Mureka WalcottAn 11-year hospitality industry veteran, Walcott previously was area human resources manager for the Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Midtown East and Courtyard New York Manhattan/Times Square, both in New York, from 2013-2014. From 2008-2013, she was market human resources manager at the Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel in Rutherford, New Jersey, where she earlier was an accounting manager. Prior to that, she served in two capacities at the Saddle Brook Marriott in Saddle Brook, New Jersey: front office manager and accounts receivable manager. M&R Hotel Management operates three hotels in Manhattan, four near John F. Kennedy International Airport, one near LaGuardia Airport and two in Staten Island. A third Staten Island hotel is scheduled to open in September.