Over four decades, The Olympia Companies have operated with a philosophy of maximizing value by addressing the growing complexities of a modern hotel and commercial facilities. Focusing on the specific needs of hotel guests, owners, and building tenants, their customer-centric strategy continues to enhance their expertise in hotel development, financing, and operations management.

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The Olympia Companies

Rick Martin is the Director of Operations at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Rick was General Manager at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies).

Rick Martin

Elizabeth Moustrouphis is the Area Revenue Manager at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Elizabeth was Regional Director of Revenue Strategy at Ocean Properties Hotels Resorts and Affiliates.

Elizabeth attended Southern Maine Community College.

Elizabeth Moustrouphis

Dan Flaherty is responsible for creating long-term value and sustainability for Olympia’s existing hotel and office buildings assets. In addition, he is responsible for evaluating all new and existing projects for the company.

His previous responsibilities as Vice President of Finance and as President of Olympia Hotel Management give him unique insights into evaluating projects and achieving optimal investments performance. Dan exhibits an intense commitment to excellence, drive for continuous improvement, exacting attention to detail and rigorous work process.

Dan joined Olympia in 2001 as Corporate Controller and since that time has held the positions of V.P. of Finance and Administration, President of the Hotel Management division, and Managing Director of the equity group. His background and experience in all facets of the company allowed him to easily transition to the CFO role in 2012.

He earned his MBA from Plymouth State College, a B.S. in Business Administration from the [University of Maine](/org/university-of-maine), and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern Maine. Dan is a Maine Certified Public Accountant and member of the American Institute of CPAs.

Daniel J. Flaherty

Sara joined Olympia in 2006 and spent several years at the property level, including the award winning Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, before joining the Home Office in 2013 as Vice President of Olympia Hotel Management, leading the company’s growing portfolio of independent hotels and restaurants.

In 2019 Sara was promoted to President of Olympia Hotel Management, responsible for maximizing owner value through property performance and growing the organization’s managed portfolio of unique hotel and food & beverage assets across the United States.

Prior to joining Olympia, Sara was a regional director for a Boston-based asset management company. She started her career in a variety of operating roles at full-service independent resorts on Cape Cod.

Sara graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in history. Sara is the current president of the New England Inns & Resorts Association and has been a speaker for a variety of hospitality and travel groups, including  the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, Indie Lodging Congress and the College and University Hotel Owner Society.

When not working with Olympia’s amazing hotel teams, Sara loves to travel with her family, is an avid hobby photographer and can always be found with a book and some knitting needles in her bag.

Sara Masterson

Chris attended the University of Massachusetts, earning her B.A. in Hotel Management in 1992. Directly after graduation, her career started as a Sales Manager for a convention hotel in Park City UT.

Within a year, she moved back to the east coast where she started her career with Erin Companies, now Olympia Hotel Management where she was the Director of Sales for two properties in Bangor, ME.

The family moved her back home to Buffalo, NY where she spent 3 years as a General Manager of a 78 room independent hotel. From that role, she spent the next 3 years as an HR Director of an Adam’s Mark property.

With Maine in her heart, she and her husband choose to raise their family in the Portland area and she rejoined the Olympia team as the Director of Sales for the Hilton Garden Inn Portland Downtown Waterfront.

On the coattails of winning the 2008 Hilton Garden Inn Director of Sales, she was promoted to her current position as SR. DOS.

At Olympia, Chris supports, coaches and mentors each Sales Manager to ensure that each person has the tools, plans, and strategies in place to be successful in their own market.

Christine Chapin

Greg got an early start in his hospitality career working after school and on weekends in hotels and restaurants through high school and college. After earning his Bachelors of Science in Hospitality from Johnson and Wales University, Greg began his professional career at The Breakers, Palm Beach Inc. where he spent eight years.

Upon leaving Florida Greg expanded his knowledge of commercial real estate by assisting in the design of several mixed use resort properties in Great Exuma, Bahamas – Puerta Varas, Chile -Kispiox River, British Colombia – Hakai Beach, British Colombia – Greenville, SC and Asheville, NC.

Through a variety of roles, Greg participated in the sale of private homes and land, managed private and company owned homes in a comprehensive rental program, and directed operations for an upscale independent inn and restaurant.

Greg joined Olympia Hotel Management in 2008 as a Senior General Manager, responsible for three properties in the greater Portland area. In his current role of Senior Director of Operations, Greg brings his expansive knowledge base to our portfolio of hotels by supporting our General Managers in the development of leadership at all levels, monthly financial planning and implementation of service strategy.

Greg MacLean

Mike Zimmerman is responsible for the delivery of all development and construction projects at Olympia. Mike joined the company in 2007 to manage the ambitious $18 million renovations of the Inn by the Sea.

Since then he has delivered a wide variety of new construction projects, property renovations, and commercial office tenant improvements.

Mike is able to provide excellent-value turnkey solutions to his internal and external clients by leveraging his experience in design, estimating, construction and procurement.

Mike builds and manages teams of varying sizes to match the project scope.

