Advisory Board

Beyond our highly capable, top-notch administrators and professors, we have a steady hand guiding and growing the School of Hospitality Administration. Members of the Dean’s Advisory Board hail from all corners of the hospitality industry: the president of Marriott International Lodging, the president of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the general managers of the Boston Park Plaza and the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, to name just a few. Some 28 members in all combine for hundreds of years of experience from around the globe.

  • Mr. Edwin Fuller (SMG’68), former President & Managing Director, Marriott International Lodging, currently President, Laguna Strategic Advisors, LLC,—Chairman of the Board
  • Mr. Thomas Engel, President, T.R. Engel Group, LLC—Vice Chairman
    of the Board
  • Mr. Hugh Andrews, President, International Hospitality Enterprises
  • Mr. James Apteker (SHA ’88), CEO, Longwood Events
  • Mr. Dennis Baker, President & CEO, Avendra, LLC
  • Mr. René Beil (’97, MET’04), Managing Partner, Beaufort Global Partners
  • Mr. Marc Bruno, President, Sports & Entertainment, ARAMARK
  • Mr. Ian Carter, President, Global Operations & Development, Hilton Worldwide
  • Mr. David Chag, CCM, General Manager, The Country Club
  • Ms. Denise Coll, former President, North America, Starwood Hotels
    & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
  • Mr. Manuel R. Costa (CGS’72, CAS’74), President & CEO,
    Costa Fruit & Produce
  • Mr. Eric Danziger, President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group
  • Mr. Ted Darnall, Principal & COO, HEI Hotels & Resorts
  • Mr. Robert Earl, Founder & CEO, Planet Hollywood International
  • Mr. Sidney Feltenstein (COM’62), Senior Operating Partner,
    Sentinel Capital Partners
  • Mr. Warren Fields, Principal & Chief Investment Officer,
    Pyramid Advisors LLC
  • Mr. Thomas A. Kershaw, Chairman & CEO, Hampshire House Corporation
  • Ms. Irma Mann, President, IRMA, Inc.
  • Mr. Joseph McInerney, President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association
  • Mr. Javier Rosenberg (SHA ’94), COO Radisson & Executive Vice President Owned and Managed Hotels, Americas
  • Mr. Robert Sage, President, Sage Hotel Corporation
  • Mr. Jeffrey G. Saunders, President & CEO, Saunders Hotel Group
  • Mr. Punit Shah, President & COO, Liberty Group of Companies
  • Ms. Jacqueline Sonnabend, Executive Vice President & Senior Quality Officer,
    Sonesta International Hotels Corporation
  • Mr. James T. Stamas, School of Hospitality Administration, Dean Emeritus
  • Mr. William Taylor, General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Boston
  • Mr. Paul Tormey, Regional Vice President & General Manager,
    Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
  • Mr. Robb Webb, Chief Human Resources Officer, Global Hyatt Corporation

Board Members Emeriti
  • Mr. Michael Athanas
  • Mr. Milan Bedrosian
  • Mr. George Berkowitz
  • Mr. Robert E. Cumings (SMG ’59)
  • Mr. Robert Derba
  • Mr. Alan Hayman
  • Mr. William Heck
  • Mr. Richard Joaquim (CFA’59)
  • Mr. Richard Kaufman
  • Mr. Tim Kirwan
  • Mr. Stuart Meyerson
  • Mr. Burton Miller
  • Mr. Raymond Murgia (SMG’59)
  • Mr. Marc Shapiro