General Manager Academy 2006

IAHI General Manager Academy Reaches Even More GMs in 2006

This fall, the IAHI hosted two sessions of its General Manager Academy, a collaborative effort between the IAHI, IHG, and the Purdue Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Krannert School of Management Executive Education Programs. Here’s a quick look at how previous graduates are using what they learned:

“The General Manager Academy is one of the greatest training experiences I have had the pleasure to attend. We have been using the Behavioral Analysis tools to help identify working relationships between departments and interdepartmentally. Understanding that individuals possess different leadership styles has been instrumental in our team building practices. It has opened up a whole new level of communications between team members and leaders.”
Nick Boulas
Holiday Inn Schenectady

“The General Manager Academy was an outstanding experience that helped me gain a better understanding of the ‘people business,’ and how perceptions influence our day-to-day business and personal lives. The GM Academy provides an excellent opportunity to recognize and further develop leadership styles, team building, communications, and decision making. I was very fortunate to be extended the opportunity to attend and strongly recommend the program.”
Bob Frobish
Holiday Inn Express Lake Buena Vista

"The General Manager Academy helps leaders become better leaders. This powerful yet practical education is most inspiring and gave me ideas and tools to be successful. I have shared much of the information with my team and plan a full day in the upcoming week to go over the team’s styles based on the Platinum Rule. I found the information provided at the Academy rewarding and am basing development paths around much on what has been taught.”
Tony Elenis
Holiday Inn Select Toronto Airport

Congratulations to the graduates of Session I in 2006:
Timothy Archer, Holiday Inn Riverton
Lynnette Bain, Holiday Inn Select Windsor
Jeff Boeka, Holiday Inn Express
Leonard Clifton, Holiday Inn Select Downtown Saint Louis
Larry Collier, Holiday Inn Gainesville Univ. Center
John Dilley, Holiday Inn Select
Thom Druffel, Holiday Inn Select Nashville Vanderbilt
William Durnford, Holiday Inn Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront
Jeffery Edwards, Holiday Inn Urbana
Robert Falk, Holiday Inn Select Clearwater
Harry Flak, Holiday Inn Buffalo-Downtown
Douglas Frasco, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Lori Hampton, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Joshua Hines, Holiday Inn Express Wapakoneta
Cindy Kurtz, Holiday Inn North
Keizer Logan, Nancy Holiday Inn Guelph
Traycee Mayer, Holiday Inn & Conference Center
Trenner Muret , Crowne Plaza Chicago-The Silversmith
Ashok Narula, Holiday Inn Express
Rakesh Patel, Holiday Inn Express
Erik Pede, Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites, Everett
Pascal Plsegna, Crowne Plaza Fredericton
Wendy Popadowski, Holiday Inn Amherst
Kammie Robertson, Holiday Inn Express Airport North
Sohail Saeed, Holiday Inn Toronto Airport-East
Elliott Stepman, Holiday Inn Express Montreal Centre-Ville
Randy Stuart, Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey
Malekeh Surani, Holiday Inn Express
Timothy Tonkovich, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Orlando Airport
Kimberly Wicker, Crowne Plaza Chicago North Shore

Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Krannert Executive Education Programs

IAHI General Manager Academy
September 10-13, 2006

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
First row (l-to-r): Jennie Reitz, Cathy Aguilera, Pam Piltingsrud, Angela Alfonso, Tom Chung, Nick Boulas, Martin Murallon, Anis Qarni;
Second row: Roslyn Dickerson, Sharon Howell, Tony Elenis, Gary Miller, Jerry Lynch, David Phaneuf, Joel Schossow; Third row: Jennifer Locey,
Robert Frobish, Rich Gold, Fabricio Casado, David Marsh, Jonathan Lund, Bob Dora; Fourth row: Lisa Castagna, Ranga Ramanujam, Nanda Patel,
Jill Foreman, Fausto Matias, Michael Lucas, Mick LaLopa; Fifth row: Paul Thomas, Eva Ferguson, Carol Hoppe, Ray Kavanaugh, Mark Kane;
Sixth row: Craig Hillyard, Hank Suerth, Cathy Garrison, Steve Porter