Executive with 10+ years leading hospitality development - from feasibility, construction and opening - across hotel, restaurant and mixed-use asset classes.

COMPETENCIES

Restaurant & Hotel Development

Deal Structuring & Proformas

Equity & Underwriting Materials

Commercial Agreements

Entitlements & Permitting

Design & Pre-Construction Management

Owner’s Representation

Cross-Functional Leadership

CURRENTLY

As the VP of Project Development at MML Hospitality, I have directed the end-to-end development lifecycle for all 25+ new hotel and restaurant projects over the last decade.

The Blanco Hotel

57-key hotel with public spaces and members’ club designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Part of the overall Sixth & Blanco development, construction for the hotel is in progress with substantial completion slated for summer 2027.

  • Led early-phase planning: space planning and hotel programming to support feasibility and proformas

  • Served as the Owner’s representative for construction

  • Established and managed $45M development budget, created investor materials, and managed investor cash flow

  • Oversaw hotel technical development services across operations, finance, HR, brand, and creative

CONTRIBUTIONS

Hotel Saint Vincent

Renovation of an historic building from the 1860s into a 75-key hotel with public spaces and amenities; since opening in 2021, the hotel has been awarded a One MICHELIN Key.

  • Led the interior design team responsible for rooms and all public spaces, balancing conformance to landmarks design guidelines for historic tax credit eligibility

  • Conducted construction and FF&E value engineering exercises, site walks, and punchlists

  • Managed the FF&E/OS&E purchasing agent

  • Orchestrated pre-opening sequencing from GC turnover to first guests’ arrival

CONTRIBUTIONS

Clark’s Oyster Bar

Expansion of the restaurant concept that first opened in Austin to 5 new locations: Aspen, CO; Houston, TX; Montecito, CA; Menlo Park, CA; and Malibu, CA.

  • Managed lease negotiations, due diligence, project timelines, budgets, and permitting

  • Acted as the Owner’s rep on construction and landlord coordination

  • Created investor materials

  • Led cross-functional critical path that spanned all pre-opening needs

CONTRIBUTIONS