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Interview with the Chairman, CEO and President: Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT)

Fisher, Jeffrey H.
Jeffrey H. Fisher is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Chatham Lodging Trust. He is also the Chairman and majority shareholder of Island Hospitality Management, a firm he founded in 2007 that currently manages 42 hotels for unaffiliated hotel owners. From 1994 to 2007, Mr. Fisher was Chairman, CEO and President of Innkeepers USA Trust, a lodging REIT he founded and took public in 1994, and was also Chairman and majority shareholder of Innkeepers Hospitality, a privately owned hotel management company. Mr. Fisher grew Innkeepers’ portfolio from seven hotels at the time of its IPO to 74 hotels at the time of its sale, in June of 2007, to an institutional investor at a total enterprise value of $1.5 billion. Between 1986 and 1994, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of JF Hotel Management, Inc. Mr. Fisher received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Syracuse University in 1977, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Nova Southeastern University in 1980, and a Masters of Law in Taxation from the University of Miami in 1981. He is a licensed attorney and practiced at Jones & Foster P.A. and Jeffrey H. Fisher P.A. for a total of five years prior to starting his career in the hospitality industry. Additionally, Mr. Fisher currently serves as a Board Member of Marriott’s The Residence Inn Association (TRIA). Profile
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TWST: I know it’s not your first hotel REIT, but I believe you started Chatham Lodging Trust back in 2010 with a handful of hotels lined up to be

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