STONEPARK CAPITAL - Key Persons
In 1994, Andrew was first introduced to the hotel business working in project management for "Shilo Inns" in Portland, Oregon. Andrew held various positions in both operations and development for the 52 hotel, independent chain as he first learned the hospitality business. Andrew then continued his career in institutional finance, working with BancBoston Robertson Stephens in San Francisco, initially in OTC Trading and subsequently managing the trading activity of a $500 million portfolio for the largest Private Client Broker team at the firm. He was then hired by HIFX Inc, a foreign exchange specialist, to open their first office in the US. In 2008, Andrew was hired as Director for Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts, which has a portfolio of high end hotels and golf courses, including both Four Seasons and Rosewood Resort products. Hired in 2010 as Senior Vice President at West Coast Management, Andrew focused on developing the hospitality division, in both acquisitions and new development.
In the fall of 2014 Andrew and Jess Parker founded StonePark Capital in order to focus on both development and acquisition opportunities in hospitality. Andrew has taken responsibility for overseeing the entitlement process and equity raise for each development project, working closely with local government and community groups to ensure that StonePark projects are positioned appropriately within the community. In addition to his daily duties within StonePark Capital, Andrew is a member of the La Quinta "Brand Council", and Board member of "Visit Santa Barbara" and founding Board Member of "Visit Morgan Hill".
Christine Ronning is an experienced and successful Sales and Marketing Professional representing several industry leading brands, including Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Wyndham, Choice for both select services and full-service hotels. Christine offers proven solutions, specializing in the sales and marketing efforts for new openings and re-openings, leadership, sales training, in-depth market research, tradeshow representation and direct selling helping to achieve hotels revenue goals. Christine offers a culmination of proven sales and marketing principals, long range vision and strategy to position hotels at a clear advantage over their competition resulting in increased revenues and improved profits.
She has designed a proven, customized training program offering a "No Fear" Sales approach that provides hands on market experience in uncovering target accounts and developing action plans, on-going sales leadership and direct selling including telemarketing and revenue opportunity research, brand selling, including compelling business case building for strategic target accounts and working with brand sales teams.
David Mather is responsible for managing all accounting procedures as well as directing the accounting team as the Director of Finance. David is an alumnus of Oregon State University with degrees in both accounting and finance. After accepting a position with Portland's Deloitte, David obtained his CPA license continuing his focus on banking and commercial real estate/property management. After several years with Deloitte, David joined Portland based Umpqua Bank where he was responsible for regulatory reporting. During this time, areas of focus included FDIC, Federal Reserve, local, state and SEC regulatory compliance, audits, and reporting.
Throughout his career, David has implemented financial systems, strategies, processes and controls. David takes excellent care of StonePark's properties by closely managing all income statements, balance sheets, accounting functions, systems, best practices, cost-reductions, automation and tax strategies.
After a decade of experience in private equity and equities research, Jess began his hospitality career by leading the $14M purchase of the 70 room "El Prado Inn" in downtown Santa Barbara. In addition to the acquisition of the property, Jess was also Project Manager, and oversaw the $4.5M renovation and rebrand of the project to a "La Quinta Inns and Suites" from a Days Inn franchise. After cofounding StonePark Capital with Andrew Firestone in the fall of 2014, Jess led the development of StonePark's three ground-up projects in San Luis Obispo, Morgan Hill, and Santa Rosa as well as the 52 room expansion of the Santa Barbara La Quinta Inn and Suites. In addition to his hands-on role in development, Jess is also focused on identifying new hospitality investment opportunities. Jess is Vice President at his family's charitable foundation called the Hutton-Parker Foundation, which is a $102M charitable foundation located in Santa Barbara, with approximately 60% of its assets in real estate.
Job Titles:
- Director of Property Management
Although she was practically raised on hotel construction sites, Linsey didn't officially start her hospitality career until 1997 when she began working in a variety of areas including construction, housekeeping and front desk management. Linsey graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Business Administration. In 2007, Linsey joined the Pacific Inns team to continue her career in hospitality after attaining her MBA from the University of Portland.
Linsey wears many hats, but primarily she provides managerial support and property supervision to ensure hotels meet the highest levels of quality and service. In addition to analyzing daily reports, Linsey keeps a close watch over guest satisfaction at properties by communicating through various mediums including Medallia and STAR.
Peter brings over 40 years of construction management experience to the team and has overseen all StonePark Capital's new construction and renovation projects. Peter began his career as a Superintendent for multiple military housing construction projects at both USMC Cap Pendleton and Fort Hunter Liggett. Peter was later named as President of R.P Richards Inc, which constructed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of new construction, focused primarily on government and military projects around the West Coast. In 2015, Peter joined the StonePark Capital team as Construction Manager for the 104 room La Quinta Inn and Suites, Morgan Hill. Peter has gone on to take on the scheduling and budgeting responsibilities for the 102 room La Quinta Inn and Suites, San Luis Obispo, the renovation of the 45 room Mason Beach Inn, the 100 room La Quinta Inn and Suites, Santa Rosa-Sonoma, and the current 70 key addition and renovation to the La Quinta Inn and Suites, Santa Barbara.
After a career in overseeing large commercial and government construction projects, Peter has been instrumental in keeping both schedules on time and budgets in line with estimates.
Job Titles:
- Regional Operations Manager
Rita brings over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry to the Pacific Inns team. Early in her career, Rita functioned as a server, cook, and room attendant at a small Bed & Breakfast and Steak & Seafood restaurant in Alabama that her parents owned and operated. Since then, she has worked in all areas of hotel operations, learning the industry from the ground up by working for a variety of management companies and brands. After attaining a BS degree in Business Administration as well as her Hotel Administrator Certification, Rita's hospitality career continued to advance with responsibilities as Front Desk Clerk, Guest Service Manager, Executive Housekeeper and Director of Sales.
As General Manager for limited-service, full-service, extended-stay and resort hotels, Rita developed leadership skills that drove profitability for her hotels through revenue maximization, employee training, development and retention, and financial analysis to control costs. She has extensive experience in multi-unit management in diverse roles, including: Area Manager for Promus Hotels; Regional Vice President of Operations and Director of Field Training for Remington Hotels; Area Manager, Director of Franchise Services and Director of Revenue Management for La Quinta. Rita continues to focus and develop her expertise in leadership, training, financial analysis, operations and customer Satisfaction.
Since 1978, Shirley has been closely involved with the hospitality industry.
Shirley's areas of expertise include: revenue management, cash flow, AR, AP, financial reporting, budgets, proformas and all areas of human resources including development of policies and procedures, staffing, payroll and employee benefits.
Early in her career, Shirley worked with real estate acquisition, closing and development where she facilitated the purchase, refinance and/or sale of over $200 million in commercial hospitality assets. Her career grew to include cash flow management for a privately owned hospitality chain with annual revenues in excess of $100 million, encompassing 45 hospitality assets, plus 26 restaurant operations. Negotiating service contracts for FF&E, suppliers and food vendors to maximize profitability and centralize purchasing led to implementation and cost savings in excess of $400,000 annually. In addition, Shirley served as the Wage and Hour Committee Chairperson where she controlled labor expenses for over 2,500 employees in multi-state locations.