Mark Chloupek

As Chief Legal Officer, Mark Chloupek is a member of the Executive Committee team, providing strategic legal leadership and overseeing all legal affairs of the company including compliance, corporate governance, acquisitions, risk management, and more. Mark brings 23 years of experience in hospitality with companies ranging from ownership and management to franchising, including eight years as general counsel for public companies. He most recently served as EVP, Secretary and General Counsel of CorePoint Lodging, where he oversaw all legal and related matters of the company, corporate governance, strategic transactions, executive compensation, risk management, and litigation. He also led the sale of CorePoint to a joint venture between Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management.

Before CorePoint Lodging, Chloupek served as EVP, Secretary and General Counsel of La Quinta Holdings, where he led the company’s initial public offering and its subsequent spin-off in 2018, resulting in the publicly-traded CorePoint Lodging REIT. Earlier in his career, Chloupek served as Chief Counsel of Operations for Wyndham International, where he provided critical legal advice and oversight in the sale of Wyndham International to affiliates of The Blackstone Group.

Mark received a B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.