Ryan McCarthy

Ryan McCarthy is a 20-year hotel industry veteran with extensive experience in all aspects of lodging and hospitality including operations, asset management, strategic planning, and acquisitions. A graduate of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, Mr. McCarthy currently oversees acquisitions and is a co-founder of Soul Community Planet (SCP).

During his career, Mr. McCarthy has been involved in over $1.5 billion of hotel real estate transactions and $750 million of asset managed hotel properties.

Prior to serving as CFO, Mr. McCarthy was General Manager of Salishan Coastal Lodge, an affiliated property to SCP, where he began the repositioning of the prominent asset. He was also recently the Director of Acquisitions at Sunstone Hotel Investors ("Sunstone"). During his time at Sunstone, Mr. McCarthy played a key role in over $750 million of transactions including the acquisitions of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco and the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.