Board of Trustees

, Board of Trustees, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY SCIENCES

Joseph Cinque

Chairman & CEO AAHS New York
, Board of Trustees, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY SCIENCES

Emma Cinque

President AAHS New York
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Rita Cosby

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist TV & Radio Host New York
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Brandon Dawson

Vice Chairman AAHS

HONORARY TRUSTEES

ARMAND ASSANTE
Actor/Director/Producer
New York, NY

HEINZ BECK
Three-Michelin Star Chef
Worldwide

DAVID BURKE
Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef
Worldwide

JOSEPH CIOLLI
Restaurateur, Entrepreneur
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria

VICTOR CLAVELL
Senior vice President Operations,
EMEAC. Rosewood Hotel Group

JERRY COLANGELO
Sports Executive
New York, NY

BERNARD DE VILLÉLE
General Manager
The Ritz Carlton Bahrain, Manama

MARY GOSTELOW
President Owner/Editor Gostelow Report
London, UK

CHRISTIAN HASSING
International Truste
Singapore

KARLHEINZ HAUSER
Celebrity Chef
Germany

HEINZ HORRMANN
Editor in Chief, Die Welt
Berlin, Germany

ENZIO INDIANI
General Manager
Hotel Principle di Savoia
Milan, Italy

BERNARD LACKNER
CEO, Fisher Island Club
Miami, FL

MARK LETTENBICHLER
Strategic Hospitality Management
Hong Kong

BERND LEMBCKE
EVP/Managing Director
The Mar-a-Lago Club
Palm Beach, FL

ENRICO MAMBELLI
President M Partners Inc.
Milan, Italy

HENRY MEER
Chef/Entrepreneur
New York, NY

ONNO POORTIER
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
NOW Travel Advisory 
Worldwide

PHIL SUAREZ
President
Suarez Restaurant Group
New York, NY

GEORGE VENIZELOS
Executive Vice President
Red Apple Group
New York, NY

JEAN-GEORGES VONGERICHTEN
Restaurateur/Michelin-Star Chef
Worldwide

DAVID WINFIELD
MLB Hall of Famer

 

TRUSTEES

HON. THOMAS A. ADAMS
Administrative Judge
Nassau County, NY

VITTORIO ASSANTE
Restaurateur
Da Umberto Restaurant
New York, NY

TOMACZEK BEDNAREK
Cinestage Media Group
Bishop Lyons Entertainment
New York, NY

EMANUEL BERGER
President of the Advisory Board
EHL Group
Lausanne Switzerland

STEVEN BOGGS
Directory of Global
Guest Relations
The Beverly Hills Hotel

SALVADOR BRIMAN
International Trustee
Mexico

SARA BRIMAN
International Trustee
Mexico

JOHN CASPER
International Trustee
New York

ELENA CARDONE
AAHS International Trustee

GRANT CARDONE
Private Equity Fund Manager
& Real Estate Investor

DEAN CARRAS
President
AAHS Insurance Sector

STEPHEN CASSIDY
Executive Director
NYC Fire Pension Fund

NATALIE DAWSON
AAHS International Trustee

JENNIFER DEVITO
Board of Directors
The Onóir Group

JOHN B. DEVITO
Vice-President
The Onóir Group

PAUL DIGIACOMO
President of Detectives
Endowment Association (DEA)
New York, NY

ROBERT DIPILLA, DDS
Aesthetic and Rejuvenation Dentistry,
Birmingham, MI

ROGER DUBIN
Dubin Marketing Inc.
Arizona

KEVIN DUNN
HBT Worldwide Trustee

DAVID R. FROELKE
SVP. Related Companies
New York, NY

JAY GORSIA
CEO & Architect
Gorsia Design
Worldwide

JANELLE HOPKIN
President & Managing Director
Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada

CRAIG HETHERINGTON
Chairman / CEO
Notorious Wines Inc.

 

STEVEN G. HUGHES
AAHS International Trustee
New York

RICHARD S. KENDALL
Founder/CEO of FEHSF
New York, NY

DR. SRGJAN KERIM
Former President of 62nd Session
United Nations General Assembly
New York, NY

VLADIMIR KRALJEVIC
AAHS International Trustee
Croatia

MICHAEL KRAUS, DDS
Cosmetic Restorative Dentistry
New York, NY

CAARA LANDER
International Executive Trustee

HOWARD LORBER
Chairman, Douglas Elliman LLC
New York, NY

FRANCISCO LOZANO
AAHS Global Strategic Financier

WILSON LU
Founder, Amerasia Capital
Washington, DC

CHRISTOPHER MACCHIO
International Trustee
New York Tenors, NY

MIRJANA MIRJANIC 
President of QBS
New York, NY

FINTAN O’DOHERTY
GM Sultan Hotel &
Residences Jakarta
Jakarta, Indonesia

SUSANA PALAZUELOS
International Trustee – Mexico
Chef & Founder of Banquetes Susana Palazuelos

HIMANSHU B. PATEL
Founder & CEO
Triton Solar
Worldwide

NICHOLAS PERRICONE M.D. 
Global Leader In Anti-Aging
Worldwide

RONALD PRIMAS M.D.
Medical Director
TravelMD.com
New York, NY

MICHEL REY
International Trustee
Zurich, Switzerland

DANIEL RYAN
AAHS International Trustee
Notorious Wines Inc.

MARCUS SANTIAGO
Global Safety and Security
Worldwide

DAVID SCHUTZENHOFER
GM Trump National Golf Club
Bedminster, NJ

MARVIN SCOTT
Emmy Award Winning Journalist
New York, NY

SAMUEL SHATKIN M.D. 
Aesthetic Association Centre
Plastic Surgery, Skincare & Laser Spa
Buffalo, NY

 

PAUL H. SLADKUS
Founder Milestone Broadcast Corp.
New York, NY

JAMES SLEVIN 
1st District Vice President
Intl. Association of Fire Fighters
New York, NY

ERIC TIMBERMAN
U.S.Marshal Chief Deputy-Ret.
New York, NY

PETER W. TISCHMANN PhD
Former GM,
Ciragan Palace
AAHS International Trustee

CHRISTOPHER TRUCILLO
NJ Chief of Police Transit

EDWIN A. YOUNG
NYPD Assistant Chief-Ret.

MALVINA ZUBKOVA
AAHS International Trustee

 

TRUSTEE ADVISORS

JOHN J. BRUNO JR.
Counselor
Law Bruno & Ferraro
Rutherford, NJ

ANDREW LANGSAM
Intellectual Property Attorney
New York, NY

LLOYD LEVENSON
CEO, Cooper Levenson
New Jersey

STUART PERRY
General Counsel to AAHS
New York, NY

GILL WACHSTOCK
International Trustee
New York, NY