Melissa SilversOfficials of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (“HAMA”) announced that they have appointed a new board of directors for 2017. New HAMA president Melissa Slivers brings 25 years of hotel experience, 16 in hotel asset management specifically, to the group, serving as principal at SCS Advisors’ and previously working at such prestigious companies as Marriott International as director of finance and assistant controller and analyst at Interstate Hotels & Resorts. She is certified in hospitality asset management and previously served as HAMA’s education chair. Slivers received a Bachelor of Science in business at Pepperdine University.