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Leslie Hale, President and CEO of RLJ Lodging Trust, To Headline the Bharat Shah Leadership Speaker Series at the 35th Hunter Hotel Investment Confere
Noble Investment Group | December 6, 2023
ATLANTA (December 6, 2023) – The Hunter Hotel Investment Conference, Noble Investment Group, and Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration, Georgia State University, are pleased to announce Leslie Hale, President and CEO of RLJ Lodging Trust, will join Mit Shah, CEO of Noble Investment Group, for the 10th Annual Bharat Shah Leadership Speaker Series. Ms. Hale is the President and CEO of RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ), one of the premier public companies in the lodging and hospitality sector. Before joining RLJ in 2005, she held senior positions with GE in their Commercial Finance Group and Real Estate Strategic Capital Group. Pre...
AHLA Announces 2023 Officers, Board, Executive Committee...
AHLA | January 30, 2023
RLJ Lodging Trust’s Leslie D. Hale Named Chair WASHINGTON (Jan. 30, 2023) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today announced its 2023 Officers, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, which include top leaders representing all segments of the hospitality industry. RLJ Lodging Trust President & CEO Leslie D. Hale was named chair of the board; Hilton Chief Financial Officer and President, Global Development Kevin Jacobs was named vice chair; Aimbridge Hospitality President & CEO Michael J. Deitemeyer joins as secretary/treasurer; RLJ Lodging Trust Chief Operating Officer Tom Bardenett will remain chair...
Hotel Industry Foundation Recognizes Leslie D. Hale With Castell Award...
The AHLA Foundation | July 7, 2022
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLAF) announced today that Leslie D. Hale – president and chief executive officer of RLJ Lodging Trust and vice chair of the AHLA Board of Directors – is the recipient of the third annual Castell Award honoring a female trailblazer in the hospitality investment arena. To be presented at the Lodging Conference on September 20, the annual Castell Award spotlights female trailblazers, who are paving the way for more women to rise to the top of their fields. From setting and executing the strategic vision for RLJ Lodging Trust – leading the execution of RLJ’s in...
RLJ Lodging Trust Appoints Ross H. Bierkan as President and Chief Executive Officer and Leslie D. Hale as Chief Operating Officer...
RLJ Lodging Trust | August 1, 2016
BETHESDA, Md. - August 1, 2016 - Robert L. Johnson, Executive Chairman of RLJ Lodging Trust (the "Company") (NYSE:RLJ), today announced that the Board of Trustees ("the Board") has appointed Ross H. Bierkan as President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Company and Leslie D. Hale as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of the Company. In addition, Mr. Bierkan has been elected to the Company's Board of Trustees. Mr. Bierkan was initially appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2016 following the departure of Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. In response to Mr. Bierkan's appointment, Robert L. Johnson, Executive Chair...
