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US Hires, Promotions: Raul Leal Named CEO of SH Hotels & Resorts

New General Managers in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Bedford, Pennsylvania
Mark Timms, Melissa Woodley, Jon Sterrett
Mark Timms, Melissa Woodley, Jon Sterrett
Hotel News Now
August 26, 2021 | 12:51 P.M.

Read the latest roundup of U.S.-based new hires and promotions in the hotel industry.

Executives

Raul Leal

Raul Leal

CEO
SH Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Capital Group
Aug. 19, 2021
New hire
Experience: Leal most recently served as the president and CEO of Virgin Hotels for 10 years. In his new role, Leal will oversee Starwood Capital Group's brands 1 Hotels and Homes, Treehouse Hotels and Baccarat Hotels.

Linda Schumann

Senior vice president of human resources
Davidson Hospitality Group
Aug. 9, 2021
New hire
Experience: Previously, Schumann served as senior vice president of human resources at OTG Management where she drove a culture of performance, results and positive employee relations.

General Managers

Mark Vanderwielen

Area general manager
Hotel Zelos, Hotel Zetta and Hotel Zeppelin
San Francisco, California
Aug. 12, 2021
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Vanderwielen was the vice president of hotel and property operations at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, where he worked for over 12 years.

Jonathan Macioce

General manager
The Sanctuary Beach Resort
Monterey Bay, California
Aug. 12, 2021
New hire
Experience: Macioce was director of food and beverage for Montage Laguna Beach and later promoted to director of operations of the property in 2018.

Dave Nostrand

Dave Nostrand

General manager
Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Aug. 9, 2021
Promotion
Experience: Nostrand was promoted to general manager following his time as director of sales and marketing at the hotel for the past two years.

Fidencio Mata

General manager
Hyatt Centric SouthPark Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug. 4, 2021
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Hyatt Centric SouthPark Charlotte, Mata held the title of interim general manager at Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas.

Craig Barnett

Craig Barnett

General manager
Residence Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel
Tampa, Florida
July 28, 2021
New hire
Experience: Prior to joining Residence Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel, Barnett was resort general manager with Bluegreen Vacations, managing The Studio Homes at Ellis Square in Savannah, Georgia.

Sales and Marketing

Julian Cable-Treadwell

Director of sales and marketing
Sheraton Kauai Coconut Beach
Kapaʻa, Hawaii
Aug. 11, 2021
New hire
Experience: Most recently, Cable-Treadwell was director of marketing at Hilton - The San Juan Collection in Puerto Rico.

Larry Jones

Larry Jones

Director of sales and marketing
Westdrift Manhattan Beach, Autograph Collection Hotel
Manhattan Beach, California
Aug. 9, 2021
New hire
Experience: Jones joins the property following a turn as national sales director for the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. Previously, he was director of sales leading the rebranding and repositioning of The Garland North Hollywood.

Erin Dennis

Director of group sales and celebrations
Hyatt Centric SouthPark Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug. 4, 2021
New hire
Experience: She has worked for various hotel brands such as Radisson, Omni and Hilton as director of catering and director of sales.

Cristal Moncur

Director of corporate sales
Hyatt Centric SouthPark Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug. 4, 2021
New hire
Experience: Previously, Moncur served as the opening Director of Sales for the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Davidson, North Carolina.

Melissa Woodley

Melissa Woodley

Area director of events and event operations
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino and Resort at Squaw Creek
Incline Village, Nevada
July 27, 2021
New hire
Experience: Woodley previously worked as associate director of events at Andaz San Diego, associate director of sales and events, and director of events at Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort in Hawaii.

Food and Beverage

Brian Mastay

Food and beverage director
AC Hotel Charlotte City Center
Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug. 3, 2021
New hire
Experience: Mastay most recently served as director of food and beverage for Godley Group, where he oversaw operations for several of their restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina.

Harley Blaisdell

Executive chef
AC Hotel Charlotte City Center
Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug. 3, 2021
New hire
Experience: He most recently served as chef manager for Dartcor Food Services.

Nicholas Kabetso

Nicholas Kabetso

Director of food and beverage
The Westin Anaheim Resort
Anaheim, California
July 29, 2021
New hire
Experience: Kabesto has held positions including as the director of food and beverage at Hilton Anaheim and assistant director of food and beverage at Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Mark Timms

Mark Timms

Executive chef
The Westin Anaheim Resort
Anaheim, California
July 29, 2021
New hire
Experience: Prior to his role at The Westin Anaheim Resort, Timms held positions with Accor and oversaw the brand’s culinary operations in Russia, Spain, France and Latvia.

Mario Selar

Mario Selar

Director of beverage
The Westin Anaheim Resort
Anaheim, California
July 29, 2021
New hire
Experience: Prior to his role with The Westin Anaheim Resort, Selar served as the director of outlets for Marriott and Hyatt properties located throughout Orange County.

Andy De La Cruz

Andy De La Cruz

Lead pastry chef
The Westin Anaheim Resort
Anaheim, California
July 29, 2021
New hire
Experience: Chef De La Cruz previously worked as Fashion Island Hotel’s Pastry Chef for over 13 years.

Jon Sterrett

Jon Sterrett

Executive chef
The Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
July 12, 2021
New hire
Experience: He previously worked as executive chef at The Whale in the Distrikt Hotel Pittsburgh and earlier in his career worked at the Fairmont Pittsburgh.

Miscellaneous

Franziska Boelke

Franziska Boelke

Head concierge
The Hay-Adams
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 11, 2021
Promotion
Experience: Boelke was hired as concierge at the hotel eight years ago, and in 2018, she earned the prestigious keys from the elite professional hotel concierge association Les Clefs d’Or.

Sandor Subert

Sandor Subert

Concierge
The Hay-Adams
Washington, D.C.
June 14, 2021
New hire
Experience: Sander served as concierge at The Willard InterContinental Hotel for 24 years. Originally from Hungary, Sandor earned Les Clefs d’Or accreditation in 1994.

Carl Meyers

Director of training and organization development
Davidson Hospitality Group
Aug. 9, 2021
New hire
Experience: He recently worked at White Lodging Services, where he led the talent development function and created a robust catalog of industry-leading training and development programs.

To be included in the next roundup, email HNN’s Dan Kubacki.