MIAMI - May 29, 2013 –
Leslie
A. Pchola has been named area vice president, southeast covering our
Hilton
Worldwide hotels and resorts in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Western
Florida
and South Carolina. Pchola most recently held the position of general
manager
of Austin’s largest premier convention hotel, Hilton Austin, featuring
800
guestrooms and 70,000 square feet of meeting space.
Prior
to her move to Austin in February 2009 she was the hotel manager of the
downtown historical property, Hilton Chicago where she oversaw the
overall
management and day-to-day operations of all departments within a 1,544
room
luxury convention hotel.
A
19-year veteran of Hilton Worldwide, Pchola has held distinguished
management
positions throughout her career with Hilton Hotels. She began her
in 1988
at Hilton International Toronto as part of Hilton’s Professional
Development
Program. Throughout her tenure with Hilton, she has held
positions
in the corporate offices both in Atlanta, as operations analyst for the
Eastern
Region, and in Beverly Hills as manager of operations analyst for the
Corporate
Finance Department. Additionally, she has held property executive
positions with Atlanta Hilton as resident manager and Hilton Cleveland
East as
general manager.
During
her 26 years of experience in the hospitality industry, she has also
worked for
HJ Russell and Company, Laventhol and Horwath and Host Marriott.
In
1988, she graduated from the Georgia State University Cecil B. Day
School of
Hospitality with a degree in hospitality administration. Pchola is
currently
active in a number of hospitality and tourism industry organizations
including
serving as an executive board member of the Women in Lodging Committee
of the
American Hotel & Lodging Association. She was also an
executive board
member of the Austin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the 2012
president for
the Austin Hotel and Lodging Association. In addition, she
participated
as a board member for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Downtown
Austin
Alliance Committee Member and 2012 Formula 1 Host Committee.
Pchola
is married to Joe Morales and they have two dogs and enjoy boating,
live music,
hiking, traveling and spending time with family.