Stephanie Atkisson is senior vice president of commercial strategies at Raines.

Stephanie Atkisson has been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. She started her career as a dual property sales coordinator and quickly moved into a director of sales role with HP Hotels at a Hilton Garden Inn, and she was promoted to regional director of sales supporting multi-branded properties in the Southeast region. She was with HP Hotels for 18 years, and 16 of those years were in a multi-property regional role that was influential in the development of the sales and marketing processes and growing an award-winning sales team. In 2023, HP Hotels and Raines Hospitality merged and now Atkisson is senior vice president of commercial strategies at Raines.

In her 20-year hospitality career, she earned 2008 Partner of the Year and 2014 Hospitality Professional of the Year awarded by Visit Charlotte and previously earned Director of Sales of the Year and was nominated for Female Executive of the Year for the lodging industry by Hotel Interactive.

She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and advertising.