Jared Garner has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at White Lodging

Garner joins White Lodging with more than twenty years of experience representing hotel owners, developers, managers and brands, both in-house and at law firms. He is the immediate-past General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Concord Hospitality and was Vice President, Legal, for Radisson Hotel Group. Before law school, Garner served as the Chief Investigator of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Garner currently sits on the General Counsel Committee of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. In addition to leading the enterprise-wide legal function, he will oversee corporate board, compliance and risk matters. Garner earned his bachelor's degree in economics from George Mason University and his juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.

In addition to significant renovations across its existing portfolio, White Lodging is currently developing the 258-room Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection, project in Austin, Texas. The company expects that project, which features a world-class rooftop and luxury seafood restaurant, to top out by the end of the year with a projected opening before the end of 2026. Austin is White Lodging's largest market and owns or operates 12 other hotels and more than 220,000 square feet of meeting space in the Austin metro area, including the J.W. Marriott Austin, Austin Marriott Downtown and The Otis Hotel, Autograph Collection.

White Lodging's 40-year history of entrepreneurial excellence in the hospitality industry is outlined in a recently published biography of its late founder, Bruce White. Hospitalitarian is available online wherever books are sold. A documentary version of the book will be released later this year.