio Hospitality Industry. Allied Members receive many benefits through this exclusive membership program.

New Members

Welcome to OHLA! We’re here to help. Learn how we can help each other build a stronger industry.

Board of Trustees

Executive Committee
Board of Trustees
Committees

Chad Bortle

PRESIDENT
SJB Management Inc.
Granville, OH

Bill Reed

VICE PRESIDENT
Aloft Cleveland Downtown
Cleveland, OH

Holly Hollingsworth

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
First Hospitality
Columbus, OH

Alan Assaf

TREASURER
Indus Hotels
Columbus, OH

Stephen Stewart

PAST PRESIDENT
Hyatt Regency Columbus
Columbus, OH

Steve Wolever

ALLIED OFFICER
Signature Worldwide
Dublin, OH

Geri Lombard

EX OFFICIO MEMBER
Hotel LeVeque Columbus
Columbus, OH

Joe Savarise

PRESIDENT & CEO
Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association
Columbus, OH

Frank Arena

TRUSTEE

SpringHill Suites Cincinnati Midtown/Commonwealth Hotels
Cincinnati, OH

Eric Belfrage

TRUSTEE
CBRE Hotels-Investment Properties
Columbus, OH

DJ Falcoski

TRUSTEE
RE/MAX Commercial
Columbus, OH

Gretchen Friend

ALLIED TRUSTEE
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, OH

Lisa Garner

TRUSTEE
Marriott and Residence Inn Columbus University Area
Columbus, OH

Sue Graves

TRUSTEE
Experience Alive
Columbus, OH

Mark Hecquet

ALLIED TRUSTEE
Travel Butler County
West Chester, OH

Nancy Howard

TRUSTEE
Hilton Columbus/Polaris
Columbus, OH

George Limbert

TRUSTEE
Red Roof
New Albany, OH

Nicole McCabe

TRUSTEE

Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls, Hocking Hills Golf Club & Urban Grille
Logan, OH

David Minah

TRUSTEE
Hyatt Place Cleveland/Lyndhurst/Legacy Village
Cleveland, OH

Viren Patel

TRUSTEE
Sirius Capital Group
Grove City, OH

Wade Riedman

TRUSTEE

Graduate Hotel Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Derek Roorda

TRUSTEE

The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection
Cincinnati, OH

Cristian Teusan

TRUSTEE
Commonwealth Hotels
North Canton, OH

Steve Van Sickle

TRUSTEE
Sauder Heritage Inn & Campground
Archbold, OH

Deon Watkins

TRUSTEE

Home2 Suites Stow-Akron/Country Inn & Suites Cuyahoga Falls/NEO Hotel Group
Akron, OH

Committee Members
Gretchen Friend VICE CHAIR Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH	John Strouse 2ND VICE CHAIR University of Northwestern Ohio Lima, OH
Eric Belfrage COMMITTEE MEMBER CBRE Hotels Columbus, OH	Chad Bortle COMMITTEE MEMBER SJB Management Inc. Athens, OH
Ben Haller COMMITTEE MEMBER Concord Hospitality Dayton, OH	Kecia Mathys-Frye COMMITTEE MEMBER Homewood Suites Columbus/Hilliard Hilliard, OH
Sarah Weekman COMMITTEE MEMBER Aloft Columbus University District Columbus, OH	Steve Williams COMMITTEE MEMBER Spectrum Columbus, OH
Steve Wolever COMMITTEE MEMBER Signature Worldwide Columbus, OH

Committee Members
Lauren Butterfield COMMITTEE SECOND VICE CHAIR SpringHill & TownePlace Suites Columbus Easton Area Columbus, OH	Kishen Das COMMITTEE MEMBER CURO BRKG Cincinnati, OH
Rachel Hissam COMMITTEE MEMBER Visit Cincy Cincinnati, OH	Emily Maddox COMMITTEE MEMBER Red Roof Columbus, OH
Lucas Tourney COMMITTEE MEMBER SpringHill Suites Columbus OSU Columbus, OH

Danielle Archer COMMITTEE Member Residence Inn Downton Columbus, OH	Lindsay Barnett COMMITTEE MEMBER Hampton Inn Athens Athens, OH
Eric Belfrage COMMITTEE MEMBER CBRE Columbus, OH	Mark Lasure COMMITTEE MEMBER Upshift Columbus, OH
Dawn Mader COMMITTEE MEMBER Holiday Inn Dayton Fairborn, OH	Melodie Reed COMMITTEE MEMBER The Blackwell Hotel Columbus, OH
Kendra Proudfit COMMITTEE MEMBER DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newark, OH

