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Mark Magarity, President & CEO
William (Bill) Jackson, Executive Vice President
Tom Steinberg, Executive Vice President, Finance
Mark Bibb, Senior Vice President, Finance
William (Bill) Hanley Senior Vice President, Business Development
Laura Visconti, Global Director of Conference Center Operations
Randolph L. Wilcott, Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing
Regional Director, Food and Beverage
Walter Staib, Food Concepts (Corporate Advisory Resource)
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President & CEO
The founder of Sentry Hospitality with 30 years experience in the hospitality business, Mr. Magarity is recognized as one of the Resort and Conference Center industry leaders today. Based in Manhattan at company headquarters, Mr. Magarity has shaped Sentry with the vision of creating a conference-class management and development company with a committed focus on emerging into the marketplace with a competitive advantage. By providing company principles a higher degree of interaction with investment partners, clients and onsite staff, Mr. Magarity sets the tone of high-powered results at every level. This fresh operational and developmental approach has guaranteed that Sentry’s foundation is built for responsible growth. Setting leadership goals based on a smart corporate culture, customer care, knowledge and technological management, talent management, employee empowerment and profit; Sentry has become synonymous with uncompromising success. Each of the executive conference centers, resorts, hotels, golf clubs, entertainment venues and e-learning training centers have experienced incremental growth in the past two years. Mr. Magarity is creating a new case study of leadership and results at every Sentry facility. As Chief Executive, Mr. Magarity oversees the management, marketing and finance of the company and is responsible for Sentry’s growth and investor relations. Prior thereto, Mr. Magarity held key senior level positions with industry leading companies as well as Sheraton Hotels and Resorts. His business affiliations are with American Hotel & Lodging Association, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, International Association of Conference Centers and Urban Land Institute. Mr. Magarity supports several community interests and charities throughout Manhattan. |
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Executive Vice PresidentBill Jackson, Sentry’s Executive Vice President, has over 30 years of diverse hospitality
experience ranging from resort and lifestyle destinations to executive conference centers. Mr. Jackson brings a wealth of expertise to Sentry operations, most recently as General Manager of the Bald Head Island Resort in North Carolina as well as previously opening our new Niagara Falls Conference Center at Niagara Falls. Mr. Jackson’s expertise in opening new projects for the company is excellent. He directly oversees property operational systems and standard operating procedures (SOP) for all Sentry projects. Mr. Jackson’s prior experience includes responsible positions with Benchmark Hospitality, Hershey Hotels and Resorts, Resorts International as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of The Taj Majal, as well as Dell Webb’s resort operations. Mr. Jackson’s professional affiliations are with American Hotel & Lodging Association, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, International Association of Conference Centers and International Association of Convention and Visions Bureau.
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Executive Vice President, Finance
Mr. Steinberg joined Sentry Hospitality in February, 2005, bringing over thirty years of accounting, finance and technology experience in the hospitality industry experience.
Prior to joining Sentry, Mr. Steinberg held distinguished positions to include Corporate Controller of Carnival Hotels and Resorts, Vice President of Finance for Wesley Hotel Group in Atlanta and Chief Financial Officer of Allied Hospitality Group in Chicago. Mr. Steinberg founded Stonehill Systems Inc. a consulting firm that made numerous contributions to the Hospitality Industry. In addition, Mr. Steinberg has spent over twenty years as an active member of the Hospitality Finance and Technology Professionals serving on the International Board of Directors for six years, and was an active member of the HITEC planning committee, the Education Committee, and the CHTP Committee where he was very active in furthering the CHTP accreditation. As Executive Vice President of Finance for Sentry Hospitality Ltd, Mr. Steinberg has made valuable contributions in further development of accounting systems and procedures, as well as improving the integration of the accounting discipline into management operations.
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Senior Vice President, Finance
Mr. Mark Bibb is responsible for financial operations and controls, systems development and managing Sentry’s overall business intelligence applications with fiscal responsibility. Utilizing state of the art industry software programs, Mr. Bibb
incorporates components such as: accounts payables, general ledger management,
budgeting, forecasting and financial reviews both at the property levels as well as the corporate organization with significant years of experience behind him. Mr. Bibb has developed industry-recognized budgeting and labor control programs with a focus on executive conference centers and resorts. Mark has helped Sentry grow steadily in the area of fiscal responsibility since he began with the corporation in 1996. In addition, Mr. Bibb oversees a comprehensive business intelligence model both through on-property and centralized accounting systems that are compatible throughout the company. In addition to Mark’s day-to-day communication and management with property-level comptrollers, as well as regional consultants, his primary objective is focused on delivering profits company-wide. Understanding the Complete Meeting Package (CMP) from a financial perspective is one of Mark’s strongest attributes. Mr. Bibb has held executive positions in the financing arena with several conference center and resort projects throughout the United States. Mark is active with the National Association of Hospitality Accountants.
