Robert L. Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, an innovative business network that owns or holds interests in a diverse portfolio of companies in the financial services, private equity, real estate, hospitality, professional sports, film production, gaming and automobile dealership industries. In July 2007, Johnson was named by USA Today as one of the 25 most influential business leaders of the past 25 years.

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Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of RLJ Lodging Trust. In May 2011, Mr. Baltimore successfully led the roll-up and merger of RLJ Development, a hospitality investment firm, with its two affiliated private equity funds, and the subsequent initial public offering of RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ). RLJ is one of the largest U.S. publicly-traded REITs, with 147 hotels operating primarily under the Marriott or Hilton family of brands, in 21 states and the Dist... 

Ross H. Bierkan is a Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President of RLJ. He is responsible for the identification, underwriting, and acquisition of value-added lodging opportunities for the company. Since the launch of RLJ as a private entity in December of 2000, Mr. Bierkan has overseen the acquisition of over 175 hotels, on the RLJ balance sheet and across three institutional fund platforms, at an aggregate value of over $2.7 billion. Prior to joining RLJ, Mr. Bierkan was a... 

Jeff Dauray joined RLJ Development as a senior team member in February 2009 as Vice President of Acquisitions.  He rapidly established himself with the team after having sourced and negotiated over $500 Million of compliant investments for RLJ Real Estate Fund III during a constrained market cycle.  RLJ Real Estate Fund III became a fully-invested $1.2 Billion private equity fund that was included in the May 2011 roll-up and IPO of RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:"RLJ").

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Leslie Hale has served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Real Estate & Finance for RLJ Lodging Trust since 2007.  Ms. Hale is responsible for all financial matters across RLJ.  As CFO, she is intricately involved in the company’s investment decision-making, daily operations and long-term strategic planning.  In addition to her CFO responsibilities, Ms. Hale oversees the execution of all asset and corporate level transactions.

Ms. Hale joined RLJ in 2005 as... 

Carl A. Mayfield is responsible for providing leadership to the project management team and supervising all phases of capital projects.  He is responsible for disaster remediation, energy management/conservation strategies, physical due diligence, budgeting, scheduling, brand coordination, contracting and capital execution for all properties. He also provides leadership for all development projects from programming, planning, entitlements, budgeting, and public-private partnerships. Pr... 

Susan Sloan joined RLJ in 2009 as Vice President and Controller. In this role, she is responsible for RLJ’s accounting operations, including financial reporting.

Prior to joining RLJ, Ms. Sloan was a Director with Navigant Consulting, where she focused on business, accounting and operational consulting. Before joining Navigant Consulting, Ms. Sloan served as the Vice President and Controller at JER Partners, a private equity real estate investment company. Previously, Ms....