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November 21, 2008

CHS NYC 2005 Board Members

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The Board for CHS NYC represents approximately 79 years of Cornell Hotel School Alumni, and has representation in areas such as Food and Beverage, Finance, Hotel Operations, Marketing and Travel Industry Associations.

We meet continuously throughout the year to plan and coordinate events for the Alumni in the NYC area, as well as to provide value to our members through partner development. Feel free to contact any member for more information or to join a board meeting, please e-mail CHS NYC President, Kimberly Moffitt Hehir.

Monica Gelinas ’99 President		monicagelinas@yahoo.com
Monica recently completed her graduate degree in NYU's Global Affairs program with a thesis on Green Hotel Development and continues consulting work. As the former Head of Supply Chain, Marketing & Product Development for Pret A Manger, her responsibilities included product development, global supply chain management, branding and merchandising, launching the chain in the United States market. Her previous community and professional work include hunger rescue, business planning consulting, and serving served as Trustee president of the Meadowlands Museum in New Jersey.
Alan Fleischman '64 Treasurer		LuckAD@aol.com
Alan has owned and managed Hotels and Restaurants throughout his career. These included The Executive Hotel (now Morgans), Tennessee Mountain BBQ in Soho, Tatou Supper Club, NYC and Forest Hills Inn in Queens. Alan currently owns ADF Real Estate, Inc, a commercial real estate brokerage firm and Restaurant Development Associates, LLC, consulting to the Hospitality Industry. He is a Board Member of the New York State Restaurant Association, NYC Chapter and Board Member of the League for the Hard of Hearing.
Anna Resek ’03 Social Chair		anna.resek@starwoodhotels.com
Anna works with Starwood Hotels and Resorts as a Senior Manager in Feasibility, Investment, and Analysis. Prior to this she worked with LaSalle Hotel Properties in Bethesda, MD, and at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia.
Deniz Omurgonulsen ’00 Program Chair		denizo@lhw.com
Deniz works with The Leading Hotels of the World as Director of Membership Development. In her current role she oversees membership acquisition and retention that supports the overall brand positioning of The Leading Hotels of the World. Prior to this, she was with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts based at The Pierre Hotel in New York. In addition to her participation in the CHS NYC Chapter, she also acts as the Class Director for her graduation year.
Hanif Jivraj ’94 Technology Chair		HJIVRAJ@aol.com
Hanif has over 10 years of experience in the hotel industry and is currently the Director of Revenue at The LONDON NYC. Previously, he worked at the Jumeirah Essex House in the same capacity,Orbitz where he was the NY area regional hotel manager. Hanif has also been with American Express Consulting, as Director of Revenue Management, at The Plaza Hotel, as the Assistant Director of Front Office and at The New York Hilton and The Hilton at Short Hills.
Erik Warner ’98 Industry Relations Chair		ewarner@ramsfieldrealestate.com
Erik has focused his career in the area of hotel real estate. He currently is a Managing Director at Ramsfield Hospitality Finance, a private equity group that invests in hotels through various types of debt products. Previously, Erik has worked with Jones Lang LaSalle in their international lodging advisory/banking division as well as HVS International.
Myles Commike ’03 Secretary		mcommike@gmail.com
Myles is a Six Sigma & Training Manager at The St. Regis Hotel, New York. He counts as one of his hobbies as base jumping off New York's skyscrapers at midnight and being lazy on the couch.
Kim Moffitt Hehir '94 Industry Relations Chair		khehir@lhw.com
Since 2003, Kim has served as Vice President of Strategic Planning for The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW). In this position, she is responsible for managing the company’s joint ventures and ancillary businesses and acting as a liaison between each department within LHW to ensure that all goals are consistent with the company’s strategic plan. Prior to joining LHW, Kim was at Shaffer & Company, which owns and asset manages over $1 billion of luxury hotel properties. Kim’s experience also includes work with Sonnenblick-Goldman Company as Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications. Prior to that, she has been the Director of Strategic Marketing at HVS International. She was recently named as one of Travel Agent Magazine's Most Powerful Women in Travel.
Bradley Burwell Collegiate Chapter Chair		bradleyburwell@gmail.com
Bradley Burwell received two doctorates in neuroscience and chemical engineering at age seven. After eradicating malaria Norway and saving two starving children from a grizzly bear in the Sudan, he returned to University where he accepted a diploma from the world famous Cornell Hotel School. Bradley now spends his time banking impoverished countries with funds he swindled from politicians during a poker game in Liberia. His hobbies include touring walkabouts in Australia.
Linda Yang ’00 Partnerships Chair		lyang@ackmanziff.com
Linda Serves as a director of the Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, specializing in financing and investment sales for hospitality assets. Previously she was with Sonnenblick Goldman, representing a variety of institutional and opportunistic investors, in addition to owner/operators. While at HVS International, Linda consulted and appraised in excess of $2 billion in hospitality real estate. Linda has also held management positions with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia.
Annie Chen ’05 Membership Chair		achen@theplc.com
Annie is currently working for The Private Label Company. As a Business Development Manager, Annie is heavily involved in the evaluation of the business to realize its full potential. In addition, Annie participates in the Cornell Hotel School Alumni Ambassador Program, in which she volunteers to interview prospective Hotel School applicants.
Sam Gleeson Hotel Show Chair 2008		sam.j.gleeson@us.pwc.com
Sam has focused his career in hospitality consulting and finance. Currently, he works for PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality and Leisure Advisory practice, where he is primarily involved in lodging and strategy projects. He is also the editor of the Manhattan Lodging Index, and actively involved in recruiting at the Hotel School.
Ben Davison Hotel Show Chair 2008		Davison@hcadvisers.com
Pam Sole '94 Former President		pamelasole@hotmail.com
After working in food and beverage operations for Aramark at a variety of New York City locations, in 1997, Pam joined the New York Palace hotel where she oversaw training for the food and beverage operations. Pam then moved into executive recruiting for the hospitality and real estate industries at Schrier Wirth Executive Search where she has served as Vice President for five years. She currently lives in Manhattan with her husband Marc and her daughter Annabelle, born in 2004.
Mark Irgang '85		mrirgang@hotmail.com
Mark currently works as Hotel Manager at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel where he is responsible for the property's overall operations. Prior to this, he has spent many years working at various New York City area Marriott hotels. After starting as the Front Office Manager at The Marriott Marquis, one of the largest hotels in New York, Mark joined the Newark Marriott Courtyard Hotel as its General Manager. He then moved to being the Northeast Regional Director for Marriott Courtyard Hotels. Afterwards, he rejoined The Marriott Marquis as the hotel's Resident Manager and went on to being the Resident Manager for the Marriott East Side Hotels.
Lara Chrisomalis '02		l.chrisomalis@cornellclubnyc.com
After graduating, Lara was hired as Executive Office Manager at The Cornell Club-New York. Five months later, she was promoted to the position of Membership Manager, where her responsibilities included aiding in the acquisition and retention of membership. Lara assumed her current position as Director of Marketing and Membership in the spring of 2005. She now oversees the Membership Department, including the Marketing budget, initiatives and promotions for The Club.
Ara Daglian ’57
With long standing career in hotel operations, Ara spent many years working in food and beverage positions with various entities of Hilton Corporation, including the Statler Hilton division. Subsequently, he has worked as a General Manager in New York City at the National Arts Club, the Cornell Club and the Century Club. Currently, he is the Executive Secretary of the Club Managers Association of America chapter of New York City. Ara also holds a BA from Columbia University and has served with the US Navy Reserve.
Joe Thomas ’54
Having focused on food and beverage management, Joe began his career by working in institutional sales and marketing with McCormick & Co. focusing on Baltimore, Washington DC and San Francisco markets. He later worked for many years with Mallory Restaurants Inc, one of the top franchisees of Burger King in Queens and Long Island. Currently, Joe is the Director of Operations with Atwood Vandell Associate, a New York based executive search firm. Joe is also actively involved with Partridge Club, a non-profit organization that raises scholarship funds for students interested in pursuing careers in the hospitality industry.
Richard McFadden		RNMCFJR@aol.com

Volunteers
Ben Cary Karen Tepper Ilya Cherepakhin Holly Rosenblum	Ben.Cary@starwoodhotels.com ktepper@gmail.com Ilya.online@gmail.com HRosenblum@mohg.com