Mike McCarthyChesapeake Hospitality, a dynamic third-party hotel management company, has added hospitality industry veterans Melissa Grossarth to serve as director of digital marketing and ecommerce, and Mike McCarthy as regional director of operations to its expanding team of hotel management professionals. Kim Sims, president of Chesapeake Hospitality, made the announcement. Previously, McCarthy was the New York City and Washington D.C. major market director for IHG, where he was responsible for a portfolio of 20 hotels and developing individual business plans for each property to ensure positive top line growth and achieve a revenue budget of $201 million. Focused in the mid-Atlantic region, McCarthy will utilize his more than 15 years in the hospitality industry to drive performance for Chesapeake’s owner clients, leveraging the company’s framework and robust support systems. McCarthy earned a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Maryland.