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Jon E. Eliassen
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Jon Eliassen was appointed Interim President and CEO of Red Lion Hotels Corporation on January 13, 2010. He has been a director of the company since September 2003. Mr. Eliassen was President and CEO of the Spokane Area Economic Development Council from 2003 until 2007. Mr. Eliassen retired in 2003 from his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avista Corp., a publicly-traded diversified utility. Mr. Eliassen spent 33 years at Avista, including the last 16 years as its Chief Financial Officer. While at Avista, Mr. Eliassen was an active participant in development of a number of successful subsidiary company operations including technology related startups Itron, Avista Labs and Avista Advantage. Mr. Eliassen serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Itron Corporation, serves as a member of the Board of Directors of IT Lifeline, Inc, and is the principal of Terrapin Capital Group, LLC. Mr. Eliassen's corporate accomplishments are complemented by his extensive service to the community in roles which have included director and President of the Spokane Symphony Endowment Fund, director of The Heart Institute of Spokane, Washington State University Research Foundation, Washington Technology Center, Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute and past director of numerous other organizations and energy industry associations..
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Anthony F. Dombrowik
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Dombrowik has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since April, 2008 and is a member of the senior management team. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Dombrowik has been with Red Lion Hotels Corporation since May 2003. Mr. Dombrowik was previously employed as senior manager at the public accounting firm of BDO Seidman, LLP, where he served as an auditor, certified public accountant and consultant from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Dombrowik’s public accounting practice focused on auditing and consulting for mid-market public companies, with particular attention to consolidations, capital and debt transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and the hospitality industry. While in public practice, Mr. Dombrowik represented BDO Seidman, LLP on the Red Lion Hotels Corporation audit engagement.
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Thomas L. McKeirnan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mr. McKeirnan has been our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2005 and is a member of the senior management team. Prior to that he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from January 2004 through February 2005 and Vice President, Assistant General Counsel from July 2003 to January 2004. Prior to joining us, Mr. McKeirnan was a partner at the Spokane, Washington law firm of Paine Hamblen Cofflin Brooke & Miller LLP from January 2002 until July 2003 and an associate attorney at the same firm from 1999 to 2001. Mr. McKeirnan was also an associate attorney with the Seattle, Washington law firm of Riddell Williams P.S. from 1995 until 1999. Mr. McKeirnan's private legal practice has focused on corporate, transactional, real estate and securities law, with an emphasis on the hospitality industry. While in private practice, Mr. McKeirnan represented us as outside counsel on various strategic and transactional matters and also represented WestCoast Hotels, Inc. prior to our acquisition of that company.
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George Schweitzer
Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer, Hotel Operations
Mr. Schweitzer has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Hotel Operations since November 2009 and is a member of the senior management team for RLH. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. George joined RLH in April 2008 as Senior Vice President, Hotel Operations. In 2001, George founded LaborSage, Inc., which developed labor scheduling software. His company was subsequently sold to UniFocus, L.P. out of Dallas, TX in August, 2006. Mr. Schweitzer was the President of the VenQuest Hotel Group, based in Irvine, CA and Vice President Operations for Sunstone Hotels. Prior to that, George was a Regional Vice President for Red Lion Hotels & Inns for 12 years. George is a Certified Hotel Administrator with a background in Business Administration. He attended the University of Montana, California State University Long Beach and UCLA.
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Harry G. Sladich
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Harry Sladich was appointed Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing in May, 2010 and serves as a member of our senior management team. A native of Spokane, Washington, Harry has been an active participant in the hospitality industry since 1979. He began his career at the former Sheraton Hotel in Spokane. He later became President and Owner of Hospitality & Services Marketing and merged his business with GuestMark International. He became Vice President, Sales & Marketing and then Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Sterling Hospitality Management before being named in 2005 as President & CEO of the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has appointed Sladich to two boards including the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program and the Washington State Convention Center. He also served on the boards of the Western Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (WACVB), Washington State Destination Marketing Organization (WSDMO), Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County and Spokane Club. In addition, Sladich is an Honorary Commander at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Barry A. Hughes
Senior Vice President, Distribution & Marketing
Mr. Hughes has served as Vice President, Distribution & Marketing at Red Lion Hotels Corporation since November 2002. Mr. Hughes is a member of the senior management team for our company and oversees distribution and revenue management, call center operations and marketing. From December 1999 to November 2002, he was Executive Vice President of Electronic Media and Corporate Strategy for Proximus Information, LLC in New York, New York. From November 1998 to December 1999 he served as Vice President of Electronic Media at Cahners Business Information Travel Group in Secaucus, New Jersey. From August 1994 to November 1998 he served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Trase Miller in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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David Barbieri
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Mr. Barbieri has been with our company since 1996 and serves as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Barbieri is a member of the senior management team for Red Lion Hotels Corporation and is responsible for the company's information technology initiatives ranging from network and application infrastructure to Internet-based application design and e-commerce. Before joining our company, Mr. Barbieri worked as an engineer for a data backup hardware manufacturing company.
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Krisann Hatch
Vice President, Human Resources
Ms.Hatch has served as the Vice President of Human Resources for Red Lion Hotels Corporation since 2002 and is a member of the senior management team. Ms. Hatch had previously been with Hilton Hotels for 13 years, starting her hotel career in 1989 with Red Lion Hotels and serving in the role of Director of Human Resources at six different hotels throughout the Pacific Northwest and through each of the numerous mergers - from Red Lion to Doubletree to Promus to Hilton. In 1999, she became the Regional Director of Human Resources for Hilton Hotels, responsible for up to 42 hotels in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Alaska, and Colorado. Ms. Hatch is a Senior Professional, Human Resources through the Human Resources Certification Institute and serves on the Board of the Spokane Chapter of the Northwest Human Resources Management Association.
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Richard P. Carlson
Vice President, Lodging Development
Rich Carlson was appointed Vice President, Lodging Development in March, 2010 and also serves as a member of the senior management team for RLH. Rich comes to our company with a wealth of experience. Since March 2009, Rich served as Vice President with Summit Capital, being primarily responsible for arranging real estate financing for hotel owners. Prior to Summit Capital, Rich served as Vice President, Lodging Development for Marriott International. He was responsible for development of Marriott’s select service and extended stay brands in Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, where he added over 60 hotels, with 7,900 rooms and a net present value of over $80 million through franchising and management contracts. Rich worked extensively with hotel owners, brokers, consultants, architects and other professionals to increase Marriott’s brand distribution in the Pacific Southwest.
Prior to Marriott, Rich worked with Insignia ESG Hotel Partners as Managing Director, where he represented clients such as LaSalle Hotel Properties, Sunburst Hospitality, Archon, and Pacifica Companies marketing and selling hotel assets nationwide. He was also Director of Acquisitions for Sunburst Hospitality with responsibility for all phases of site acquisition, including feasibility, contract negotiation and entitlement, and Director of Development for Chartwell Leisure with responsibilities for Hilton Garden Inn site acquisition, property evaluation and market analysis.
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