Sherry Vidal-BrownVidal-Brown’s duties also include providing strategic direction in areas of training and development, change management and organizational effectiveness. She will also play an important role in furthering and promoting unity among all company levels and departments, from employees at headquarters, to the more than 1,000 individual hotel properties in the Accor North America network. A seasoned and talented executive, prior to joining the team at Accor North America, Vidal-Brown held senior positions at DFW International Airport, FedEx-Kinko's, American Airlines and Personnel Decisions International. She holds a doctorate in psychology from Texas A&M as well as an MBA from The University of Houston. Vidal-Brown was also recognized by the Dallas Business Journal in 2009 as one of the “Top 25 Women to Watch” in Dallas as part of the publication’s annual Women in Business Awards in 2009.