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Kevin W. McCarthy
CEO On-Purpose Partners
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Kevin
has operated businesses since 1982. What started as a commercial
real estate brokerage soon grew to a $20 million per year real
estate development business. In the late 1980s, Kevin felt called
to move from development of property to development of businesses
and eventually leaders. In 1988, he first used a tennis tournament
to clarify his goals and improve his choices and life. His books,
The On-Purpose Person and The On-Purpose Business, have combined
sales over 150,000 copies. Kevin earned his MBA from The Darden
School at the University of Virginia and a business and economics
degree from Lehigh University
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Brian Neilson
President and CEO 312,
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Brian Neilson
is the co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of
312, Inc and received his MBA, major in Finance, from the University
of Saint Thomas in Minnesota and holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Political Science from Colorado State University. Mr. Neilson
was a Hansard Research Scholar at the London School of Economics
with his dissertation in International Trade. Prior to launching
312, Inc., Mr. Neilson was with Patrick Mercer OBE MP, the UK's
Shadow Minister for Homeland Security, where he researched matters
of UK Defense and briefed the Queen's Opposition on matters
pertaining to UK military involvement in the West African and
North Korean Theatres. Mr. Neilson served as a licensed Series
7, 66 NASD Sales Associate at Wells Fargo Investments, LLC where
he managed portfolios and counseled clients regarding bonds,
mutual funds, options and equity positions.
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Mark Earle
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Mark
has more than 26 years of hospitality industry experience and
is
regarded by many of the industry's most influential leaders as
a creative
deal maker.
As Vice President of Resort Development for
Marriott International's fractional ownership division, Mark
developed projects generating $2 billion in total sales, including
the award-winning landmark Custom House conversion in Boston.
He was also instrumental in launching the Ritz-Carlton Club
development pipeline and producing its inaugural project in
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Prior to the fractional ownership
assignment, he spearheaded Marriott International's franchise
presence in the United Kingdom by generating a 12-deal pipeline
of hotels, working from Marriott's London office.
Earlier, as a Marriott full- and limited-service
hotel developer, he produced 26 new hotels with 6,100 rooms
and negotiated management contracts for hotels that were valued
at more than $50 million. As Director of Hotel Business Planning,
Mark conducted comprehensive market analyses, feasibility studies,
and business plans for 22 hotels totalling 6,850 rooms, including
Marriott's pivotal Marquis Hotel in New York Times Square and
Palm Springs' famous Desert Springs Resort. In his earlier Marriott
years, he worked in Marriott's restaurant division under Richard
Marriott and produced several company "firsts", including
a first limited-service college feeding program, a first walk-up
urban fast food restaurant, a first university student union
fast-food outlet, and several of the first drive-through restaurants.
Mark has a Masters Degree from Cornell University's
School of Hotel Administration, where he studied under a full
fellowship as a graduate teaching assistant in psychology and
as an assistant to the Admissions Director. His masters thesis
was in the field of selecting high-potential leaders in the
hospitality industry. Mark is a frequent speaker at industry
conferences and has spoken at ARDA conventions, Interval International's
Timeshare Investment Conferences, and Florida International
University's Florida Hotel Investment Conference. In addition,
Mark has lectured at Cornell University and to the New England
chapter of Cornell's Hotel Society. Mark is a member of several
industry associations, including the American Resort Development
Association, the Cornell Hotel Society, and the Cornell Real
Estate Council.
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