Chad Bortle COMMITTEE MEMBER SJB Management Inc. Athens, OH	Tom Donnelly COMMITTEE MEMBER Janus Hotels & Resorts Akron, OH
Michael Evans COMMITTEE MEMBER AP Consulting Columbus, OH	DJ Falcoski COMMITTEE MEMBER New Avenue Architects & Engineers Columbus, OH
Lisa Garner COMMITTEE MEMBER Marriott & Residence Inn Columbus OSU Columbus, OH	Mark Hecquet COMMITTEE MEMBER Visit Butler County OH
Nancy Howard COMMITTEE MEMBER Hilton Columbus Polaris Columbus, OH	Geri Lombard COMMITTEE MEMBER Hotel LeVeque Columbus, OH
Lea MacLaren COMMITTEE MEMBER Wingate by Wyndham - Sylvania Toledo, OH	Viren Patel COMMITTEE MEMBER La Quinta Inn Grove City, OH
Wade Riedman COMMITTEE MEMBER Graduate Hotel Cincinnati, OH	Derek Roorda COMMITTEE MEMBER The Lytle Park Hotel Cincinnati, OH
Richard Stegman COMMITTEE MEMBER The Victorian Tudor Inn Bellevue, OH	Andy Vasani COMMITTEE MEMBER InnVite Hospitality Columbus, OH
Buzz Wheatley COMMITTEE MEMBER ITA Audio Visual Cincinnati, OH

Michael Evans COMMITTEE MEMBER AP Consulting Columbus, OH	Ken Haynie COMMITTEE MEMBER Red Roof Columbus, OH
Ankit Mehta COMMITTEE MEMBER Comfort Inn Piqua, OH	Bhavin Patel COMMITTEE MEMBER EVOLV Hotels Dayton, OH
Rosalyn Ransaw COMMITTEE MEMBER Red Roof Inn Columbus, OH	Steve Williams COMMITTEE MEMBER Spectrum Enterprise Columbus, OH
Joel Vande Boom COMMITTEE MEMBER SpaceIntel Columbus, OH	Arnold Becker COMMITTEE MEMBER Pure Air Solutions of PA Pennsylvania
Ketan Pema COMMITTEE MEMBER Armoureye Cincinnati, OH
Working Group
Kim Kelly-Bartley COMMITTEE MEMBER Formerly White Castle Columbus, OH	Jake Huckaby COMMITTEE MEMBER Ready Robotics Columbus, OH
Hetal Patel COMMITTEE MEMBER Cloud Solution Architect Columbus, OH	Amy Wald COMMITTEE MEMBER GreenLuxe Columbus, OH
Barry McGraw COMMITTEE MEMBER Airable Research Lab Columbus, OH

Alan Hardway VICE CHAIR SJB Management Inc. Athens, OH	Julia Bowling COMMITTEE MEMBER Sedgwick Columbus, OH
Benjamin Britton COMMITTEE MEMBER Le Meridien Columbus, OH	Kelli Denman COMMITTEE MEMBER The Grand Resort Columbus, OH
Lisa Garner COMMITTEE MEMBER Marriott & Residence Inn Columbus OSU Columbus, OH	Millie Johnson COMMITTEE MEMBER Renaissance Hotel Columbus/Westerville, OH
Jennifer McKenzie COMMITTEE MEMBER Cincinnati Marriott North Cincinnati, OH	Viren Patel COMMITTEE MEMBER Sirius Capital Group Grove City, OH
Bill Reed COMMITTEE MEMBER Aloft Cleveland Downtown Cleveland, OH	Sean Scully COMMITTEE MEMBER Courtyard by Marriott University of Dayton Dayton, OH
Ryan Tomaro COMMITTEE MEMBER Hotel Equities Columbus, OH	Deon Watkins COMMITTEE MEMBER NEO Hotel Group OH
Lance Woodworth COMMITTEE MEMBER Destination Toledo Toledo, OH
Allied Working Group
Julia Bowling COMMITTEE CHAIR Sedgwick Columbus, OH
Jim Bishop COMMITTEE MEMBER Morgan Stanley Columbus, OH	Renae Becker COMMITTEE MEMBER Advanced Floor Care Conneautville, PA
Tony Cumella COMMITTEE MEMBER Pure Property Solutions Dayton, OH	Holley Freeman COMMITTEE MEMBER ServiceMaster Restore Dayton, OH
Mark Lasure COMMITTEE MEMBER Upshift Columbus, OH	Mat Parker COMMITTEE MEMBER Olgetree Deakins Columbus, OH
Abbie Stair COMMITTEE MEMBER IGS Energy Columbus, OH	Eric Vlahos COMMITTEE MEMBER Advantage Equipment Inc. Akron, OH

