"I am delighted that Tony has been selected EI president and CEO," said Bill Fisher, AH&MA president and CEO. "I have known and worked with him for more than 25 years and he is the right person at the right time. I anticipate the relationship between our organizations to benefit the industry in an unprecedented manner." 

A search committee, comprised of Jack Vaughn, CHA, chairman,  Opryland Lodging Group; Bob Slater, president, Southern Hospitality, Inc., and AH&MA treasurer; Howard Nusbaum, executive vice president, Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association; and Ron Cichy, Ph.d, CHA, CFBE, CHE, director and professor, The School of Hospitality Business, Michigan State University, was appointed in late May and reviewed a number of qualified candidates. 

"Tony has served as an EI board member for more than a decade and  has been one of its most avid supporters," said Vaughn. "There's no one in the industry who doesn't know and respect Tony, and we believe  he'll do a yeoman's job." 

Marshall serves on the board of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York Bar Association. Marshall received a bachelor of science degree in hotel administration from the University of New Hampshire and a juris doctorate from Syracuse University. 

"I am overwhelmed by the enormous support from industry and academic colleagues," said Marshall. "I am thrilled to be in a leadership role and look forward to serving an industry that has been so wonderful to me." 

AH&MA, founded in 1910, is a federation of state lodging associations throughout the United States with some 11,000 members worldwide, representing more than 1.4  million rooms. AH&MA provides operations, technical, educational, marketing, and  communications services plus governmental affairs representation to the lodging  industry.