Chesapeake Lodging Trust | Investor Relations

Executives and Trustees

James L. Francis

James L. Francis is our President, Chief Executive Officer and a Trustee, positions he has held since our formation. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Francis served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Highland Hospitality Corporation, or Highland, positions that he held from Highland’s IPO in December 2003 to its sale in July 2007. Following the sale of Highland, Mr. Francis served as a consultant to the affiliate of JER Partners that acquired Highland until September 2008. Since Se...

Douglas W. Vicari

Douglas W. Vicari

Douglas W. Vicari is our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and a Trustee, positions he has held since our formation. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Vicari served as a principal with Paramount Hotel Group, a hotel owner, developer and operator, from January 2009 to June 2009. Previously, Mr. Vicari served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Highland Hospitality Corporation, or Highland, from September 2003 until its sale in July 2007. Prior to ...

D. Rick Adams

D. Rick Adams

D. Rick Adams is our Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, positions he has held since November 2009. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Adams served as Senior Vice President of Asset Management for Highland Hospitality Corporation, or Highland, from September 2004 until its sale in July 2007. Following the sale of Highland and until October 2009, Mr. Adams continued to serve as Senior Vice President and Head of Asset Management for the affiliate of JER Partners that acquired Highla...

Graham J. Wootten

Graham J. Wootten

Graham J. Wootten is our Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary, positions he has held since February 2010. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Wootten served in several accounting roles, including Vice President and Controller, at Highland Hospitality Corporation, or Highland, from December 2003 until its sale in July 2007. Following the sale of Highland and until February 2010, Mr. Wootten served in finance and accounting roles for the affiliate of JER Partners that acqu...

Thomas A. Natelli

Thomas A. Natelli

Thomas A. Natelli is the non-executive chairman of our board of trustees. Since 1987, Mr. Natelli has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Natelli Communities, a privately held real estate investment and development company. Under Mr. Natelli’s leadership, the company has earned numerous awards, including the prestigious Urban Land Institute National Award of Excellence for Large Scale Communities, Washington Metro Area Environmental Developer of the Year and Suburban Maryland Bui...

Thomas D. Eckert

Thomas D. Eckert

Thomas D. Eckert is a member of our board of trustees. Since 1997, Mr. Eckert has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Automotive Real Estate Services, Inc., or Capital Automotive, a privately owned real estate company that owns and manages net-leased real estate for automotive retailers. Mr. Eckert was one of Capital Automotive’s Founders and led its IPO in February 1998. Mr. Eckert also served as a trustee of Capital Automotive from its founding until December 2005, when...

John W. Hill

John W. Hill

John W. Hill is a member of our board of trustees. Mr. Hill has been Chief Executive Officer of The Federal City Council, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the improvement of Washington, DC, since 2004. Previously, Mr. Hill served on the board of directors and was a member of the audit and compensation committees of Highland Hospitality Corporation from January 2006 until its sale in July 2007. From 2002 until 2004, Mr. Hill served as the Chief Executive Officer of In2Boo...

George F. McKenzie

George F. McKenzie

George F. McKenzie is a member of our board of trustees. Since June 2007, Mr. McKenzie has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a trustee of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, or WRIT, a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties in the greater Washington, DC metro region. Since joining WRIT in September 1996, Mr. McKenzie also served in other executive roles, including Executive Vice President, Real Estate ...

Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein

Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein

Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein is a member of our board of trustees. In 2000, Mr. Nuechterlein founded Isis Capital LLC, a venture capital and hedge fund based in Alexandria, Virginia, where he has served as Managing Partner since its formation. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Nuechterlein served as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer for pension fund investments at National Gypsum Company. From 1995 until 1996, Mr. Nuechterlein was Senior Counsel to the U.S. Trade Representative, and prior to th...