"I am pleased that Ann Walker will be assuming this new position to lead our outstanding sales team well into the new century," Mr. Kleisner said.  "It is doubly gratifying because it marks Ann's return to America's Resort(r), where she had been an exceptional national sales manager," he added.

"I am confident that Ann's wealth of successful experiences in the hospitality industry, combined with her passion for excellence, will only increase The Greenbrier's position as one of the top destinations in the world for association, corporate and other group meetings," Mr. Kleisner said.

Ms. Walker, a resident of nearby Lewisburg, is a graduate of Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Prior to returning to The Greenbrier, where she held various positions in the sales and marketing organization from 1983 to 1995, Ms. Walker was associated with resorts in West Virginia and Virginia. She has held positions on the boards of the Southern West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Leadership West Virginia and the Hospitality Partners Committee of the Insurance Conference Planners Association Board of Directors.  In addition, she is active in many local, regional and national professional organizations with membership in the West Virginia Society of Association Executives, the Carolinas Chapter of MPI, West Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association, the Insurance Conference Planners Association and others.

"I am very excited," Ms. Walker said,  "to return to The Greenbrier, America's premier resort.  And, I eagerly accept the challenge to provide leadership and direction to our tremendous sales organization so that our group markets will continue to grow and contribute to The Greenbrier's success."

The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is situated on 6,500 acres in the majestic Allegheny Mountains.  With over two hundred years of history, this National Historic Landmark features classic architecture, exquisite interior design, carefully sculpted landscape, fine dining and impeccable service.  This full service resort offers 637 guestrooms, including 46 suites and 71 guest and estate houses.  Within its outstanding facilities are ten lobbies, five restaurants, over thirty meeting rooms in a complete conference center, a 25,000 square foot spa, mineral baths and salon and the Greenbrier Clinic offering diagnostic and preventive medicine. The Greenbrier's recreational activities include three championship golf courses, golf academy, twenty tennis courts, including five indoor, Land Rover Driving School, indoor and outdoor pools, croquet, trap and skeet shooting, fishing, mountain biking, walking/jogging trails.