Lindsey Ueberroth

President

Lindsey Ueberroth is President of Preferred Hotel Group™ and a member of its board of directors. Ms. Ueberroth leads the company’s global growth strategy and oversees its six distinct brands: Preferred Hotels® & Resorts, Preferred Boutique™, Summit Hotels & Resorts™, Sterling Hotels™, Sterling Design, and Summit™ Serviced Residences. Prior to her role as President, Ms. Ueberroth served as Executive Vice President and led efforts to create and implement innovative global technology solutions for the company, including the redesign and enhancement of its global booking engine infrastructure. Ms. Ueberroth began her career at Preferred Hotel Group managing global brand strategy, internal technology, and brand performance. In 2005, she successfully created and launched the company’s Preferred Boutique™ brand.

Before joining Preferred Hotel Group, Ms. Ueberroth was an account executive at Ambassadors International, Inc., a global meetings and incentives company. Prior to that, she was a management consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

Ms. Ueberroth also serves on the board of directors for Historic Hotels of America. She is an active member of the U.S. Travel Association and the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Ms. Ueberroth has traveled to more than 60 countries and visited every continent except Antarctica. A graduate of Wake Forest University in North Carolina, she currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Gail Ueberroth

Vice Chairman & Chief Marketing Officer

Gail Ueberroth joined Preferred Hotel Group in 2004 as co-owner and partner with her husband, John. Her distinguished career in travel and hospitality has led her to more than 110 countries, fueling a passion for travel and a hands-on understanding of diverse global markets. In addition to her past work with Carlson Travel and Ambassadors Group, Gail has created innovative travel programs for Neiman Marcus, Young Presidents Organization, and CEO, as well as numerous alumni, museum, and symphonic non-profit organizations. In her prior role at PHG as President, Gail oversaw numerous departments including Global Marketing, Marketing Communications and Creative Services.

Casey Ueberroth

Senior Vice President, Marketing

Casey Ueberroth is Senior Vice President of Marketing at Preferred Hotel Group™. Mr. Ueberroth leads the company’s marketing strategy in the Americas, including key niche marketing programs, creative services, the company’s global guest benefit program (I Prefer), and all brand publications, directories, and magazines.

Mr. Ueberroth also continues to oversee the development and execution of Preferred Golf, the launch of which he spearheaded in 2008. Preferred Golf is a niche market membership program created in partnership with American Express that includes prestigious members such as The Broadmoor, Pinehurst, and The K Club.

Mr. Ueberroth began his career with Preferred Hotel Group in 2007 as Area Managing Director for the western United States. In this role he oversaw the development and management for the region’s hotels and resorts.

Before joining Preferred Hotel Group, Mr. Ueberroth served as Assistant Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank N.A. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and currently resides in Costa Mesa California with his wife Brooke and their two sons and one daughter.

John Ueberroth

Chairman and CEO

John A. Ueberroth is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Preferred Hotel Group. As such, Ueberroth oversees the expansion of Preferred Hotel Group and its family of brands into existing and developing markets worldwide.

Ueberroth has more than 30 years of executive level experience in the travel industry, ranging from global travel agencies, to airline and travel service companies, as well as major industry associations.

Ueberroth began his career in the travel industry in 1967 when he joined his brother, Peter at Transportation Consultants International (TCI), which became the world’s largest travel representation company, representing hotels and airlines among other businesses. Subsequently, TCI bought Ask Mr. Foster travel agency, where Ueberroth served as President from 1971-80, growing the business from 29 offices to over 1000. In 1980, TCI was sold to the Carlson Companies. Ueberroth served as President of Carlson Travel Group from 1980 until 1989. From 1990-93, he served as Chairman and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, and from 1993 to 2003 he served as CEO of Ambassadors International (NASDAQ: AMIE).

In addition to his post at Preferred Hotel Group, Ueberroth is Chairman of the Board at Ambassadors Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPAX), an education travel company. He has also served as chairman of the Travel Industry Association of America and the U.S. Tour Operators Association, and remains actively involved with both organizations.

Richard White

Senior Vice President — Global Sales

Richard White has led a distinguished career in the hospitality industry for more than 26 years. In 1978, he began his career with Western International Hotel at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. He then became Director of Sales & Marketing of two Houston-based properties – the Westin Galleria and Houston Oaks. After that he joined Stouffer Hotels and Resorts where he opened the Los Angeles property as Director of Marketing. Soon thereafter, he was promoted to Assistant General Manager at the Los Angeles Stouffer Concourse Hotel.

In 1989, Mr. White joined Hyatt International as Director of Marketing for the Grand Hyatt in Taipei. In 1991, he served as Director of Sales, North America in Los Angeles. Following that, he served as Director of Marketing for North Asia, based in Tokyo, for five years. During this time, Mr. White opened the Grand Hyatt in Fukuoka, the Hyatt Regency in Osaka, and the Park Hyatt in Tokyo. Mr. White also assisted in the opening of Hyatt International Hotels such as the Grand Hyatt in São Paulo, Brazil; the Hyatt Regency Paris – Madeleine; the Park Hyatt Paris – Vendôme; and the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. From 2001-2004, he served as Vice President of Global Sales based in Hyatt International’s corporate office in Chicago and oversaw 15 global sales offices.

Mr. White resides in Laguna Beach, California with his wife, Janet.

Michelle L. Woodley

Senior Vice President, Distribution & Revenue Management

Michelle Woodley is Senior Vice President of Distribution & Revenue Management at Preferred Hotel Group. She oversees the strategy and management of distribution and reservation systems and provides functional oversight of Revenue Account Management. In addition, she is responsible for the company’s brand websites and e-commerce strategies.

Prior to her current role, Michelle served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Strategy, with responsibility for the execution of branding, global marketing programs, and online distribution for the group and its brands.

Before joining Preferred Hotel Group, Michelle was Vice President of Distribution for Swissôtel and Raffles Hotels & Resorts from 1997 to 2002, where she oversaw the strategic direction and operations of the company’s electronic distribution and database solutions. She held various senior positions in operations, marketing, and distribution with Swissôtel from 1990 to 1997.

Michelle has been an active board member in industry organizations. She served two terms as president and two terms as vice president of the Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA), and she was a founding member of the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) and served two terms on OTA’s board of directors as treasurer.

Michelle is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

Robert Van Ness

Executive Vice President, The Americas

Robert joined Preferred Hotel Group in 2000 as Vice President of Sales and was promoted in 2004 to Area Managing Director responsible for the 70 hotels and resorts that comprise the Americas Central and Southern region. In 2008, he was elevated to Executive Managing Director, Global, with oversight of the company’s team of regional directors. Prior to joining PHG, Robert was Vice President of Sales for General Hotels Corporation, a multiple hotel management company based in Indianapolis, and served as Director of Sales at the Surf & Sand Resort, a Preferred resort in Southern California. Robert is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Hotel Administration.

Ananya Narayan

Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa
Senior Vice President, Global Strategy

Ananya Narayan has been with Preferred Hotel Group since 2002, when he joined as Area Managing Director, Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining Preferred Hotel Group, Narayan served as Director of Strategic Marketing in Asia Pacific for Hyatt International and as Director of Marketing at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.

Narayan holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University.