RLH - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Marketing Officer
• Senior Vice President

Christopher E. Trick joined RLH Corporation as Chief Marketing Officer in September 2020, leading Brand Marketing, Loyalty, Global Sales, Distribution and Revenue Management Services. Mr. Trick brings more than 20 years of experience building brand value and advancing franchise growth initiatives, much of it in the economy through upper-midscale hotel segments, and he has been recognized for revitalizing brands through product innovation from conception to implementation. He has held a number of senior marketing roles in the hotel and real estate segments, focused on brand marketing and market share growth at companies including Realogy Franchise Group, Marriott International, Wyndham Hotel Group, La Quinta Inns and Intercontinental Hotels Group. Mr. Trick holds Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Compensation Committee
• Audit Committee / Compensation Committee

Mr. Brace has over 30 years of experience in strategy, finance, restructuring and transformation for numerous industries including airlines, health care, retail, E&P, electrical production, hospitality and real estate. He currently provides advisory services through his firm, Sangfroid Advisors, an international turnaround, restructuring and transformation consultancy. He was formerly the President and CEO of Laser Spine Institute and, before that, Midstates Petroleum, a Tulsa-based E&P company. Previous to those positions, Mr. Brace served as President of Niko Resources, a Canadian E&P company, Chief Administrative Officer of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P grocery stores) and the Chief Financial Officer of UAL Corporation. Mr. Brace currently sits on the board of Anixter International. He was previously on the boards of various public and private companies including iHeart Media, Sequa, GenOn, Standard Register, Edison Mission Energy, Bally Total Fitness, Neff Rental, Sirva, Galileo International and Bearing Point among others. Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Compensation Committee

Job Titles:

• Chief Financial Officer
• Executive Vice President
• Member of the Leadership Team
• SHAREHOLDER INQUIRIES

Gary A. Kohn joined RLH Corporation as Chief Financial Officer in May 2020. Kohn brings more than 30 years of progressive experience and demonstrated success in driving shareholder value and leading high-performance teams. Prior to joining RLHC, Mr. Kohn was the founder and principal of GAK Advisors, an investor relations and financial consulting firm. Mr. Kohn held roles of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Investor Relations at Westmoreland Coal Company, and served as the Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer for Intrepid Potash. Mr. Kohn also held leadership positions at companies including First Data, Western Union, and Ciber. Mr. Kohn received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado in 1988 and was a licensed Certified Public Accountant from 1989 through 2000.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Leadership Team
• EVP for Lodging Development & Franchise Operations for Red Lion Hotels Corporation
• Executive Vice President, Lodging Development & Franchise Operations

Sladich serves as EVP for Lodging Development & Franchise Operations for Red Lion Hotels Corporation and oversees the companywide franchise sales, franchise operations and owner initiatives for more than 1,100 hotels Nationwide and in three countries. Sladich served on two prominent national industry boards, including the U.S. Travel Association and Destination & Travel Foundation Board of Trustees. A 40-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Sladich has also served as President and CEO of the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) where he played a key role in selling the City of Spokane and Washington State to prospective meeting planners, associations and individual travelers. Sladich has served as EVP for Hotel Operations for RLHC, overseeing 26 owned and managed hotels along with the corporations Global Sales team prior to his recent position. He has also served in the capacity of Vice President, Regional Operations Manager, VP of Sales, General Manager, and other front-line positions with extensive experience in rooms division, sales and food and beverage for hotel developers and operators of multiple franchises nationwide including Sterling Hospitality, Sheraton, IHG, Hilton and Choice hotels.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Compensation Committee
• Audit Committee / Compensation Committee

Ms. Hendrickson is an experienced executive and corporate director that brings deep expertise to strategic leadership, business development, fiscal management, capital structure strategies, operations, and people development. She is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Toaster Labs Inc., dba Pulse, a position she has held since 2019. From 2015-2018, Ms. Hendrickson served as Regional Managing Director of Ascent Private Capital Management, and she was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Denny Hill Capital, an early stage venture capital firm with a consumer focused investment strategy, from 2002-2015. Ms. Hendrickson currently sits on the board of The Commerce Bank of Washington, a banking institution serving Washington state, one of eight community banks under Zion Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) and the Virginia Mason Health System. She previously served on the board of Tully's Coffee from 2009 to 2013, including as Lead Director, and for private companies Butter London, Toosum Foods, Reklaim, PhotoRocket, and Cleverset, among others. Ms. Hendrickson was recognized in 2011 by the Puget Sound Business Journal as a Woman of Influence. She began her career in finance and operations attaining the position of CFO. Ms. Hendrickson earned her graduate degree in public administration from the University of Washington, as well as her Bachelor of Arts. Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Compensation Committee

