WE ARE ERIC’S CLUB. We are the industry-seasoned members of the more than 8,500 alumni worldwide who are proud to call the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management our alma mater. We are involved. We are committed. We are passionate about giving back to our College, and excited to be a part of an extraordinary group of alumni who are inspiring the future leaders of the hospitality industry through our time-honored lecture series. We invite you to meet our members profiled here. Names in red signify a member who has made a presentation as part of the lecture series. Click on the names to read their bios.

John Beers (’76)

Vice President
Bates Engineers/Contractors, Inc.

C. J. “Joe” Bendy Jr.  (‘89)

Chief Operating Officer & GM
River Oaks Country Club

Marty Breverman (‘74)

Vice President of 
Café Development & Operations 
ARYZTA

Scott Brieger  (’90)

President/Owner
Boudreaux’s Cajun Kitchen Inc.

Doug Brooks  (’75)

Retired CEO, President & COB
Brinker International

David B. Chag (‘77)

General Manager & COO 
The Country Club

Jieping "Charles" Chen
('90, MHM '92, PhD '95)

Associate Dean & Director
EMBA/Zhong Kun Group

Robert D. "Bob" Cowan ('76)

Senior Vice President – Hotel Operations
  Starwood Hotels and Resorts

James “Jim” Doak III  ('92)

Chief Creative Officer & Founder
JWD Consultancy

Charles D. Dorn ('80)

Managing Director
The Dorn Group, Ltd.

Brad Dorsey ('91)

Founder & Co-Owner
Deluxe Vanilla & Crave

Gregory S. Edwards ('75)

Retired Senior VP & CFO
Rancho Mission Viejo

William B. Fortier ('83)

Senior VP of Development Americas
Hilton

Alan E. "Al" Gallo ('82)

President & CEO
Health Club at Travis Place

Barry Garrett ('81)

Chief Operating Officer & GM
Barton Hills Country Club

Ignacio Gomez-Tobar ('74)

Principal
IGT Advisors, LLC

Steve Goodman
('83, MSACCY '85)

President & Chief Investment Officer
Goodman Financial Corporation

Adele Gutman Milne ('84) CHBA,CHDM

Founder & Guest Experience Expert
Aspire Reputation Marketing

Jeffrey “Jeff” Heaney  (‘92)

President
BauscherHepp, Inc.

Mark Hellrung ('76)

General Manager
Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas

Marsha B. Hendler ('73)

President & CEO
TerraFina Energy LLC

Clare Sullivan Jackson ('85)

President & CEO
Sullivan Group

Joseph Larry Jackson ('77)

President
Breaking PAR: Diversity Course Management

Feliz M. Jarvis ('79)

Managing Partner
Feliz Hospitality Consultants, LLC

Alphy Johnson ('76)

President
International Hospitality Advisor

Marvin A. Jones ('85)

General Manager
San Antonio Country Club

Avi Katz ('97)

Owner
Katz Coffee

Kaiser Lashkari ('86)

Owner
Himalaya Restaurant

Aylwin Lewis  ('76, MBA '90)

Retired President & CEO
Potbelly Sandwich Works

Nick Massad Jr. ('73)

President & CEO
American Liberty Hospitality

Jason McCann (’91, MBA ’96)

CEO & Co-Founder

Vari®

Dan Meaux ('96) 

Co-owner

The Crawfish Shack

Jennifer Meaux ('97)

Co-owner

The Crawfish Shack

Mary Beth Moehring ('80)

Retired VP of Enterprise Program Management

Sysco Corporation

Lily Ng ('89)

Deputy CEO
  Vietnam Land Group

Dorothy T. Nicholson ('77)

President
Nicholson Interests, LLC

Ricki R. Oberoi ('86)

President
Oberoi Holdings Inc.

Rolando Pablos  (MHM '96)

Former Secretary of State
State of Texas

Michael Pedé ('89)

Associate VP of Alumni Relations
University of Houston

Robert D. "Bob" Planck ('71)

CEO
Interconnect Enterprises

Mike Przestrzelski ('78)

Managing Partner
United Sales & Services, LLC

Dr. Clinton L. Rappole
(Hon. '73)

Founder & Director Emeritus
Eric's Club

Kirk O. Reese ('88)

Executive VP, Denehy Club
Thinking Partners

Kelly Roberts  ('81)

Chief Administration Officer –
Hospitality & Gaming
Fertitta Entertainment, Inc.

Gregory Rockett ('86)

Retired VP of Corporate Hotel Development
Hilton

Brad Schreiber  ('80)

President & Managing Partner
Ashton Gardens

Jonathan Shear ('80)

Retired General Manager
Bayou Club of Houston

Dave Smalley ('79)

Founder & CEO
Spectrum Catering, Concessions & Events

Sharmagne Taylor ('86)

President & CEO
On-Site Partners

Robert Thrailkill  ('82)

Vice President – Operations
Zachry Hospitality, LLC

Robert F. Voelker ('73)

President & CEO
Gateway Hospitality Group

Rusty Wallace ('82)

Area Managing Director & GM
Omni La Mansion del Rio

Charles Warczak ('75)

Financial Consultant
NextGen Hotels

Richard F. Weil ('78)

CEO & Owner
National Restaurant Consultants

Temple Weiss  (MHM '96)

Chief Administrative Officer
Learfield

Allison Wen  ('83)

President
Allisandra Management Company

Kris Westbrook
(’99, MHM ’02)

CEO
Revenew International LLC

Jeremy Wladis ('86)

Owner & President
The Restaurant Group

James "Jim" Worrall  ('78)

VP of Client Solutions & Contract Sales
Good Source Solutions, Inc.

Belinda Yeung  ('82)

Chief Operating Officer

Regal Hotels

Dr. John Bowen  (Hon. '06)

Professor Emeritus & Former Dean
Honorary Eric's Club member since 2014

Dr. Dennis Reynolds (Hon. '18)

Dean & Barron Hilton Distinguished Chair
Honorary Eric’s Club member since 2021