About
Advisory Board Members
Denise Coll
President
North America Division
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
As President, North America Division, Denise oversees operations, sales and marketing for more than 450 hotels in the U.S., Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas, French Polynesia and British West Indies.
Denise brings a wealth of more than 20 years of various Starwood operations experience to this job, having been a Senior Vice Presdient, General Manager, Area Manager and Regional Vice President. She has also overseen the Company's Reservations operations, Franchise Operations Group and Staff Services function for Sheraton as SVP of its North American Division. In 1998, Denise joined Fidelity Group's Seaport Companies as Chief Operating Officer and then SVP and General Manager for the Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Denise re-joined Starwood in 2004 as Regional Vice President of Operations for the New England region.
Denise earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Master in Business Administration Degree from Simmons College. She has served as Chairman of the Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Bessie Tartt Children's Foundation and the Advisory Boards for The Boston University School of Hospitality Administration and The University of Massachusetts, Amherst.