InnSuites Hospitality Trust competitors

Gene Lee was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Darden Restaurants, Inc. in February 2015 after serving as Interim CEO since October 2014. Gene brings more than 30 years of restaurant operating experience to the role, which ranges from early stage high-growth concepts to large high-volume chains.

Ryan is a cross industry Fortune 500 CEO and General Manager with leadership experience in Real Estate, Consumer Finance (especially Card), and Technology/Data. He has substantial experience with technology and digital transformation, public policy and regulatory affairs. He is currently CEO and Board Director at Realogy, the largest residential real estate brokerage company with ~$6B in revenue and over 10,000 FTE. He serves as a Director of Anthem, a F50 leading US healthcare company. Ryan joined Realogy after nearly 15 years of senior leadership experience at Capital One. Most recently, he was President of Capital One’s Card division, its largest business, for nine years leading all of the company's consumer and small business credit card businesses in the United States, U.K. and Canada. Before leading Capital One's Card businesses, Ryan led Capital One's Auto Finance business. Ryan joined Capital One in 2002 and held a variety of Executive Vice President leadership positions. Previously, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in financial services clients with an emphasis on consumer credit and insurance. Ryan received a B.A. in Economics from Williams College and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.

Mark Wang is President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV). Mr. Wang has served as Executive Vice President and President, Hilton Grand Vacations for Hilton Worldwide since March 2008 and oversees all of Hilton Worldwide’s global timeshare operations. Mr. Wang was appointed to this role after serving as Head of HGV Asia. He first joined the company in 1999 as Managing Director of Hawaii and Asia Pacific and has held a series of senior management positions within HGV. During Mr. Wang’s time as President of HGV, he also served on Hilton Worldwide’s executive committee as Executive Vice President and held a dual role as President of Global Sales for the hotel division from 2013 to 2014. He also led Hilton Worldwide’s Asia-Pacific Islander Team Member Resource Group. While leading HGV, the division has experienced eight years of consecutive growth while transforming the business to a capital efficient model. With 35 years of industry experience, Mr. Wang has earned a reputation as an innovator who brought new, highly effective sales and marketing techniques to the industry. In 1987 he introduced the U.S. vacation ownership product to the Japanese market. Prior to joining HGV, Mr. Wang co-founded three independent timeshare companies, where he served as President and COO of each. Mr. Wang serves on the American Resort Development Association’s (ARDA) Board of Directors and Executive Committee, previously served as Vice Chairperson for ARDA Hawaii, and is ARDA’s Chair-Elect for 2017.

Mike DeFrino works at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and a COO at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and is based in Ross, California.