| Archie Bennett |
Mr. Archie Bennett, Jr., is a Secretary & Director at Remington Hotel Corp., a Chairman at Remington Holdings LP and a Chairman at Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC. He is on the Board of Directors at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. and Remington Hotel Corp. Mr. Bennett was previously employed as a Co-Founder by Remington Hotels LLC, a Member by American Hotel & Lodging Association, Inc., and a Member by American Hotel & Motel Association. |
| Justin R. Coe |
Justin R. Coe is currently the Chief Accounting Officer at Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Ashford, Inc. He also holds the position of Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP. Additionally, he is the Chief Accounting Officer at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Mr. Coe completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Texas State University. |
| Deric S. Eubanks |
Mr. Deric S. Eubanks, CFA, is a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Ashford, Inc., a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Ashford OAINC, Inc., a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Ashford LLC, a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC, a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., a Member at CFA Institute and a Member at CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth, Inc. Mr. Eubanks was previously employed as a Manager-Financial Analysis by ClubCorp, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from SMU-Cox School of Business. |
| Montgomery Jack Bennett |
Mr. Montgomery J. Bennett is a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Ashford OAINC, Inc., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Ashford, Inc., a Chairman at Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Ashford LLC, a Chairman at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Remington Hotel Corp., a Chief Executive Officer at Remington Holdings LP, a Member at Cornell Hotel Society, Inc., a Member-CEO Fiscal Leadership Council at Fix The Debt, a Member-Hotel Council at The Urban Land Institute and a Member-Real Estate Finance Advisory Council at American Hotel & Lodging Association, Inc. Mr. Bennett was previously employed as a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Ashford Investment Management LLC, a Chief Executive Officer & Owner by Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC, and a Co-Founder by Remington Hotels LLC. He also served on the board at Christian Union. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and an MBA from Johnson Graduate School of Management. |
| Mark L. Nunneley |
Mark L. Nunneley is currently a Senior Managing Director at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. and Ashford, Inc. He is also the Chief Accounting Officer at Ashford OAINC, Inc., Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC, and Ashford LLC. Mr. Nunneley is a Member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and Dallas CPA Society. In the past, Mr. Nunneley served as the Chief Accounting Officer at Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. from 2013 to 2023. He was also a Tax Manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Prior to that, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Remington Hotel Corp. and Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Nunneley completed his undergraduate degree at Pepperdine University in 1979 and his graduate degree at the University of Houston in 1981. |
| Stephen Vincent Zsigray |
Stephen Vincent Zsigray is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. and also holds the position of Head-Cash Management & Hedging Strategy at Ashford, Inc. Previously, he worked as an Execution Trader at Ashford Investment Management LLC. He completed his undergraduate studies at St. Louis University and holds an MBA from Kelley School of Business. |
| Davinder Sra |
Davinder Sra is an Independent Director at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. He previously worked as a Senior Vice President-Operations at Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC from 1995 to 2020. Mr. Sra holds an MBA from Georgia Southern University and an undergraduate degree from Panjab University Chandigarh. |
| Sheri L. Pantermuehl |
Sheri L. Pantermuehl is an Independent Director at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. since 2018 and the Chief Financial Officer at Alan Ritchey, Inc. since 2015. She previously worked as a Finance Director at Blockbuster, Inc., Treasurer & Director at The Arthritis Foundation, Chief Financial Officer at Vertical Computer Systems, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer at Intrametrics Corp. From 2007 to 2011, she served as the Chief Financial Officer & Controller at Riptide Worldwide, Inc. Ms. Pantermuehl obtained her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. |
| Kamal Jafarnia |
