Leslie Lerude has been appointed as Senior Vice President, People & Culture at Kokua Hospitality LLC

Leslie Lerude
Lerude began her career with Kimpton as a cook at Scala’s Bistro adjacent to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. She took on various leadership roles in restaurant operations with Kimpton before transitioning into human resources, where she rose to become the company’s SVP of people and culture. She gained her HR expertise through roles overseeing talent management, learning and development, and employee relations. She most recently served as VP of people for Revolution Foods before joining the Kokua team.
Human Resources United States CA San Francisco

Kokua Hospitality, LLC is a hotel management firm founded by its parent, The Chartres Lodging Group, LLC, with the mandate to become the operator of choice for strategic institutional and select private lodging investors by producing superior results as turnaround specialists. Created by veteran lodging investment and management experts to appeal to an investor"s sensibility, Kokua Hospitality blends best-in-class operating practices with an...