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"The greatest leaders are the greatest servants."
Mark Williams joined Coakley & Williams Hotel Management Company in February 2007 after spending nearly five years with the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, Florida. His experience there covered a number of roles including: attractions, entertainment, restaurants, training, and resorts. In August 2006, Mark graduated with a B.S. degree in Hospitality Management from University of Central Florida's Rosen College of Hospitality Management Orlando, FL. The Rosen College is consistently ranked as one of the top hospitality programs in the world. In 2011 Mark received his MBA from Grand Canyon University's Ken Blanchard School of Business. He assumed the role of CEO for Coakley & Williams Hotel Management Company in April 2017. In 2012 he was listed in Hotel Management Magazines HMYP October issue as "Thirty Under 30 - Outstanding Leaders in the Hospitality Industry." Mark has served as Chair for AH&LA's Under 30 Gateway. He has been a columnist for Hotel News Now and Hotel Management Magazine. Mark has served on IHG’s Owner Associations Emerging Leaders Council and is currently serving on the Dean’s Advisory Council Board for the University of Central Florida Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
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Bill Kohl oversees the strategic and operational direction of Greenwood Hospitality Group's portfolio of hotels. Additionally, he directs the Company's activities in restaurant development, concept design and re-positioning. Mr. Kohl's portfolio experience includes oversight of many high-profile assets, direct responsibility for opening eleven hotels as well as concept design of over twenty-five restaurants.
During his thirty-five-year career, Bill has received several honors including The Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association's General Manager of the Year and the American Hotel and Lodging Association's State Leadership Award. Kohl has been featured in Lodging Magazine and has had restaurants featured in Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Colonial Homes Magazine as well as the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal. His restaurants consistently achieve the AAA Four Diamond Award and several have won the coveted DiRōNA Award. He has twice been recognized by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine as a Top of the Table Award winner for restaurant design. Bricco, one of his concepts, was twice awarded the prestigious "Culinary andHospitality Award" by Santé Magazine recognizing it as the number one restaurant in the Mid-Atlantic Region for quality of food and service and one of nine award winners nationwide. A wine specialist, Kohl has consistently been recognized by Wine Spectator Magazine for innovative wine lists and programs. His wine lists have routinely received the “Best of Award of Excellence” from Wine Spectator. Within the industry, he frequently lectures, teaches, and writes about wine and food.
In 2014, Greenwood Hospitality Group won all four of Marriott's Franchise Brand Awards including the Guest Relations Award, Spirit to Serve Award, Excellence in Food and Beverage and the Marriott Partnership Award. In 2015 Greenwood once again won the Excellence in Food and Beverage Award and was entered into Marriott's Partnership Hall of Fame. Mr. Kohl currently serves on the National Restaurant Association's Education Foundation Board and the National Restaurant Association’s Board of Directors and is the immediate Past Chair of its Political Action Committee. He is a past Director of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, Past Chair of both the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association and the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Associations. He currently serves as a member of the Marriott Food and Beverage Advisory Committee and the Renaissance Hotels Owners' Advisory Board. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree
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