Kamal Jafarnia founded Opto Investments Inc., where he is working as General Counsel. Mr. Jafarnia also currently works at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., as Independent Director from 2013, Institute For Portfolio Alternatives, as Director from 2020, Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc., as Independent Director from 2022, and various other companies. Mr. Jafarnia also formerly worked at Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., as Independent Director from 2019 to 2022, Provasi Capital Partners LP, as Managing Director-Legal & Business Development, W.P. Carey, Inc., as Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel from 2014 to 2017, and various other companies. Mr. Jafarnia received his undergraduate degree in 1988 from The University of Texas at Austin, graduate degree in 2011 from Georgetown University Law Center, and graduate degree in 1992 from Temple University Beasley School of Law. |
| David W. Johnson |
Mr. David W. Johnson is a Chairman at Sonida Senior Living, Inc., an Independent Director at Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc., an Independent Director at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., a Director & Vice Chairman-Development at Meeting Professionals International, a Managing Director at Horizon Capital Partners LLC and a Member at CEO Roundtable LLC. He is on the Board of Directors at Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc., Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Alabama), The Living Co., The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Inc., ASFONA, Inc., Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Plano Family YMCA, U.S. Travel Association and Meeting Professionals International. Mr. Johnson was previously employed as an Independent Director by Gaylord Entertainment Co., an Executive Co-Chairman by Aimbridge Hospitality LLC, a President by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC, and a Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President by Wyndham International, Inc. He also served on the board at Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings LLC, Active Media Services, Inc. and JDRF International. He received his undergraduate degree from Northeastern Illinois University. |
| Alan L. Tallis |
Alan L. Tallis is an Independent Director at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. since 2013. He is also a Director at Cruise Inns LLC and the Principal of Alan L Tallis & Associates. Previously, he served as the General Counsel & Executive VP-Development at Red Roof Inns, Inc. from 1994 to 1999. From 2008 to 2011, he was the Executive Vice President-Asset Management at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. He also held the positions of President & Chief Development Officer at LQ Management LLC and President at La Quinta Franchising LLC from 2000 to 2006. Mr. Tallis obtained an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and the McCombs School of Business. He also holds a graduate degree from the University of Miami. |
| Frederick J. Kleisner |
Frederick J. Kleisner currently works at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., as Independent Director from 2016, Museum of Arts & Design, as Director, Athora Holding Ltd., as Director, and NRI Real Estate Investment & Technology, Inc., as Independent Director from 2023. Mr. Kleisner also formerly worked at Wyndham International, Inc., as Chairman, President, CEO & COO from 2000 to 2005, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC, as Chief Executive Officer-Americas from 1998 to 1999, Morgans Hotel Group Co., as Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2009 to 2011, Rex Advisors LLC, as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2007, Innkeepers USA Trust, as Director from 2007 to 2010, Kindred Healthcare LLC, as Independent Director from 2009 to 2018, The Sheraton Corp., as SVP & Director-Operations North America Division from 1985 to 1990, Hard Rock Hotel Holdings LLC, as President & Director in 2011, Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2016, The Culinary Institute of America, Inc., as Director, Playtime LLC, as Independent Director, Caesars Holdings, Inc., as Independent Director from 2015 to 2017, Aimbridge Hospitality LLC, as Independent Director from 2017 to 2019, Hilton Hotels Corp., as General Manager, Hard Rock Hotel, Inc., as President, Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., as President & Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1998, Interstate Hotels Co., as Group President-Operations & Executive VP from 1990 to 1995, Westin Philadelphia Hotel Co., as President, National Outdoor Leadership School, as Trustee, and ITT Sheraton Corp., as Senior Vice President from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Kleisner received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. |
| Amish V. Gupta |
Amish V. Gupta is the founder of Montfort Capital Partners, which was founded in 2016. He is currently the Lead Independent Director at Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. since 2014, the Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner at RETC LP since 2010, and the Chief Operating Officer at RETC LLC (Texas) since 2010. Previously, he worked as an Associate Manager at Procter & Gamble Co. and as an Associate at The Carlyle Group LP (Real Assets) from 2009 to 2010. Mr. Gupta completed his undergraduate degree at Emory University and holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. |
