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Founding Associates
publication date: Jul 4, 2010
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author/source: Hospitality Educators
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Overview of the credentials and professional backgrounds of the Founding Associates
His articles appear regularly in Lodging Hospitality, Hotel and Motel Management, CHEERS, NightClub and Bar,HospitalityLawyer.com. He speaks regularly on many issues for the NRA, the AH & LA, the CMA, NACE , NBTA, Texas Hotel & Lodging Association, CHEERS, and other hospitality associations and hospitality management companies, including Four Seasons, Hyatt, Hilton, Choice, Best Western Hotels, Intercontinental, and Wyndham Worldwide. He is a member of a select group of instructors worldwide designated by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association to teach its Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) program. Stephen earned his Law degree, Master of Arts in communications and a Bachelor’s degree with honors in economics from Texas Tech University. He has been recognized with a number of awards including: 1995 - City of Houston for his accomplishments at the University of Houston; 1996 - Dean’s award for Teaching Excellence at the Conrad N. Hilton College; 1998 - University Teaching Excellence Award by the University of Houston; 2000 - University of Houston’s Distance Education Award; 2007- Hilton College Outstanding Teacher award; 2009 - Hilton College “HVS” Research Award. Contact information (713) 743-2415 SBarth@HospitalityLawyer.com www.HospitalityLawyer.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ JENNIFER R. CALHOUN, MBA, CHE recently completed her doctoral program at Auburn University in Alabama and is now on the faculty of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC. As President of J & J Calhoun and Associates, Inc., she has over 25 years of experience developing and facilitating workshops for all levels of workers in hospitality, tourism, and educational organizations. Her expertise is not just multifaceted but multicultural. Jennifer was responsible for working with clients in the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean to develop business strategies to improve their productivity, reduce costs, and train managers and line associates.
Dr. Clark is the author of SMART MANAGEMENT and The Manager's Toolkit: 61 Building Blocks for Success. He is a Senior Advisor for GATE Hospitality University in Katmandu, Nepal. Over the past five years he has had published over 300 managerial articles on such topics as human resources, organizational development, training & education, soft skills development, sales & marketing, hotel operations, and customer service. He was the first recipient of the National Career Achievement in Human Resources Training Award, and received the Distinguished Public Service Award from the State of Tennessee for contributions to the area of hospitality/service training. He holds the designations of Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), Certified Human Resources Executive (CHRE) and Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. AH&LA has presented Dr. Clark with its prestigious Lamp of Knowledge Award, identifying him as an outstanding national educator. The Asian American Hotel Owners Association awarded Dr. Clark the Certified Hotel Owners (CHO) designation. Contact information: Office - 270.586.7244, Cell - 615.496.5903, mdclark@kih.net www.smartbizzonline.com _______________________________________________________________________________________ DR. WILLIAM FRYE, CHE CHO an Associate Professor at Niagara University's College of Hospitality and Tourism Management and a doctoral graduate from the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Recreation Management at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches classes in hotel operations and management, hospitality and tourism law, club management, and hospitality marketing and is the professor in charge of several of Niagara's hospitality and tourism internship and cooperative education programs. _____________________________________________________________________________
Co-founders of www.HospitalityEducators.com
Dr. John Hogan, CHA CMHS CHE CHO is a career business professional and educator who has held senior leadership with responsibility in several organizations involving operational, academic and entrepreneurial enterprise. He has demonstrated competencies as a strong leader, relationship builder, problem solver and mentor and frequently invited to speak at franchise meetings, management company and hospitality association industry events. He also acts an expert witness in both research and testimony in hospitality industry related cases.
He writes weekly columns for a number of global online services, has published more than 400 columns and co-authored (with Howard Feiertag, CHA CMP) LESSONS FROM THE FIELD - a COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO EFFECTIVE HOTEL SALES. Hogan's professional experience includes over 35 years in operations, service, sales & marketing, training, management development and asset management on both a single and multi-property basis, including service as Senior Vice President of Operations in a specialty medically oriented hotel brand for eight years.
John's background includes teaching college level courses as an adjunct professor at three different colleges and universities over a 20-year period, including Belmont University, Volunteer State CC and Newbury College.
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Kathleen Hogan, MBA CHO is Chief Exeutive Officer Co-founder of HospialityEducators.com, a membership site for hospitality professionals with an emphasis on providing resources for operational managers of hotels and restaurants and making hotels more profitable. Her articles for the hospitality industry focus on professional development and certification, business etiquette and human resources topics. They appear regularly in Hospitalitynet.org, Hotel News Resource, eHotelier.net, Hotelonline.com, Spaclique.com, 4Hoteliers.com and HospitalityEducators.com. Her passion and personal focus is in evolving the Hospitality Students Corner @HospitalityEducators.com, In addition to this current entrepreneurial website, she previously was part of the launch of another service business with the creation and implementation of the initial finance, marketing and advertising systems. Her management experience includes running the business office of a well-established architectural and engineering firm, including operating parallel computer programs for different aspects of the business. Her banking experience ranges from small-town savings to prime mortgage lending institutions. She has experience in loan servicing, consumer lending and customer service. While working in residential mortgages, she handled a volume of accounts with varied loan program types and sizes. Her experience includes loan origination, processing, and desktop-underwriting. Specialties starting with the Internship Program Series.
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