Board of Trustees

Stephen Stewart

PRESIDENT
Hyatt Regency Columbus
General Manager

Bill Reed

VICE PRESIDENT
Aloft Cleveland Downtown
General Manager

Chad Bortle

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
SJB Management Inc.
VP of Operations

Alan Assaf

TREASURER
Indus Hotels
COO

Steve Wolever

ALLIED OFFICER
Signature Worldwide
President & CEO

Geri Lombard

EX OFFICIO MEMBER
Hotel LeVeque Columbus
General Manager

Joe Savarise

PRESIDENT & CEO
Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association

Eric Belfrage

TRUSTEE

CBRE Hotels-Investment Properties
Columbus, OH

DJ Falcoski

TRUSTEE

New Avenue Architects & Engineers
Upper Arlington, OH

Lisa Garner

TRUSTEE
Marriott and Residence Inn Columbus University Area
Columbus, Ohio

Sue Graves

TRUSTEE
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, OH

Steve Groppe

TRUSTEE

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cleveland-Westlake
Westlake, OH

Holly Hollingsworth

TRUSTEE

Hotel LeVeque
Columbus, OH

Nancy Howard

TRUSTEE
Hilton Columbus/Polaris
Columbus, OH

Sumeet Jetha

TRUSTEE
Jetha Group
Cincinnati, OH

Linda Klug

TRUSTEE

Among the Trees Lodging
Logan, OH

George Limbert

TRUSTEE
Red Roof
New Albany, OH

David Minah

TRUSTEE
The Tudor Arms Hotel Cleveland, A DoubleTree by Hilton
Cleveland, OH

Viren Patel

TRUSTEE
Sirius Capital Group
Grove City, OH

Wade Riedman

TRUSTEE

Graduate Hotel Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Derek Roorda

TRUSTEE

The Phelps, Residence Inn
By Marriott
Cincinnati, OH

Richard Stegman

TRUSTEE

The Victorian Tudor Inn
Bellevue, OH

Cristian Teusan

TRUSTEE
Embassy Suites Akron Canton Airport
North Canton, OH

Steve Van Sickle

TRUSTEE
Sauder Heritage Inn & Campground
Archbold, OH

Mark Hecquet

ALLIED TRUSTEE
Butler County Visitors Bureau
West Chester, OH

Gretchen Friend

ALLIED TRUSTEE
Columbus State Community College 
Columbus, Ohio