George Ruff

Mr. George Ruff is a Chairman of Trinity Hotel Investors.
He manages a diverse portfolio of 22 luxury and limited service hotels throughout the United States and England.
Prior to the formation of Trinity, he was Chief Operating Officer of Chicago-based Seymour N.
Logan Associates, Inc., overseeing its portfolio of commercial and hotel real estate.
He was a co-founder and partner of the autonomous hotel division of VMS, where he directed all of the division's disciplines, including acquisition, asset management, finance, disposition, development and joint-venture relationships of VMS's 56 hotel and resort investments.
Mr. Ruff co-founded Ruff, Callaghan & Hemmeter Company, a Hawaii real estate investment firm.
He is an Advisor at Quest Hospitality Ventures.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Ruff was Executive Vice President of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, growing globally from 14 to 25 hotels.
He has pursued a variety of independent investment opportunities including the acquisition and reorganization of an international trade finance bank, the acquisition and privatization of NextHealth (Miraval Resort and Spa) and Sierra Tucson, a highly respected drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.
In 1989, he was a finalist for the Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Mr. Ruff is a Cum Laude graduate of DePaul University with a B.S.
degree in Commerce and is a Certified Public Accountant.