Fern Kanter

Biography: Ms. Kanter possesses almost 30 years experience supporting her current role as Managing Director and Executive Vice President at CHMW. As a member of CHMW’s Executive Committee Team, she plays an active role in client relations and is involved in the development of the company’s business plan and execution of corporate growth strategies. Ms. Kanter’s primary focus is developing strategies to achieve ownership investment objectives for each of the hotels in the CHMW portfolio. At the onset of a new client engagement, Ms. Kanter coordinates the efforts of transition planning and take-over, develops the strategic vision for the asset and develops initiatives in support of achieving planned objectives. As part of these strategies, Ms. Kanter is responsible for identifying opportunities for operational enhancement, as well as analyzing and executing on opportunities for re/development. Ms. Kanter has extensive resort master-planning and development experience, including planning, entitlement, feasibility and contract negotiation. Ms. Kanter manages the due diligence team responsible for investment analyses supporting clients in the acquisition and disposition of assets, and is responsible for the day-to-day oversight and coordination of CHMW team activities and professional staff development. Most recently, Ms. Kanter initiated and currently oversees the development of the firm's proprietary Business Intelligence Platform. Focus: Strategic Planning/Investment Advisory Experience: 25+ years Education: University of Miami; SUNY-Albany Degree: Masters in Business Administration Location: Boston, MA