William D. Kohl

William D. Kohl oversees the strategic and operational direction of Greenwood Hospitality Group's portfolio of hotels. Additionally, he directs the Company's activities in restaurant development, concept design and re-positioning. Mr. Kohl's portfolio experience includes oversight of many high profile assets , direct responsibility for opening eight hotels as well as concept design of over twenty restaurants.

During his thirty-five year career, Bill has received several honors including The Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association's General Manager of the Year and the American Hotel and Lodging Association's State Leadership Award. Kohl has been featured in Lodging Magazine and has had restaurants featured in Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Colonial Homes Magazine as well as the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal. His restaurants consistently achieve the AAA Four Diamond Award and several have won the coveted DiRōNA Award. He has twice been recognized by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine as a Top of the Table Award winner for restaurant design. Bricco, one of his concepts, was twice awarded the prestigious "Culinary and Hospitality Award" by Santé Magazine recognizing it as the number one restaurant in the Mid-Atlantic Region for quality of food and service and one of nine award winners nationwide. A wine specialist, Kohl has consistently been recognized by Wine Spectator Magazine for innovative wine lists and programs. His wine lists have routinely received the “Best of Award of Excellence” from Wine Spectator. Within the industry, he frequently lectures, teaches and writes about wine and food.

In 2014, Greenwood Hospitality Group won all four of Marriott's Franchise Brand Awards to include the Guest Relations Award, Spirit to Serve Award, Excellence in Food and Beverage and the Marriott Partnership Award. In 2015 Greenwood once again won the Excellence in Food and Beverage Award as was entered into Marriott's Partnership Hall of Fame.

Mr. Kohl currently serves on the National Restaurant Association's Board of Directors and is immediate Past Chair of its Political Action Committee. He is a past Director of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, Past Chair of both the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association and the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Associations. He currently serves as a member of the Marriott Food and Beverage Advisory Committee and the Renaissance Hotels Owners' Advisory Board. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree from Central Pennsylvania College in 2004. Recently, he was named Penn State University's Alumnus of the Year for the School of Hospitality Management.

A native of Springfield, Pennsylvania, Kohl is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management. He is founder of Très Bonne Année, a series of wine and food events and international wine auction for charity which raises in excess of $400,000 annually. He is married to his wife Kim and has two adult children.