Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Board Members

Executive Board

Sales Program Manager
Tableau Software (a Salesforce company)
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Past Presidents Active on the Board

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Jason Bayona, '05
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & University Relations
Marriott International
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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
Head of Acquisitions and Business Development - Americas
Banyan Tree Group
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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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Regional Vice President, Sales and Distribution
Marriott International

Sales and Events Coordinator
The Pennsylvania Market

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

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