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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 7th, 2025

Bill Aumiller

Bill Aumiller was one of the founding partners of Aumiller Youngquist formed Aumiller Collaborative in 2010 with Leigh Aumiller. Together, Bill and Leigh possess close to 60 years of experience in the restaurant industry, as well as experience in retail and...

Leonard Parker

Leonard Parker worked for the Maxwell Company for 11 years furnishing hotels throughout the US and Caribbean. In 1969, he founded the Leonard Parker Company and created the agent only system of purchasing used today by nearly every purchasing company in the U.S. In...
Andi Pepper

Andi Pepper

Andi Pepper received her bachelor’s of fine arts in sculpture and painting from Moore College of the Arts in Philadelphia, and a master’s degree in interior design from Drexel University. Pepper designed the Claridge Hotel while also contributing to...

John Portman

John Calvin Portman Jr. is known for popularizing hotels and office buildings with multi-storied interior atria. Portman had a large impact on the cityscape of his hometown of Atlanta, with the Peachtree Center complex, which includes Portman-designed Hyatt, Westin,...

Walter Rutes

Rutes is Chairman of 9 Tek Ltd. Development Consultants and was vice president and director of architecture of such hotel companies as InterContinental Hotels Group, Sheraton, Ramada, and Holiday Corporation.