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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 7th, 2025

Shelia Lohmiller

Shelia Lohmiller

The 2023 Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian Award recipient Shelia Lohmiller serves as CEO of NEWH, Inc., the Network of the Hospitality Industry, a premier nonprofit networking resource for the hospitality community. NEWH provides scholarships, education, leadership...
Elisa Whaler

Elisa Whaler

Active for more than 35 years, Dallas- and Denver-based practice Bray Whaler is one of the largest hospitality procurement firms in the U.S. Under the leadership of executive vice president and founding principal Ronnie Bray and owner, president, and CEO Elisa Whaler,...
Ken Fulk

Ken Fulk

Design maestro Ken Fulk tallies 25 years of crafting environments that elevate the lives of those inhabiting them. In addition to helming his eponymous firm, which comprises 80 team members across offices in San Francisco and New York, Fulk serves as co-proprietor and...
Neil Jacobs

Neil Jacobs

A passion for wellness, sustainability, and purposeful travel led Neil Jacobs to Six Senses in 2012. Serving as CEO of the dynamic hotel and spa brand, Jacobs has steered the company to set new standards for green initiatives and responsible design with a range of...
Sheila Johnson

Sheila Johnson

Salamander Hotels & Resorts is ranked as one the largest minority-owned and woman-owned companies in the Washington, DC area, thanks to CEO and founder Sheila Johnson. Since opening the Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, Virginia, the former Black...
Barbara Parker + Miriam Torres

Barbara Parker + Miriam Torres

Barbara Parker and Miriam Torres may have launched their global design and interior architecture firm Parker-Torres Design in 2004, but the two first collaborated in 1997 on the design of the Bentley in London. The pair have drawn upon their mutual strengths ever...