Geri Lombard COMMITTEE MEMBER Hotel LeVeque Columbus, OH	Alan Assaf COMMITTEE MEMBER Indus Hotels Columbus, OH
Stephen Stewart COMMITTEE MEMBER Hyatt Regency Columbus, OH

Yvonne Martin COUNCIL MEMBER White Oak Inn Danville, OH	Jeanette Smith COUNCIL MEMBER Sauder Village Inn & Campground Archbold, OH
Katie Zechar COUNCIL MEMBER Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center Lewis Center, OH

Jennifer Ruiz PAST COMMITTEE CHAIR Embassy Suites Akron/Canton Airport Hotel Akron, OH	Tiffany Briscoe COMMITTEE MEMBER Fairfield Inn & Suites Dayton Dayton, OH
Christina Combs COMMITTEE MEMBER Dayton Convention Center Dayton, OH	Aletha Dillinger COMMITTEE MEMBER Fairfield Inn & Suites Dayton Dayton, OH
Jamie Franchi COMMITTEE MEMBER Hyatt Regency Columbus, OH	Amber Gang COMMITTEE MEMBER Kalahari Resorts Sandusky Sandusky, OH
Lisa Garner COMMITTEE MEMBER Marriott & Residence Inn Columbus OSU Columbus, OH	Jennifer Grunwald COMMITTEE MEMBER Courtyard University of Dayton Dayton, OH
Elle Hicks COMMITTEE MEMBER Hotel LeVeque, Autograph Collection Columbus, OH	Holly Hollingsworth COMMITTEE MEMBER First Hospitality Group Columbus, OH
Flo Hunt COMMITTEE MEMBER InterContinental Hotels Cleveland, OH	Julie Karam COMMITTEE MEMBER Embassy Suites Akron/Canton Airport Akron, OH
Becky Krieger COMMITTEE MEMBER Courtyard Springfield Springfield, OH	Geri Lombard COMMITTEE MEMBER Hotel LeVeque Columbus, OH
Sabrina Martinez COMMITTEE MEMBER Kimpton Schofield Hotel Cleveland, OH	Leslie Meyer COMMITTEE MEMBER Kalahari Resorts Sandusky Sandusky, OH
Cathy Mihalko COMMITTEE MEMBER Metropolitan at the 9 Cleveland, OH	Liz Otterbacher COMMITTEE MEMBER Olshan Properties Columbus, OH
Jennifer Pratt COMMITTEE MEMBER Courtyard Youngstown Canfield Youngstown, OH	Michele Steele-Jordan COMMITTEE MEMBER InterContinental Hotels Cleveland, OH
Tia Terrell COMMITTEE MEMBER DoubleTree by Hilton Newark Hotel Newark, OH	Jolene Warren COMMITTEE MEMBER Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris Hotel Akron, OH
Phyllis Washington COMMITTEE MEMBER Embassy Suites Akron/Canton Airport Akron, OH	Anna Won COMMITTEE MEMBER CBRE Columbus, OH
Jody Zitsman COMMITTEE MEMBER Courtyard Columbus Dublin, OH

Premier Partners

About OHLA

Hoteliers

Industry Partners

New Members

Board of Trustees

Chad Bortle

Bill Reed

Holly Hollingsworth

Alan Assaf

Stephen Stewart

Steve Wolever

Geri Lombard

Joe Savarise

Frank Arena

TRUSTEE

Eric Belfrage

DJ Falcoski

Gretchen Friend

Lisa Garner

Sue Graves

Mark Hecquet

Nancy Howard

George Limbert

Nicole McCabe

TRUSTEE

David Minah

Viren Patel

Wade Riedman

TRUSTEE

Derek Roorda

TRUSTEE

Cristian Teusan

Steve Van Sickle

Deon Watkins

TRUSTEE

Education & Workforce Development Committee

Emerging Professionals

Events and Annual Conference Committee

Government Affairs Committee

Innovation & Technology Committee

Membership Committee

Nominating Committee

Unique Lodging of Ohio Council

Women in Lodging Advisory Council