Mr. Jesina was previously the rooms division director at Bald Head Island Resort, located at Bald Head Island, North Carolina, and prior to this he was general manager for Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, West Virginia.  Before this, Mr. Jesina was general manager of the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, located in Durham, North Carolina, to which he was promoted after holding the position of assistant general manager for the property.  

Ken Jesina held various positions of increasing professional responsibility for The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; the Potomac Hotel Group, located in Washington, DC; the Sheraton Potomac Inn in Rockville, Maryland; and the Des Moines Marriott, in Des Moines, Iowa.   He began his hospitality career at the Marriott Astrodome in Houston, Texas.   Mr. Jesina received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio. 

Benchmark Hospitality, an international hospitality management company based in The Woodlands, Texas, operates luxury resorts, hotels, spas, golf clubs and conference centers throughout the United States, in Canada, and Japan.