Jay Mahan has accumulated extensive knowledge in hotel managment and the food and beverage industry. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mahan served as General Manager of the 431 room Sheraton National hotel in Arlington, Virginia. During 1980, he was named Sheraton's Franchise Division General Manager of the Year. Other Experience included vice president of operations for Arltec, Inc., in chevy Chase, Maryland, a Sheraton Franchisee with four hotels and 1,238 rooms in the Washington, D.C. area; director of operations for P&S Management in Chicago, a Holiday Inn franchisee with 11 hotels and 2,100 rooms in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio; and vice president of operations for Petlin Hotels with management responsibility for eight hotels including Quality Inns, Best Westerns and Comfort Inns located in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Employed by Davidson and Jones Hotel Corporation since 1985, Mr. Mahan became its President and Chief Operating Officer in 1995.
Mr. Mahan is president of the Association of Sheraton Franchisees of America (ASFONA) and is chairman of Sheraton Corporation's Franchise Council, an advisory group representing franchise owners to Sheraton's Executive Committee.
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