Job Titles:

• Chief Information Officer
• Senior Vice President

John Edwards joined RLH Corporation as Chief Information Officer in 2015 bringing over 20 years of hospitality industry experience in both Hotel Operations and Hospitality Information Technology. Edwards oversees all areas of systems and technology strategy, design, support, selection and implementation for the company. Prior to RLH Corporation, Edwards held senior roles at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Dolce Hotels & Resorts, Millennium Hotels & Resorts and John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts. He is highly regarded among his peers for pushing the envelope with solutions that enhance not only operational needs of his hotels, but also impact the guest's experience.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Member of the Leadership Team

John J. Russell, Jr. joined RLHC as Interim Chief Executive Officer in December 2019 and was appointed permanent CEO in June 2020. Mr. Russell is an expert on hotel brand growth with 40 years of hospitality experience including a proven history of growing franchise sales. He was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer with Sentry Hospitality. His responsibilities included overseeing operations, finance, and marketing for resorts, lifestyle hotels, and executive conference centers. Additional positions held during his successful career include Chairman and CEO or Senior Executive for companies including ITT Sheraton, Days Inn of America, Carlson Companies, Benchmark Hospitality, HFS, Cendant, RCI, Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown, and Russell (Partner), NYLO Hotels, MODO Hotels, and CampusBrands. Mr. Russell served as Chairman of the American Hotel and Lodging Association along with serving two terms as President of the Hospitality Sales Marketing Association. Mr. Russell is a graduate of West Point, United States Military Academy.

Job Titles:

• Senior Vice President, Franchise Operations

Jordan Langlois has been with RLH Corporation for 3 years, with prior positions with Vantage Hospitality Group since 2002. With nearly 20 years in the hospitality arena, Langlois has extensive industry experience and a wealth of industry knowledge, including Hotel Operations, Revenue Management, Project Management, CRM, & Training & Education Moving quickly through the ranks of RLH Corporation, Langlois oversees the Franchise Operations Support division to effectively manage the business relationship between the hotelier/franchisee and corporate, while also ensuring that RLH Corporation's hoteliers are receiving a solid Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Langlois has been instrumental in the incredible growth of RLH Corporation's portfolio of hotels and manages the Brand's select-service Brand Advisory Boards. A 2001 magna cum laude graduate of Marshall University with a degree in Marketing & Communications, Langlois is a past recipient of Lodging magazine's Innovator of the Year award and is an active member in AH&LA & AAHOA hotel organizations.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Mr. Megibow has been at the forefront of e-commerce since the early 1990's and brings more than 25 years of experience in technology and business. Mr. Megibow is currently the CEO of Purple Innovation, a comfort technology company that that designs and manufactures products to improve how people sleep, sit, and stand. Most recently, he was an advisor for Advent International, the global private equity firm, focused on digital best practices for their consumer businesses. From 2012-2015, Mr. Megibow served as SVP/Chief Digital Officer at American Eagle Outfitters, where he had responsibility for the global omni-channel strategy and infrastructure, direct-to-consumer business, and led all digital marketing, customer operations, engineering and product management efforts. Prior to AEO, he worked for six years at Expedia, Inc, in a series of roles culminating as VP and GM of Expedia.com, where he had P&L responsibility for the US business with direct ownership of marketing, merchandising, and operations. During this time, he launched Expedia's mobile business and was named Chairman of Mobiata, an Expedia, Inc. company. In 2000, Mr. Megibow was an original employee of TeaLeaf Technology, now an IBM company. He has also held roles at Ernst & Young Management Consulting, and EDS in their Advanced Technology Group. Mr. Megibow earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Audit Committee