From small teams of subcontractors completing a tenant fit-out to multi-discipline design and construction teams delivering a new hotel, Mike provides resourceful and focused leadership that ensures a timely and cost-conscious product delivery.

He also provides technical consulting services to the properties in the Olympia portfolio in areas such as energy efficiency, warranty claims, leak remediation, telecommunications, and HVAC systems.

Before arriving at Olympia, Mike worked in low-income housing in Washington DC, a luxury apartment development in Seattle, WA, and major railway construction projects in the United Kingdom.

Mike has worked on nearly $1 billion dollars of construction and development to date. He has also worked as an award-winning educator and faculty leader.

Mike has a BS in Languages from [Georgetown University](/org/georgetown-university) and a PGCE from [Manchester Metropolitan University](/org/manchester-metropolitan-university). Mike is a LEED Accredited Professional specializing in Building Design and Construction and successfully delivered Olympia’s first LEED Commercial Interiors project at Inn by the Sea Spa.

Mike Zimmerman

At Olympia, John Schultzel is responsible for our pursuit of being recognized as a leading hotel company in North America. Our clients rely on Mr. Schultzel for his broad experience in operations and hotel portfolio management.

John began by working in hotels and restaurants after earning his B.A. from [Wesleyan University](/org/wesleyan-university) in 1991. Four years later he earned his Master of Management in Hospitality from the Hotel School at [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university). With his academic focus on Hospitality Finance and Food & Beverage, he was recruited by Patrizio Restaurants in Dallas, Texas.

From there he was promoted to General Manager in his first year. He transferred this experience to the hotel industry by joining Bristol Hotels (now Intercontinental Hotels Group) as Food & Beverage Director.

Successive promotions followed, and within three years he became Director of Cluster Sales and Hotel General Manager. From that role, John joined the Asset Management group at Host Marriott in Bethesda, Maryland.

In 2001 he joined Olympia, where his mix of sales operations and portfolio management experience aligns owner expectations with hotel management.

John Schultzel

As Director of Revenue Management, Lori Ventimiglia partners with the hotel teams and franchise experts to recognize opportunities for revenue growth. Her focus is on improving market share and maximizing distribution channels to increase top-line revenues.

After graduating from the [University of New Hampshire](/org/university-of-new-hampshire) with a BS in Hospitality Management, first in her class, Lori began her career at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks as a manager in training.

She soon transitioned to revenue management, where she became a Certified Revenue Management Executive through HSMAI. After a promotion to the [Ocean Properties](/org/ocean-properties-ltd) Corporate Revenue Management Team, her focus was to mentor and develop the revenue management team.

During her tenure with [Ocean Properties](/org/ocean-properties-ltd), Lori was recognized by Marriott and Smith Travel for outstanding RevPAR Index performance and market share growth.

Lori Ventimiglia

Matthew Theberge

Prior to joining Olympia as Director of Human Resources, Sara worked for Steward Health Care System as the Human Resources Director of two hospitals in Massachusetts. Before that, she worked for the [University of Maine](/org/university-of-maine) system, the Massachusetts Trial Court, and as an attorney.

As Director of Human Resources, she provides consultation and training to the General Managers in areas such as employment law, employee and labor relations, talent acquisition and retainment. She partners with the hotel teams to identify and implement HR initiatives while meeting business objectives for each hotel. Sara is a graduate of the Massachusetts School of Law and [Colby-Sawyer College](/org/colby-sawyer-college) and loves to travel and maintains a very active lifestyle.

Sara Hammond

Natalie Sherman

Amy Farrell is the Payroll & Benefits Manager at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies).

Amy Farrell

Nicole Snyder is the Accounting Manager at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies).

Nicole Snyder

Anna Henderson is the Regional Director of Sales at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Anna was Director of Sales at Clarion Hotel - Portland.

Anna Henderson

Amanda Theberge is the Marketing Manager at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Amanda was an Area Director of Sales at Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch/Hampton Inn Lewiston/Auburn.

Amanda attended Southern Maine Community College.

Amanda Theberge

Kevin Walker is the Director of Operations at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Kevin was an Area General Manager at Colwen Hotels.

Kevin attended [Penn State University](/org/penn-state).

Kevin Walker

Eva Kecskemethy is the Area Revenue Manager at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Eva was Reservations Coordinator/Assistant to the Revenue Director at Westin Portland Harborview Hotel.

Eva earned her B.A.Sc. in Business/Marketing from St. Joseph's College (ME) in 2007.

Eva Kecskemethy

Kim Geyer is the Design Director at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Kim was Construction Project Manager, Interior Design Consultant, and Historic Preservation Consultant at The Woodville Group.

Kim earned her BA in Historic Preservation from the [University of Mary Washington](/org/university-of-mary-washington) in 2004.

Kim Geyer

Harold Shorette is the Director of Facilities at [The Olympia Companies](/org/the-olympia-companies). Previously, Harold was Chief Engineer at Hilton Garden Inn Portland Downtown Waterfront.

Harold Shorette

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