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Skip Harless has been named General Manager at Hilton Madison Monona Terrace

Skip Harless has been named general manager of the Hilton Madison Monona Terrace. With more than 24 years of experience with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Harless joined the company in May 2014 as resident manager of the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa. Prior to joining Marcus Hotels & Resorts, Harless served as the senior executive assistant manager for the Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, Colo. He graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

Heather Stetzer has been appointed as Director of Sales at HotelRED

Stetzer was with Marriott Madison West in Middleton for four years, serving as corporate sales manager for the 292-room property that also has 50,000 square feet of meeting space. In the years immediately prior, she was group sales manager for a large Sheraton hotel in Pennsylvania. Her degree in business administration is from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

Jason Ilstrup has been named General Manager at HotelRED

Hotel owner and president of Red Hospitality LLC, Michael Erikson, announced today that Jason Ilstrup, formerly with Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee, has been named general manager. Ilstrup spent the last three years in positions of increasing responsibility at The Iron Horse Hotel, a 100-guestroom property in downtown Milwaukee that was named Boutique Hotel of the Year in 2010. Ilstrup coordinated the hotel’s “Your Desires” guest preference concierge program and also oversaw the rooms division. Before that, he spent a year in Madison at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club. Before transitioning into a career in hospitality, Ilstrup served as a congressional aide and chief legislative aide, having earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota. He also spent several years as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa.