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| Fern Kanter |
ATLANTA, GA, June 13, 2019—Castell
Project, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the
careers of women professionals in the hospitality industry, today announced
that it has added three members to its board of directors:.
The are Fern Kanter, managing director and EVP,
CHMWarnick; Catherine E. Morgen, partner, Morris, Manning & Martin,
LLP; and Kirk Kinsell, principal, Panther Ridge Partners, LLC.
“As the Castell Project continues to expand its mission to
help advance women within the hospitality industry, we have added three very
well recognized industry names to our board of directors,” said Peggy Berg,
president, Castell Project, Inc.
“Between Fern, Catherine and Kirk, we have gained
true leaders with myriad connections and exceptional knowledge and experience
throughout all aspects of the industry.
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| Catherine E. Morgen |
"Each has demonstrated a commitment to our goals, and
we have no doubt they will help shape our course for the better moving
forward.”
Fern Kanter
With nearly 40 years of hospitality industry experience, Kanter currently
serves as managing director and executive vice-president at CHMWarnick, the
leading hotel asset management and owner advisory services company.
Her experience
spans many facets of hotel operation and investment, with proven expertise in
strategic planning, acquisition/investment and development programming for
existing and planned visitor-based real estate.
Kanter continues to
oversee the on-going development of a Business Intelligence platform for CHMW
using the data to identify opportunities to improve hotel performance and asset
value for hotel owners.
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| Patty Berg |
She received her master’s in business administration
from University of Miami and her Bachelor of Arts from SUNY-Albany.
Kanter has been instrumental in promoting gender diversity within her company
and throughout the industry, particularly within the field of hotel asset
management.
She has championed multiple women to participate in the
Castell Program, served as the former chair of Urban Land Institute’s Women’s
Leadership Initiative for New England and is actively involved with several
universities and colleges supporting the integration of gender-based training
for hospitality professionals.
In 2018, Kanter was named one of Hotel Management’s 30
Most Influential Women in Hospitality.
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| Kirk Kinsell |
Kirk Kinsell
Prior to his current role with Panther Ridge Partners, LLC, a
private investment and advisory group, Kinsell was president and CEO for Loews
Hotels.
Before that, he spent 19 years with InterContinental Hotels
Group (IHG), holding several leadership positions, including president,
Americas; president, Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and, served as an
executive director for IHG, PLC.
He also serves on
the board of directors for the Georgia Aquarium and is a board advisor to
Emadri and HP Hotels. Additionally, he is vice-chair and trustee for the
AH&LA Educational Foundation.
Kinsell holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California, San Diego
and a Master of Professional Studies degree from the Cornell University, School
of Hotel Administration (SHA). Kinsell also completed the Senior
Executive Program at the London Business School.
Catherine E. Morgen
Morgen concentrates her practice on the representation of real estate
clients engaged in the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of
commercial real estate.
She is experienced handling large multi-state transactions,
hospitality properties, office, medical and industrial leasing, as well as
complex restrictive covenant and easement transactions that deal with the
operational aspects of projects which rely on shared facilities and amenities
and fractional ownership structure transactions.
She has significant history representing developers, owners
and managers of hotel properties in effecting acquisitions, dispositions
and mergers, developing their properties, structuring and negotiating operating
and management agreements, arranging financing, reviewing franchise agreements
and leasing.
Morgen has written and spoken on a variety of real estate
matters including easements, development and leasing.
She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts
from Florida State University and received her Juris Doctor degree from the University
of Virginia School of Law.
CONTACT:
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(703) 435-6293
