Mark S. Hoplamazian was appointed to our Board of Directors in November 2006 and named President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation in December 2006. Prior to being appointed to his present position, Mr. Hoplamazian served as President of The Pritzker Organization, LLC, the principal financial and investment advisor to certain Pritzker family business interests. During his 17 year tenure with TPO, he served as advisor to various Pritzker family-owned companies, including Hyatt Hotels Corporation and its predecessors. He previously worked in international mergers and acquisitions at The First Boston Corporation in New York. Mr. Hoplamazian served as Chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association from January 2021 to December 2021, and serves on the Board of Directors and as a member of the Talent & Compensation and Finance committees of the Board of Directors of VF Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Brand USA and Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of World Business Chicago, and the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute. Mr. Hoplamazian is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Travel & Tourism Council, a member of the Discovery Class of the Henry Crown Fellowship, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago where he is also co-chair of the Civic Committee Public Safety Task Force.

Joan Bottarini is Hyatt’s Chief Financial Officer and responsible for helping to develop and lead Hyatt’s transformation, uniquely positioning the organization for optimal long-term performance and stakeholder value creation. Since November 2018, she has led Hyatt’s global finance function, including financial reporting, planning, treasury, tax, investor relations, internal audit, asset management and procurement. Bottarini is also the Executive Sponsor of the Hyatt HyPride Diversity Business Resource Group. During Bottarini’s 22-year Hyatt tenure, she has served as the company’s Senior Vice President, Finance, Americas; Vice President, Hotel Finance, Asia Pacific (Hong Kong); and Vice President, Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining Hyatt, Bottarini served as an Assurance Manager at KPMG LLP. Bottarini is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and serves as co-chair on the Dean’s Board of Executive Advisors. She also serves as a co-chair of the No Room for Trafficking Council of the American Hotel and Lodging Association Foundation and as an advisory board member of Salt and Light Coalition in Chicago.

Chuck Floyd was selected Global President of Operations in August 2014. In this role, Chuck leads and develops Hyatt’s shared operation services organization known as the Global Operations Center (GOC) and is responsible for the successful operation of Hyatt’s hotels globally. Mr. Floyd is also responsible for ensuring operating efficiency in the roll-out of new innovations, unifying the Company's global operations, and overseeing the Company’s information technology resources, worldwide sales organization and call centers. The Group Presidents for each of Hyatt’s three regions report to Mr. Floyd.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Floyd was Executive Vice President, Group President – Global Operations Center. From January 2006 through September 2012, Mr. Floyd served as Chief Operating Officer – North America. In that role he was responsible for the management of Hyatt’s full service hotels and resorts as well as the Hyatt Place and Hyatt House brands in the United States, Canada and Caribbean. In addition, he oversaw Hyatt Residential Group, Inc. (formerly Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc.) and the Franchise Owner Relations Group, which supported both full service and select service and extended stay franchisees. He also oversaw various corporate functions for North America, including sales, human resources, product and design, rooms, food and beverage and engineering. Since joining Hyatt in 1981, Mr. Floyd has served in a number of other senior positions, including Executive Vice President – North America Operations and Senior Vice President of Sales, as well as various managing director and general manager roles.

Pete Sears was selected Group President - Americas for Hyatt Hotels Corporation in September 2014. Mr. Sears is responsible for the growth and successful operation of Hyatt’s portfolio in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to his current role, he was the Senior Vice President, Operations for Asia Pacific. Mr. Sears began his career with Hyatt as a corporate trainee at Hyatt Regency San Antonio in 1987, and went on to hold numerous positions of increasing operational responsibility. These positions included serving as general manager of five full service hotels in North America at properties located in San Francisco, Orange County, and Lake Tahoe. In 2006, he became Senior Vice President of Field Operations for the Central Region, and in 2009, became Senior Vice President, Operations for North America.

Appointed as Hyatt's Chief Commercial Officer in March 2018, Mark Vondrasek leads Hyatt's ecosystem of revenue-generating and guest-experience functions. His Commercial Services team unites global sales, revenue management, distribution strategy, corporate marketing, brands, loyalty, communications, digital, consumer insights and analytics, IT, as well as global property and guest services – touching each stage of our guests’ and customers’ journey.
Vondrasek joined Hyatt as Executive Vice President, Global Head of Loyalty & New Business Platforms in September 2017. Prior to Hyatt, Vondrasek spent 15 years at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, where he served as Senior Vice President, Commercial Services.
Before entering the hospitality industry, Vondrasek spent 10 years in financial services, overseeing operational teams at Fidelity Investments and Kemper Financial Services.