Ms. Kish serves as Chief Operating Officer of Milestone Hospitality Management, LLC. Ms. Kish oversees the operations of a portfolio of 15 full and limited service hotels comprising 2,552 rooms with annual revenues of more than $75,000,000. She joined Milestone in 1998 as principal and Chief Operating Officer.
She began her hospitality career with the Potomac Hotel Group (Washington, D.C.) on whose behalf she managed a number of three and four star, independent upscale hotels as well as full service brand hotels in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region. In 1992, Ms. Kish joined Grand Heritage Hotels, Inc. (Annapolis, MD) and appointed General Manager of the "Four Star", "Four Diamond" Peabody Court Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1993 she was promoted to the position of Director-Transitions for the company, and during the period 1993 though 1997, oversaw all aspects of the integration of more than 20 newly acquired and/or contract managed properties into the Grand Heritage operating infrastructure. During this period she also served as the interim general manager for such prestigious full service, four and five star properties as the Clift Hotel (San Francisco, CA); the Knickerbocker Hotel (Chicago, IL); the Ambassador West Hotel (Chicago, IL); the Tutwiler Hotel (Birmingham, AL); the Great Southern Hotel (Columbus, OH); the Stanley (Estes Park, CO); and the U.S. Grant Hotel (San Diego, CA). She was responsible for the design and implementation of numerous capital and restoration projects to the Grand Heritage portfolio of properties, development of standardized operating procedures, establishment of brand loyalty and amenity programs, and human resource initiatives including management recruitment, career development, and training programs.
In 1995 Ms. Kish was promoted to the position of Regional Director-Operations with direct oversight of 8 of the company's key owned and operated properties. Shortly thereafter, in 1997, she was appointed Vice President-Operations with responsibility for the direction of the entire Grand Heritage portfolio of properties in the United States. Her responsibilities and authority were further expanded in 1997 after the sale of the company to Patriot American Hospitality Inc. where as Vice President-Operations oversaw the "Wyndham-Grand Heritage" division.
Ms. Kish received a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management from the Pennsylvania State University in 1987 and an M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business in 2006. She has achieved the Certified Hotel Administrator designation. Ms. Kish is a lifetime member of the Pennsylvania State Hotel and Restaurant Society and currently serves on the board of directors. She is an active member of the IAHI, the ownership association for Intercontinental Hotels. She has served as the Vice Chair and Chairperson of the Holiday Inn Committee and is currently the Vice Chair of the Priority Club Committee. Ms. Kish serves as the principal contact to the Hilton, InterContinental, Best Western, Choice, and Days Inn brands with which the company has affiliations.
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