I am Regional Director of America West for Preferred Hotels & Resorts, responsible for overseeing hotel retention and dedicated initiatives for the company’s member hotels in the region. In the past I've worked for Travelocity (LA and French Polynesia market manager) and Montage Hotels & Resorts. I began my hospitality career at Montage holding various operations and revenue management positions and was part of the opening team at Montage Beverly Hills. Prior to hospitality, I managed a team in the efforts for five humanitarian development projects in post-2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Banda Aceh, Indonesia.