Deanne Brand

Bio:

. Deanne Brand has 25 years of real estate finance experience and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Strategy, Analytics, Risk and Treasurer of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: HST) responsible for driving the direction-setting corporate strategy, as well as leading the organizational enterprise analytics function. She also serves as treasurer and oversees the corporate finance, capital markets functions, and risk management functions.  Ms. Brand most recently served as Senior Vice President & Treasurer for Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: PK) where she helped to build out and led the capital markets, treasury, financial risk management, strategic long-term planning, and insurance related functions. During her tenure there, she played a critical role in the $2.5 billion acquisition of Chesapeake Lodging Trust. Ms. Brand also held senior positions in corporate finance at Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) from September 2011 until December 2016.  While there she worked on over $7 billion in secured debt transactions, Hilton’s $2 billion sale and 1031 exchange of the iconic Waldorf Astoria in New York, the spinoff of Park Hotels & Resorts, among other notable transactions. Ms. Brand previously worked at Capmark Finance Inc. (f/k/a GMAC Commercial Mortgage) originating, structuring and performing loan asset management functions for their $2.3 billion hospitality lending group from 2005 until 2011.  She previously held positions at LNR Partners Inc., Lehman Brothers and KPMG, LLC. Ms. Brand graduated cum laude with her Bachelor of Science degree in both Accounting and Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park.