Mike Craft

Mike Craft is currently the CEO at The Village at Germantown, Inc. Mike has held this position since February 2014. Prior to that, they were with the Peabody Hotel Group from November 1994 to February 2014, where they served as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President. In this role, they oversaw accounting, finance, purchasing, internal audit, and information technology organizations as a member of the senior executive committee. Mike also provided financial leadership and counsel to individual hotel general managers and was instrumental in positioning each site for financial success and superior customer service. Within their scope of responsibility, they were charged with establishing and maintaining lender relationships as an integral component of securing capital for projects. Mike also led efforts to identify, select, purchase, and install business-critical software and technology systems across the entire company portfolio.

During their time with the Peabody Hotel Group, Mike Craft was responsible for a number of initiatives that led to significant financial savings for the company. Mike worked with 11 domestic and international banks to establish a $405 million lending solution. Mike also helped cut construction costs by $6 million at one hotel. In addition, they eliminated outsourced purchasing costs by insourcing $75 million of FF&E purchasing. Mike also solidified the company's existence during times of negative economic impact, such as 9/11/01 and the national recession of 2008/2009. Mike served as primary contact with selling parties, attorneys, and lenders to effectively oversee all due diligence efforts for acquisitions and divestitures.

Mike Craft received their Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Arkansas State University. Mike then went on to earn their Master of Business Administration from The University of Memphis. Mike is a Certified Public Accountant in both Tennessee and Arkansas.

Clay Collins - CFO, Leslie Reed - VP of Sales & Marketing, and Maria Wyatt - VP of Operations report to Mike Craft.