Industry
Conversations Series
Our Conversations with Entrepreneurs speaker series brings to campus leading hospitality entrepreneurs who share their experience, wisdom and insights with students. These leaders meet with students, helping them shape their ideas that will motivate the next generation of hospitality entrepreneurs. Participants to date include D. Teddy Zhang '97, President and Chief Executive Officer of HUBS1; Dana Lampert '08 and Lance Polivy '08, Founders of Wiggio.com; Patrick Meyers, Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director of Cervantes Capital/Quiznos; Fernando Poma '94, Managing Director, Real Hotels and Resorts; Jay Shah '90, Chief Executive Officer, Hersha Hospitality Trust; Joshua Wells '93, Vice President and General Counsel of American Food and Vending Corp.; Steven Wells '86, Chief Operating Officer of American Food and Vending Corp.; Robert Alter '73, Chairman of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.; Mike Leven, Vice Chairman, Marcus Foundation; Greg Dollarhyde '80, Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Pacific Island Restaurants, Inc.; Felix Laboy '86, President and Co-founder of E-site Marketing; Harris Rosen '61, Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Rosen Hotels and Resorts; Shelley Rosen, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Airlift Ideas, Inc.; Randy Smith, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Smith Travel Research; Giancarlo Turano '01, National Sales Manager of Turano Baking; Joseph Turano '98, Operation Manager of Turano Baking; Lee Stein, Managing Partner, Virtual Group, LLC; Mark Harmon, Chief Executive Officer, Auberge Resorts.