Our Team
Experienced Judgment
     
     
 

Hotel Management

Mark Kucera, Executive V.P., Expotel Hospitality Services, LLC

Mr. Kucera and his staff are responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of the hotels. They provide our hotels the highest quality corporate branding, hospitality staff training, capital planning, market development, and information technology selection and implementation.

Mr. Kucera comes to Expotel with 22 years of hospitality industry experience, including corporate and property level expertise in full service, extended stay, limited service, and independent hotel management with such major brands as Hilton, Marriott, Crowne Plaza, Embassy Suites, and Best Western. 

Mr. Kucera is a graduate of Ohio State University with a BS in Hospitality Management.

Jeff Iavarone, V.P., Marketing, Expotel Hospitality Services, LLC

Mr. Iavarone brings 16 years of industry experience to the role of Vice President, Sales & Marketing with Expotel Hospitality. Jeff has the experience of senior level leadership providing a highly entrepreneurial environment while deploying sound sales, marketing, revenue management and operational strategy to all of Expotel- managed hotels. He has extensive knowledge of brand initiatives and systems across full service, extended stay, as well as limited feature products bringing Expotel experience and knowledge of an ever changing industry.

Mr. Iavarone is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a BA Marketing. 

 

Fund Management

 

Thomas Elliott, Chairman & CEO, Supreme Hotel Group 

Mr. Elliott and the Board of Directors Investment Committee are responsible for strategic planning, valuation analyses, deployment of our capital resources, and maintaining effective relationships with our lenders, investors, and investment bankers.   His administrative staff is responsible for the day-to-day operation of our corporate offices.

Prior to acquiring a controlling interest in Supreme Hotel Properties, Inc., Mr. Elliott served as CEO of Supreme Realty Investments, Inc., a public real estate and mortgage banking company (OTCBB: “HSYT”). Over the past 30 years, he has performed a myriad of development and property management activities for hotels, single- and multi-family residential developments, elderly hi-rises, regional shopping malls, urban strip centers, and low-rise office complexes valued at over $200 million.

Mr. Elliott holds a JD in Real Estate Law from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law; an MBA in Finance from Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, IL;  and a BS in Business Admin/Economics from Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO.

Jean LeRoy,  Director & Chief Operating Officer, Supreme Hotel Group

 

Mr. LeRoy and his staff act as a liaison between our hotel and restaurant management agents and our corporate office to ensure a smooth flow of communication and cooperation between the two entities.

 

Mr. Leroy's background includes extensive experience as a management consultant and operations manager for several Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, computing, and communication industries. Over the past 16 years he has performed these services for leaders in their respective industries including: EMC Corp. (information technology); Adventis Corp. (management consulting); 3M Corp. (manufacturing); BellSouth Wireless (telecommunications), and Reuters, Inc. (news and information services).

 

Mr. Leroy holds an MBA in Finance from DePaul University, Chicago, IL;  and a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology from Devry University, Chicago, IL.

 

Bradley Siegel, Esq., Director & Chief Investment Officer, Supreme Hotel Group

 

Mr. Siegel is a private attorney who represents, lenders, business owners, and corporations handling complex real estate leasing and corporate matters. He represents owners of real estate portfolios throughout the United States consisting of apartment buildings, office buildings, hotels, condominiums, and cooperative apartments, as well as retail and industrial assets.

 

Prior to entering private law practice, Mr. Siegel served as General Counsel and as a member of the executive committee of the Jack Parker Corporation overseeing a portfolio throughout the United States consisting of apartment buildings, office buildings, hotels (including the world class Le Parker Meridien in Manhattan and the Parker Palm Springs in California), condominiums and cooperative apartments, as well as retail and industrial assets.

 

Mr. Siegel holds a JD degree from Brooklyn Law School and a BA in Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

 

Hotel Consultants & Advisors

John Swain, Jr., Esq., Corporate Counsel

Private Attorney

Chicago, IL

 

Dae Oh, Architect, Hotel Design Consultant

Details Contract International, Inc.

Columbus, OH

 

Brad Rucker, Hotel General Contractor

National Contracting Group

Columbus, OH

 

Ameena Otto, Network Systems Consultant

Computer Renaissance, Inc.,

Orlando, FL

 

Scott Stephens, Hotel Investment Advisor

HREC Investment Advisors, Inc.,

Tampa, FL

 

Lee Hunter, Hotel Investment Advisor

Hunter Realty, Inc.,

Atlanta, GA