Mr. Trammell is currently serving as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN), a manufacturer of vehicle components and systems. He was previously Executive Vice President of Tenneco Inc. from January 2006 until his retirement in December 2018, the Chief Financial Officer from September 2003 until June 2018, and the Controller from 1997 through 2003. Prior to joining Tenneco in 1996, Mr. Trammell spent 12 years with the international public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Trammell has served as a member of the board of Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI), a provider of postsecondary education for students seeking careers as professional automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine technicians as well as welders and computer numerical control (CNC) machining technicians, since June 2011, and currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Trammell received a BBA in accounting from the University of Houston. Chair of the Audit Committee Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Compensation Committee
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Compensation Committee / Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Operating Executive

Ms. Coughlin is a veteran operating executive specializing in the leadership of disruptive changes to the status quo such as restructurings, downsizings, internal start-ups and the planning for and implementation of mergers, acquisitions, IPO's, joint ventures and divestitures and rebranding initiatives. Since 2008, Ms. Coughlin has served as the CEO of Great Circle Associates, LLC, a consulting firm she founded that provides interim executive and individual advisory services. From 2004 until 2007, she served as Chief Administrative Officer and member of the Executive Committee at Cendant Corporation, where she was responsible for global contact center operations, corporate marketing, information technology, global procurement, human resources and corporate real estate. From 2002-2004, she served as the President and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Linkage, Inc., a global consulting firm, and from 1986 to 2002, she held various roles with Scudder Investments, a global investment management firm, including serving as President of the Americas Mutual Fund Groups and Chair of the Board of the AARP, Scudder and Kemper Funds. Ms. Coughlin began her career at American Express Company and Citibank where she spent 10 years in a variety of strategy, marketing, telephone operations and corporate communications roles. She has 12 years of public and private company board experience, and currently serves as a Director and member of the Audit and Nomination and Governance Committees of The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE:CHN). Ms. Coughlin holds a BA in Economics, summa cum laude from Fordham University. Chair of the Compensation Committee Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Board
• Director
• Interim Chief Executive Officer at the Providence Service Corporation

R. Carter Pate was appointed a director in 2019. Mr. Pate currently serves as Interim Chief Executive Officer at The Providence Service Corporation, a position he has held since November 15, 2017. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Carter Pate, LLC, a consulting firm he founded in 2014, which serves as a leading resource for Boards of Directors seeking expertise in restructuring management, regulatory compliance, growth and margin strategies and critical business insights to drive consistent results. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Pate served as the Chief Executive Officer of MV Transportation, Inc. Prior to joining MV, he served in various roles for Pricewaterhousecoopers LLC from 1996 to 2011, including Global and U.S. Managing Partner, Healthcare and Government Price, US Managing Partner, Advisory Line of Service and US Managing Partner, Corporate Restructuring Partner. Mr. Pate has been the Chairman of the Board of BioScrip, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOS) since 2015 and previously served as its Audit Committee Chair, and is a Director of Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADES) since 2016 where he also serves on the audit committee. Since 2015 he has been a member of the Texas Lieutenant Governor's Advisory Transportation Committee and a Board Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Pate holds certifications as a Certified Public Accountant in Texas, a Certified Forensic Public Accountant, a Certified Government Financial Manager, a Certified Insolvency Reorganization Accountant, a Certified Turnaround Professional and a Certified Fraud Examiner (inactive). He is a co-author of The Phoenix Effect: Nine Revitalizing Strategies No Company Can Do Without, originally published in 2002 and translated into five languages. Mr. Pate holds a Masters in Accounting and Information Management from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a BS in Accounting from Greensboro College.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Darnall is a 30-year veteran of the hospitality industry and widely recognized as one of the top hotel operators in the business. He has held executive positions with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Interstate Hotels and Resorts and Marriott International. His industry recognition is garnered from his innovative initiatives, performance-driven, results oriented focus and motivational leadership. He has served as CEO Lodging and Technical Services Companies at HEI Hotels and Resorts since 2006. Prior to HEI Hotels and Resorts, he was with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide for 10 years where he held various executive positions, including Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Lodging Corporation, President of North America Operations and most recently, President of Starwood Real Estate Group. Prior to Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, he was with Interstate Hotels and Resorts for over 14 years, reaching the position of Senior Vice President, Operations. He began his hospitality career with Marriott International, where he held a number of management positions.