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 se unió a IHG en enero 2024 y es responsable de liderar el crecimiento de la cartera de hoteles de lujo de alta gama de IHG, que incluye Six Senses, Regent Hotels & Resorts y Branded Residential en toda la región de América. También supervisa el desarrollo de todas las marcas de Lujo, Estilo de Vida y Premium en todo Canadá. Antes de incorporarse a IHG, Jamy formó parte de Marriott International, donde desempeñó funciones tanto en el departamento legal como en la organización de desarrollo, y más recientemente ocupó el cargo de vicepresidente de desarrollo de hoteles de lujo y residencias de marca en toda Norteamérica. Antes de ingresar a la industria hotelera, fue asociado en el grupo de práctica de bienes raíces de Arnold & Porter LLP en Washington, D.C. Jamy obtuvo su licenciatura y su doctorado en derecho de la Universidad de Georgetown. Reside en las afueras de Washington, D.C., y disfruta pasando tiempo con su familia, estando al aire libre, viajando, conociendo nuevas culturas y buscando oportunidades de desarrollo de lujo.

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 se desempeña como Director de Desarrollo Regional para Luisiana, Missouri, Arkansas y Tennessee. Antes de unirse al equipo de desarrollo, Normann trabajó con IHG durante tres años como Gerente de Viabilidad en Análisis de Inversiones. Normann aporta al puesto más de 14 años de experiencia operativa internacional en hoteles, trabajando con algunas de las marcas hoteleras más conocidas del sector en el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos. Mientras trabajaba en el Reino Unido, Normann ocupó el cargo de Director de Operaciones de un hotel independiente donde gestionaba las operaciones diarias. Después de vivir en Europa durante 9 años, Normann regresa a los Estados Unidos para asumir un rol de analista. Otras ciudades donde Normann ha trabajado incluyen Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, DC, Glasgow, Birmingham y Londres. Actualmente reside en Atlanta, Georgia, donde además de su rol de desarrollo, enseña en la Universidad Estatal de Georgia en el programa de Maestría en Gestión Hotelera Global.

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 es gerente sénior de desarrollo comercial en IHG Hotels & Resorts, con sede en Atlanta, Georgia. Apoya el desarrollo de las marcas Luxury & Lifestyle y Premium de IHG, así como las actividades de crecimiento del equipo de EE. UU. y Canadá. Antes de ocupar su puesto actual, Aubrey era gerente en el equipo de Transacciones y Gestión de Activos de IHG. Antes de incorporarse a IHG en 2019, Aubrey trabajó como analista en Hilton en McLean, Virginia. Aubrey se graduó de la Universidad de Cornell con un título en Administración Hotelera.