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Senior Vice President, Business Development
Mr. William Hanley is responsible for all business development within the Sentry
organization. With over thirty years of experience within the hospitality industry and
having a broad base of domestic and international capability in operations, sales and
marketing and development, Mr. Hanley brings an unparalleled level of excellence to
Sentry. In his day-to-day responsibilities, Mr. Hanley is responsible for the expansion of new opportunities, both from a management and development perspective. In addition, Bill is responsible for operational transitions for new Sentry projects. Boasting an extremely impressive career with extensive experience in research, strategic planning, advertising, leadership and acting as an industry liaison, Bill’s background includes roles such as Executive Vice President, American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), SVP, Managing Director Cendant Corporation, as well as Vice President, Sales for the same company; SVP, Sales and Marketing Radisson Hotels and Resorts and Corporate Regional Director, Sheraton Hotel Corporation.
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Global Director of Conference Center Operations
Laura comes to Sentry from Morgan Stanley where she held a variety of key positions including serving as a Vice President, Legal Department. In addition, Laura previously served as a Public Relations Associate for Mobil Corporation where she was responsible for event planning and marketing of special projects. Laura currently oversees all management responsibilities associated with Sentry’s operation of Morgan Stanley’s Corporate Conference Centers. She works directly with the Firm’s business unit managers, officers, clients and vendors to manage the coordination and execution of meetings, conferences and events.
Laura's extensive corporate background has made a very positive contribution to Sentry. She is an experienced manager in organizing corporate annual meetings, international conferences and special public relations events. Laura's professionalism and strong interpersonal skills have been an incredible asset to Sentry. She has established successful key relationships with individuals at all levels of Morgan Stanley, and has a proven track record of adapting quality management principles to solve business issues.
Laura is an excellent team manager with an ability to motivate associates to achieve desired objectives. Her dedication and commitment is to consistently provide the highest level of customer service. Laura sets the tone for Sentry Hospitality, through seamless logistical coordination and flawless execution of all meetings and events held at our Conference Centers.
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Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing
A veteran of over 20 years of experience in the resorts and conference segment of the hospitality industry. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mr. Wilcott comes to Sentry most recently from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group based at the Elbow Beach Resort in Bermuda where he served as Director of Marketing. Prior experience includes Director of Sales & Marketing for the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, Greenbrier Resort, the Wigwam Resort and Boca Raton Hotel & Club. Currently, he oversees development for the company throughout North America. He is a nationally recognized expert in the realignment of sales and marketing departments in order to expand group meetings market as well as seeking out developments which fit well into Sentry’s core values.
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Regional Director, Food and Beverage
Mr. Joseph Caldropoli is responsible on a day-to-day basis for all Food and Beverage
sales and operations at Sentry’s four star Bald Head Island Resort. In his capacity, Mr.
Caldropoli also is responsible for overseeing Sentry’s Food and Beverage concepts
throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. Mr. Caldropoli comes to Sentry with an extensive
experience in the Food and Beverage arena, to include District Manager, Flik
International; Foodservice Director, ESPN Corporation; Foodservice Director, Nine West Group; Executive Chef, Caldor Norwalk, CT; Executive Chef, Flik International and Executive Sous Chef, Crowne Plaza White Plains, NY. Mr. Caldropoli also has an
Applied Science Degree in Hotel Restaurant Management from Westchester Community College.
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Corporate Advisory Resource Food Concepts
A world renowned chef who has overseen the successful opening of over 350 restaurants since 1989 including his award wining City Tavern in downtown Philadelphia. The preceding culinary concept subsequently inspired Mr. Staib's cookbook the City Tavern Cookbook. Mr. Staib oversees the Sentry team’s food and beverage concepts and menu development. Currently he is implementing cutting edge concepts for Sentry’s properties in Bald Island and Niagara Falls. Mr. Staib’s culinary awards include Philadelphia Delaware Valley Restaurant Association 1999 Restaurant of the Year and Cheers magazine award for best overall beverage program in America.
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