PALO ALTO, CA (November 13, 2017) — The Clement Palo Alto has announced that Meliza Lessard, Director of Food & Beverage at The Clement, is now Director of Food & Beverage for The Clement, The Westin Palo Alto and Sheraton Palo Alto.
All three hotels are owned by Pacific Hotel Management, LLC, based in San Mateo, California.
Lessard has been Director of Food & Beverage at The Clement since September 2016. Prior to joining The Clement, Lessard was Food & Beverage Director from 2014-2016 at the Claremont Club & Spa, in Berkeley, California, and Assistant Food & Beverage Director at the Fairmont Mayakoba at Playa del Carmen, México, from 2011-2014. She also held positions in hospitality in Mount-Tremblant, Canada, Ste- Adèle, Canada, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
She received a degree in 1999 in Hotel Management and a Sommelier Certificate Master, Level 1, at Lasalle College, Montréal, Canada, and studied for a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management at Université du Québec à Montréal in Montreal, Canada. Lessard is also a certified wedding professional.