Joie De Vivre Hotels

Michael brings 25 years of progressively successful financial management experience to his position as CFO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality. His expertise includes cultivating relationships with financial partners for key development projects, resourceful negotiation of financial packages for acquisitions as well as new developments, and effectively leading the financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis necessary for senior leaders to make sound decisions and plans. Michael joined the Joie de Vivre Hospitality team in 2007. Michael's primary responsibility in his role with Joie de Vivre is the oversight of the financial management, health and well-being of the company. Before joining Joie de Vivre Hospitality, he spent close to eight years with Harbor View Holdings, Inc. (Parent of Stanford Hotels Corporation) as Senior VP and CFO (2 years) and previously as VP and Corporate Controller (5 years). During his time at Harbor View Holdings, Michael provided financial oversight to 15 full-service hotels with 4,300 rooms, a residential home building company and a leasing company among others at the multi-faceted holding company. Prior to that, Michael held the position of CFO for 14 years at Tamalpais Hotel Services. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of South Dakota. Michael serves as a member of the American Institute of California CPAs and the California Society of CPAs.

Anne Conley began her career with Joie de Vivre Hospitality at the Phoenix Hotel while on summer breaks from college. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a double major in Economics and Anthropology, Anne joined The Phoenix staff full-time, eventually becoming part of the JdV corporate staff as an assistant to her brother Chip in 1995. In 1997, Anne became Vice President of Admininstration, overseeing the administrative and technological staff as well as handling the company's corporate and real estate legal support, litigation matters, investor correspondence and general corporate organizational, administrative and logistical responsibilities. Most recently, Anne managed the design and construction of an additional office for JdV's Financial Services and Administrative Departments, doubling the company's office space for its growing staff and training needs.

Dave has 25 years of retail food service experience in restaurants and hotels with companies like Levy Restaurants and Lettuce Entertain You. Sixteen of these years were spent in operations, while the last nine years have been spent in marketing and concept development. As Senior Vice President of Operations for Mark Miller's three Coyote Cafes, he developed an award-winning line of food products, retail food store and associated catalog business. He later opened his own consulting company Conceptivity which specialized in retail concept development for numerous clients including Tyson Foods. Most recently, he held the Vice President of Marketing & Creative Services position with Compass Group -The Americas Division where he led teams responsible for franchise brand relationships, branded concept development, innovations, retail marketing campaigns, convenience retailing, sales support, and Balanced Choices, Compass Group's global wellness and nutrition program. During his career, he has led various operations and creative teams in the development of over 30 new retail, restaurant and foodservice concepts. His greatest skill is his unique ability to combine marketing sensibilities with solid operational expertise.

Rick is responsible for all aspects of our Facilities Services operations as well as managing our project management staff. Rick develops and manages the RFP process for design, construction, and the facilities service providers. Rick also assists our clients with their real estate needs, including programming requirements, strategic planning, long-term space projections, site selection evaluation, and due diligence. Prior to joining FaciliCorp Rick spent 15 years in facilities and real estate for a number of companies throughout the Bay Area. Rick holds a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Chico, and an MBA in Management from Golden Gate University.

With nearly 15 years experience designing and redesigning everything from ice cream stores to the identity of Target Corporation's $10 billion Home division, Matt Harvey is a tremendous asset as Creative Director for Joie de Vivre Hospitality. Self described as "creatively omnivorous," Matt was trained as an architect, but has applied his design education to interiors, visual merchandising, brand strategy, graphic design and advertising. His early experience with Gap Inc. included stints designing high-profile flagship stores and in-store presentations, but his lasting legacy is the visual foundation of the Old Navy brand. Matt later joined the venerable branding firm Landor Associates, where he designed award-winning customer experiences for everything from airlines to banks. This led to his founding of design thinktank FIGURE SEVEN STUDIO. Notable Fig. 7 work included creative direction for packaging and in-store spectacles for Restoration Hardware. Following the turbulent turn of the century, Matt went into exile in the Midwest, where helped found a brand consultancy startup for Columbus, Ohio-based WD Partners. As Creative Director, Matt was responsible for developing revolutionary restaurant concepts for Wendy's, Carvel and Logan's Roadhouse. In 2004, Matt went to work for mega-retailer Target as Creative Director. There he was responsible for leading the development of creative strategies and execution of all broadcast and print advertising, in-store environments, packaging, interactive and events for Target's $10 billion Home business. As the Creative Director for Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Matt is responsible for leading all creative efforts surrounding the building or renovation of all newly designed hotels and restaurants. His enthusiasm and talented approach to hotel and restaurant concepts has garnered attention and excitement in the industry, making him a natural fit for California's leading boutique hotelier.