Jerome Cataldo's Email & Phone

Jerome F. Cataldo is President of Hostmark Hospitality Group, one of the largest independent hotel management firms. Mr. Cataldo's responsibilities include identifying acquisition and management contract opportunities for the company and its investment partners as well as directing the expansion of strategic business relationships with institutional owners and investment funds. He also directs the company's relationships with real estate brokers, hotel owners, financial and institutional fund managers and hotel franchise companies, and manages the daily operation of the company's development team. Mr. Cataldo has worked in multiple facets of the hotel industry, beginning his career in hotel operations in 1982 and joined Hostmark Hospitality Group in 1983 to lead the company's information systems division. Subsequently, Mr. Cataldo was responsible for the operational oversight of several of the company's hotels, and then leading the development division. Since Mr. Cataldo took the helm as Hostmark's Executive Vice President of Development in 1997, the firm has established an international reputation, managing hotels and resorts throughout the United States and in three countries abroad. Additionally, Mr. Cataldo is a Managing Director in the Shamrock-Hostmark Hotel Fund, a co-sponsored hotel acquisition fund with Shamrock Holdings of California. Recognized as an industry leader, Mr. Cataldo has been a speaker at major hospitality conferences and industry events and has been a recurring lecturer at Roosevelt University's Manfred Steinfeld School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, the Midwest Lodging Summit Advisory Board and the Kendall College Les Roches School of Hospitality Management Advisory Board. Mr. Cataldo received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Marquette University and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from DePaul University.