Dan Duenas

Dan focuses on development opportunities for IHG’s mainstream brands in the western region. Prior to IHG, Dan gained valuable franchise sales experience with the Cendant/Wyndham Company. Before shifting to the hotel industry, he spent 20 years in sales positions with leading golf brands Callaway Golf, Wilson Golf, and Cleveland/Srixon Golf, where he contributed to some of the industry’s most innovative product launches. Residing in Scottsdale with his wife and children, Dan enjoys golfing, hiking, and exploring the Arizona outdoors. He attends Highlands Church with his family and volunteers with Feed My Starving Children. He also enjoys serving at Night to Shine sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.

James Farrah

James kam im Januar 2024 zu IHG und ist für die Führung des Wachstums von IHGs oberem Luxury & Lifestyle sowie dem Premium Portfolio in den Amerika-Regionen verantwortlich, darunter Six Senses, Regent Hotels & Resorts und Branded Residences in allen Hotelmarken. Bevor er sich IHG anschloss, war James Teil von Marriott International und hatte Funktionen sowohl in der Rechtsabteilung als auch in der Entwicklungsorganisation als Vice President für Luxushotel und Markenwohnprodukte in ganz Nordamerika inne. Vor seiner Tätigkeit für das Gastgewerbe war James Mitarbeiter in der Praxisgruppe Immobilien bei Adrian & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C. James absolvierte seinen Master-Abschluss und seinen J.D. an der Georgetown University. Er wohnt in der Nähe von Washington, D.C. und verbringt gerne Zeit mit seiner Familie, ist gerne draußen, reist, lernt neue Kulturen kennen und hält nach Luxus Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten Ausschau.

John Faught

John directs the expansion of IHG’s mainstream brands in southern Texas. Over his 22 years with IHG, he has developed hotels throughout America’s heartland in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. A lifelong hotel industry professional, John previously served as the Director of Franchise Sales and Development, Mountain Region, for Wyndham Hotels (previously HFS, Inc.). Outside of the office, John spends his free time with his five children and traveling to new destinations.

Estefania Fausto

Estefania joined IHG in 2013 as an assistant in Development upon graduating from Universidad de Guadalajara with a degree in tourism administration. As a business development manager, she supports franchise sales and development in Mexico for the growth of all brands across the country. Her duties also include driving strategic negotiations of all retentions in Mexico, Latin America & the Caribbean. Estefania is originally from California but moved to Mexico at the age of 5. She enjoys soccer, painting, discovering new restaurants, and traveling with her daughters and partner. 

Pedro Freire

Pedro Freire has over 20 years of significant experience in the hotel industry.

Before joining IHG team, Pedro was a Vice President of Asset Management at hotelAVE. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the company´s assignments throughout Latin America, which included All-Inclusive and luxury resorts and hotels, totaling more than $1 billion invested and encompassing three thousand keys.

Before hAVE, Pedro has worked for near 15 years at JLL, where he oversaw the Advisory, Asset Management and Investment Sales activities for Hotels & Hospitality team in Brazil. With JLL, Pedro has participated of a wide-variety of valuations and feasibility studies, as well as operator selection processes, management and franchise contract negotiations and asset management assignments, ranging from budget and limited-service properties to luxury hotels and branded residences, destination all-inclusive resorts and luxury second homes in Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries.

Additionally, he has been involved in hotel transactions, capital raising and IPO processes related to the development of hotels and resorts with branded residences and second homes.

Prior to joining JLL, Pedro worked as Manager, Acquisitions & Development – Latin America for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, where he participated in franchise and management agreements negotiations and prepared market research and financial analysis for investment opportunities in Brazil and Latin America.

Previously, Pedro worked as sales account executive at the Gran Meliá Mofarrej in São Paulo, Brazil and as a Revenue Management trainee at Marriott Brazil.

Pedro has also completed hotel operations internships at the Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria in Rome, Italy and at the Hotel Astor in Switzerland.

Pedro has a MBA from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo and graduated with Merit from the Les Roches International School of Hotel Management School in Switzerland. He has also undertaken further study in Real Estate Investment, in the Professional Development Program, at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, Brazil. He is proficient in Portuguese and English, fluent in Spanish and communicates well in French and Italian.

In his leisure time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, son, and friends. He also likes running and walking, watching movies, reading, and traveling.

Cooper Gantt

Cooper is responsible for expediting the growth of IHG’s mainstream brands across the Midwest region of the United States. Advancing within IHG, Cooper’s previous experience includes the role of Business Development Manager where she strove to expand existing franchisee portfolios and identify opportunity markets for future development. Prior to that, she also excelled in various positions as part of IHG's Global Sales Organization. Cooper holds a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management with a minor in Business Administration from Auburn University. In her free time, she enjoys chanting “War Eagle” in support of her beloved Auburn Tigers football team.

Normann Hauck

Normann Hauck ist Regional Entwicklungs Director für Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas und Tennessee. Vor seinem Eintritt in das Entwicklungsteam war Normann drei Jahre bei IHG als Feasibility Manager im Bereich Investitionsanalyse tätig. Normannen bringt mehr als 14 Jahre internationale Betriebserfahrung im Hotelbereich mit, wobei er für einige der bekanntesten Hotelmarken der Branche in Großbritannien und den USA zusammengearbeitet hat. Während seiner Zeit in Großbritannien war Normann als Director of Operations für ein unabhängiges Hotel tätig, wo er den täglichen Betrieb leitete. Nachdem er 9 Jahre in Europa gelebt hat, zieht Normann Einnahmen in die USA, um die Rolle des Analysten zu übernehmen. Weitere Städte, in denen Normann gearbeitet hat, sind Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Glasgow, Birmingham und London. Er wohnt derzeit in Atlanta, Georgia , wo er neben seiner Entwicklungstätigkeit auch als Dozent an der Georgia State University im Rahmen des „Masters of Global Hospitality Management“-Programms tätig ist.

Carolyn Hervert

Carolyn is responsible for the growth of our lifestyle collections and premium brands across the Southwestern region of the US. Prior to joining IHG, Carolyn spent several years as the Senior Investment Director for NuovoRE, a private owner and developer of historic adaptive reuse lifestyle and luxury hotels across the country. During her tenure, Carolyn was responsible for both asset management of the existing hotel portfolio and development of the pipeline projects, while specializing in Opportunity Zone and Historic Tax Credit investments. As one of the first hires, she created investment models and projections to quickly scale the company. Prior to its merger with Hyatt, Carolyn developed hotels on behalf of Two Roads Hospitality to expand Thompson, AlilA, Joie de Vivre, tommie and Destination brands across the US and Mexico. Carolyn also worked for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB), where she asset managed properties with a focus on the Western region. Carolyn graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Hotel Administration and is an advisory board member for the Cornell Real Estate Council (CREC Women). She lives with her husband in Denver where they enjoy hiking, skiing, running, and spending time with friends.

Aubrey Hiebert

Aubrey ist Senior Business Entwicklung Manager bei IHG Hotels & Resorts mit Sitz in Atlanta, Georgia. Sie unterstützt die Entwicklung der IHG Luxury & Lifestyle und Premium Hotelmarke sowie die Wachstumsaktivitäten für das USA und Kanada Team. Vor ihrer derzeitigen Position war Aubrey Managerin im Transactions and Asset Management-Team von IHG. Bevor er zu IHG in 2019 kam, war Aubrey als Analyst bei Hilton in McLean, Virginia, tätig. Aubrey hat einen Abschluss in Hotel Administration der Cornell University.