Michael L. Blank is a principal at Woodmont Lodging.

Mr. Blank has over 30 years of lodging industry experience including real estate investments, capital markets, hospitality and tourism consulting and hotel operations. Since co-founding Woodmont Lodging, Mr. Blank has spearheaded the acquisition, asset management and advisory functions. Prior to co-founding Woodmont Lodging, Mr. Blank was an executive at RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) where he had portfolio analysis, transaction, and corporate finance responsibilities. Prior to joining RLJ, Mr. Blank worked in acquisitions and dispositions at Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST) and in equity research at FBR Capital Markets covering publicly-traded lodging REITs. Mr. Blank also had roles at PKF Consulting and at the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel. Mr. Blank earned his undergraduate degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University and earned his MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.