Chicago, Illinois—First Hospitality, a nationwide lodge working and growth firm, proclaims the appointment of Walter Peseski as vp of enterprise growth. Peseski brings greater than 15 years of expertise in lodge and life-style manufacturers to this new place.
In his new position, Peseski might be accountable for main the corporate’s exterior enterprise growth efforts and driving the expansion of its third-party administration providers enterprise.
“Walter has deep management expertise within the hospitality and full-service house and can additional develop the First Hospitality property portfolio throughout the life-style phase. With the addition of Walter to our growth staff, we consider we’re positioned to execute our strategic imaginative and prescient for continued progress nationwide,” mentioned David Duncan, president and CEO of First Hospitality.
Peseski joins First Hospitality from Aimbridge Hospitality, the place he served as senior director since March 2022. Previous to that, he held a number of management positions at Quorum Resorts and Resorts from 2012 to 2022, together with vp of growth, director of growth, and senior analyst. Peseski has additionally held positions at Wyndham Locations, Virgin Resorts, Kokua Hospitality, Hilton, and Disney.
Since 2015, Peseski has served as a mentor for Mercy Road, a nonprofit group devoted to cultivating mutually remodeling relationships with inner-city youth by means of Christian mentorship, and as a volunteer for twond Saturday, a group growth company that restores the houses of Senior-Restricted-Revenue-Disabled (SLID) owners all through Dallas’ poorest neighborhoods.
Peseski holds a Grasp of Science diploma in Lodge Finance from New York College, in addition to a Bachelor of Enterprise Administration diploma in Entrepreneurship from Wilkes College.