Jennifer Lodge

Jennifer Lodge oversees the Partner Services Team in the Americas while continuing to manage partner relationships in Canada and the Western regions of the U.S. For more than a decade Lodge has held various roles at Forbes Travel Guide, including facility inspector, trainer, vice president of consulting operations, and regional vice president of partner services.

Prior to joining Forbes Travel Guide, Lodge founded and owned The Professional Guest, a performance evaluation company that specialized in building repeat hotel business through an enhanced guest experience. She also previously worked for Marriott, where she helped open new properties throughout Southern California and Arizona. Lodge was nationally recognized as Marriott's Sales Person of the Year.

She earned her degree in hotel, restaurant, and institutional management from Michigan State University's school of business and traces her passion for the industry back more than 40 years when she worked as a room attendant at a property along the shores of Lake Michigan.