HEC 95 | Part 1 | Opening Speech & Key Ceremony

MARTHA E. POLLACK: PRESIDENT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITYKATE WALSH MPS ‘90: DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATIONARTHUR KEITH SHA ‘84: GENERAL MANAGER OF THE STATLER HOTELJULIA LI SHA ‘20: MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE 95TH ANNUAL HOTEL EZRA CORNELLDean Kate Walsh will be introducing Managing Director Julia Li to kick off HEC 95, an event unlike anything HEC has ever experienced in its entire 95 year history. Then Arthur Keith, Statler Hotel GM, will continue the rich HEC tradition by handing off the Statler Hotel key to Julia.The President of Cornell University, Martha E. Pollack, and the Dean of the School of Hotel Administration, Kate Walsh, will kick off the weekend with thoughts and reflections on the conference and updates on the Hotel School and the University at large.For more information about Hotel Ezra Cornell visit cornellhec.com

The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration is the premier school for hospitality education in the world. As an integral part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, the school is leading the world in teaching and researching the business of hospitality—marketing, finance, real estate, operations, and more, all applied to the world’s largest and most exciting industry.