Notification of Vote on MHLA Board slate at Annual Meeting on January 12, 2023

*The Nominating Committee Report was also sent via email to MHLA Members on November 29, 2023.

On behalf of the Association's Nominating Committee, we're pleased to share the 2024 proposed board slate for the Maryland Hotel Lodging Association.  Members will be asked to approve the slate via voice vote at the upcoming Annual Meeting.

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The proposed slate is listed below.  Executive Committee Members are nominated for a one-year term and all directors are nominated for a two-year term taking place 2024-2025. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are new or returning members who did not serve during the previous two-year term.

2024 Nominations for Executive Committee:
Chair: Linda Westgate, The Hotel at the University of Maryland /Cambria Hotel & Suites at College Park
Vice Chair: Donnie Sutton, Marriott BWI Airport
Secretary: Doug Klein, Sheraton Inner Harbor
Treasurer: Jim Starke, Best Western Plus BWI Airport / Arundel Mills
Immediate Past Chair: Michael Henningsen, Plamondon Hospitality Partners

2024-25 Nominations for Board of Directors:
Katarina Burns, Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ
Skip Cerf, Sheraton Baltimore North
Chuck Chandler, Residence Inn Fulton at Maple Lawn
Mark Elman, Hilton Ocean City Oceanfront Suites
Rodney Gooden, Westin Annapolis Hotel
Len Goodman, Courtyard Baltimore Hunt Valley
Ian Harvey, Residence Inn Baltimore @Johns Hopkins Campus
*Yolande Lacan, Homewood Suites Columbia
Peter Mangione, Turf Valley Resort
Dan McKeon, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
Patrick Miner, Courtyard Baltimore Downtown Inner Harbor
Sandip Patel, Crossroads Hospitality
Tracey Pool, Hyatt Regency Baltimore
Ben Seidel, Real Hospitality Group
Junaid Siddiqi, Presidential Hotel Advisors
*Sandeep Thakrar, Neema Hospitality

2024-25 Nominations for Allied Directors:
Kathy Konopik, HotelPro
*Darryl McCallum, Shawe Rosenthal LLP
Josh Marshall, Ecolab

Maryland Destination Marketing Organization Representative (Non-Voting):
Amanda Hof, Visit Howard County
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Education Representative (Non-Voting):
Donnisha Grant, Anne Arundel Community College – Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute