Hospitality is about support and respect for people. There is zero tolerance for sexual harassment or assault from guests, supervisors, staff or anyone else at any property. Here are some resources on combating harassment and assault.

Curt Cashour serves as Vice President of Media Relations & Enterprise Initiatives. In this role, he leads AHLA’s media relations and social media efforts and oversees the continued growth of the association’s research capabilities.

Curt comes to AHLA after serving as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where he led all of the department’s major communication efforts and ran its multimillion-dollar ChooseVA marketing campaign.

Matt Carrier serves as the Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs, Policy, and Research for AHLA. In this role, Matt advocates on a variety of issues and leads the hotel industry’s policy and research agenda to meet members’ needs today and in the future.

Kalyn Stephens serves as Vice President of Government Affairs, with a focus on human trafficking and travel and tourism. In this role, she also represents the industry with key coalitions and coordinates invaluable partnerships to advance some the industry’s top initiatives.

Kalyn previously served as the Director of Corporate Relations for AHLA working closely with various departments to coordinate key activities and managing the 70+ person Board of Directors as well as the communication and meetings of its associated committees.

Adrienne’s role is to ensure that AHLA retains and grows hotelier membership across all membership categories, which builds upon her prior role as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, in which she grew Allied membership, sponsorship and scaled the Premier Partner program. Adrienne joined AHLA from the Partnership for a Healthier America, where she served as Vice President, Partnerships, and managed a team to prospect and service 200+ partners across a variety of sectors.

Kiersten Pearce serves as the Senior Vice President, Strategic and Executive Initiatives for AHLA. Kiersten’s role is to ensure that AHLA continues to deliver a compelling value proposition model to the more than 26,000 members across all membership categories. Kiersten comes to AHLA with extensive experience within the hospitality industry and most recently project managed AHLA’s Consumer Innovation Forum (CIF), where she served as Director of Industry Relations at Kalibri Labs for nearly four years.