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GMHLA Elects 2023 Board Leaders

12/14/2022

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​Earlier this week, membership elected new board directors and officers to lead the organization in 2023. The election took place at the 2022 Greater Milwaukee Hotel & Lodging Association’s (GMHLA) Annual Meeting on December 12 at Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel. 
​At the GMHLA Annual Membership Meeting on Monday, members elected the following individuals to the GMHLA Board of Directors:
Lodging Directors 
  • Carl Allen, Hilton Garden Inn Brookfield Conference Center 
  • Brandon Drusch, The Pfister Hotel
  • Jon Jossart, Ambassador Hotel & Ambassador Inn
  • Chris Palid, Drury Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Downtown
  • Amie Wilkerson, Sonesta Select Brookfield - Milwaukee 
  • Larry Robe, The Knickerbocker on the Lake 
Associate Directors
  • Barry Chaet, Beck, Chaet, Bamberger, & Polsky SC
  • Shari Engstrom, Sid Grinker Restoration 
  • Tricia Smith, Waukesha Area Technical College 
  • Carmen Smalley, Milwaukee Area Technical College
  • Mike Styke, Third Coast Parking 
​Ex-Officio
  • Marty Brooks, Wisconsin Center District
  • Leif Otteson, Gateway to Milwaukee
  • Beth Weirick, Milwaukee Downtown BID #21
  • Peggy Williams-Smith, VISIT Milwaukee
  • Dan Pena, United Ethnic Cultural Festivals 
​The members also passed updates to the organization’s by-laws. The changes were designed to add a Vice President position to the officer ranks, and to allow for the organization to have an Executive Director who either is or who reports to the President and CEO of the Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association. The by-laws changes were recommended by the board and unanimously approved by the members present at the Annual Membership Meeting.
At the GMHLA Board of Directors Meeting on December 12,  the following individuals to serve one year terms as officers: 
  • Adam Dziadosz, Hilton Garden Inn Milwaukee Downtown - President
  • Brandon Drusch, The Pfister Hotel - Vice President
  • Nick Johnson, First Hospitality - Past President
  • Rose Murack, Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West - Secretary Treasurer

About GMHLA

​The Greater Milwaukee Hotel & Lodging Association (GMHLA) is a non-profit trade association representing the interests of Milwaukee-area properties, as well as the Associate members who provide valued services to our lodging members and their guests. The GMHLA exists to promote the growth of the Greater Milwaukee hospitality partners through education & advocacy.
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