Industry Speakers Share Experience with SHL Students

Blending a great hospitality education, and practical application, Dr. Cynthia Deale’s Introduction to Hospitality (HMGT 1350 section 002) class has been fortunate to have the following speakers visit this fall to share their hospitality and tourism industry experiences and information on possible career paths with ECU School of Hospitality Leadership students.

The following industry partners have shared this expertise with students. SHL students are required to write a brief report on each speaker and the information presented.

• Andrew Schmidt –Director of the Greenville, NC Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
• Amanda Ohlensehlen-Havelock, NC Economic Development Coordinator—(ECU COB, School of Hospitality Leadership  MS Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality graduate, Spring 2017)
• Inez Ribustello—Owner/operator of On the Square restaurant, Tarboro Brewing Company and, TBC West (Tacos & Taproom), NC
• Steve Hood, Senior Vice President of Smith Travel Research, Nashville, TN
• JP Fesperman,  Director of Campus Dining for ARAMARK at ECU
• Aileen Mancini—Assistant General Manager of the Rock Springs Center in Greenville, NC
• Buckley Brockmann—Golf Superintendent of the Beechwood Golf
• & Country Club in Ahoskie, NC
• Kyle Smith—Assistant General Manager of the Hilton Garden Inn, Cary, NC (ECU School of Hospitality Leadership graduate, 2016)
• Kathy Brown–Human Resources director of the Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary, NC
• Brandon Robertson –General Manager of the Ayden Golf & Country Club in Ayden, NC (ECU School of Hospitality Leadership graduate, fall 2015)

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