David Morneau has been named General Manager at Vespera Resort on Pismo Beach, Autograph Collection

With more than 15 years of hospitality industry experience, Morneau was most recently director of rooms at the Ojai Valley Inn - a luxury resort in the mountains near Santa Barbara - and served in the same capacity at The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago. He began his career at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and eventually worked his way up the ranks to director of housekeeping at the Fairmont Pittsburgh. He was also a contributing professor at Chicago's Kendall College and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hospitality management from Johnson & Wales University.