PRLA Restaurant & Lodging Matters Winter 2021

MEET THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2021 PRLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRPERSON Bill Covaleski Victory Brewing Company Brandywine Restaurant VICE CHAIRPERSON Tom Neely Penn State Hospitality Services Keystone Lodging-Full Service TREASURER Cynthia Smith Hoss's Steak & Seahouse and Marzoni's Brick Oven & Brewing Midwestern Restaurant IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Jim Fris PJW Restaurant Group Brandywine Restaurant WESTERN REP Mike Mitcham Primanti Bros. Western Restaurant PHILADELPHIA REP Joe Campbell Chickie's & Pete's Philadelphia Restaurant CENTRAL REP Brian Dailey HE & R Downtown Restaurant Group Central Restaurant LANCASTER REP Mick Owens Mick's All American Pub Lancaster Restaurant BRANDYWINE REP Isidore Ogousson 1847 Financial Brandywine Allied BUCKS-MONT REP Tim O'Leary The Farm House Tavern Bucks-Mont Restaurant DIRECTOR-AT- LARGE expires 2024 Qamara Edwards Sojourn Philly Philadelphia Restaurant Michael Rivkin The Dolon House Bed & Breakfast Northeastern Lodging-Unique Lodging Garrett Gallia Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Central Restaurant Mary Sigel Sigel & Associates Restaurant Development Philadelphia Allied DIRECTOR-AT- LARGE expires 2023 Mike Axiotis Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group Lehigh Valley Restaurant Bob McCafferty North Country Brewing Western Restaurant Trip Ruvane Barley Creek Brewing Company Northeastern Restaurant Tony Salomone Hilton Harrisburg Central Restaurant John Oliver VisitErie Northwestern Other Hospitality Services-TPA DIRECTOR-AT- LARGE expires 2022 Derek Beckman Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia South at the Navy Yard Philadelphia Lodging-Full Service Rob Commero The Pressroom Lancaster Restaurant Juan Martinez Don Juan Mex Grill Lehigh Valley Restaurant Lisa Rager Visit Johnstown Midwestern Other Hospitality Services-TPA Bryan Reichelt Hampton Inn & Suites-Hershey Central Lodging-Select Service Susan Dale Spinnerstown Hotel Bucks-Mont Restaurant DIRECTOR-AT- LARGE expires 2021 Brian Black Penn State School of Hospitality Management Keystone Institutional Robert Caruso Visit Bucks County Bucks-Mont Retired Jack Cohen Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau Western Other Hospitality Services-TPA Barry Kidd Country Inn of Lancaster Lancaster Lodging-Full Service Jensine Ruscito Troeg's Brewing Company Central Restaurant Chirag Shah Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Central Lodging QUALIFIED PAST CHAIRS Steve Musciano Common Plea Hospitality Group Western Restaurant John Graf Priory Hotel Western Lodging-Unique Lodging Jeff Cohen Smallman Street Deli Western Restaurant Rick Sell Metz Culinary Management Northeastern Restaurant Matt English Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey Central Lodging-Full Service Jeff Metz Metz Culinary Management Northeastern Restaurant Garth Weldon The Prime Rib Philadelphia Restaurant Bill Kohl Greenwood Hospitality Group Central Lodging-Full Service Joseph DiSalvo DiSalvo's Station Restaurant Western Restaurant Kevin Joyce The Carlton Western Restaurant Ray Hottenstein Lancaster Restaurant Pat Daugherty The Tavern Restaurant Keystone Restaurant Mike Barrett Sunset Inn Northwestern Restaurant PRESIDENT & CEO John Longstreet Non-Voting Member 8 • PENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT & LODGING matters • Winter 2021