Jon E. Bortz
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Mr. Bortz is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, a leading publicly traded real estate investment trust, which was formed and went public in late 2009. Prior to forming Pebblebrook, Mr. Bortz served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle Hotel Properties, a company he founded in early 1998. Previously, Mr. Bortz was Chairman of the Board and CEO of LaSalle Hotel Advisors, Inc., a division of Jones Lang LaSalle and founded LaSalle’s Hotel Group in 1993, overseeing all of LaSalle’s hotel investment and development activities. Mr. Bortz holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bortz is also co-author of The Dow Jones-Irwin Guide to Real Estate Investing, revised second edition, 1982. Mr. Bortz currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Federal Realty Investment Trust, on AH&LA’s Board as Chair Emeritus, and as Chairman of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection.
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