Our Team

Richard joined the Liberty Group in 2001 and was a founding member of Liberty Hospitality Partners. With his near 40 years of experience, he is responsible for hotel operations, strategic direction, implementing operating plans and development of new properties.

Prior to joining The Liberty Group, Richard worked with several large institutional hotel operators where he honed his skills in development, construction management and the budget planning process. Richard has successfully opened 20 Liberty Group hotels from site research and development, architectural planning, oversight of all phases of construction, employee acquisition and training, creation of employee handbooks, financial budgeting, through to receiving multiple Lighthouse Awards, Torchbearer Awards, as well as multiple other awards and accolades from Hilton and IHG. He has been a CHA member for 33 years. In the recent years, he has also developed several retail spaces for national franchises, both retail and restaurants.

Mark joined Liberty Hospitality Partners in 2007 with nearly 25 years of training and education experience, he has been instrumental at implementing established training principles across the Liberty portfolio of hotels.   Since 2010 and he has been placed in multiple hotels to ensure stability and operational excellence.  His knowledge of the properties and teams, as well as his flexibility, has made him a valuable asset in terms of ensuring consistency across each hotel brand.  Mark has assisted in the final phases of opening for several hotels and worked from development through grand opening of the Hampton Inn Bermuda Run, NC.  During times of management transition at the hotels, Mark has been sent to train new managers and ensure a successful transition.  He has been utilized in this role in over half of the hotels, and at the corporate level.  Mark holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Madge began her hospitality career after graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management in 1994.  Madge has 27 years’ of hotel experience, as she worked her way up through Operations.  In her 21 years of being a General Manager, Madge has performed all aspects of hotel management including scheduling, training, budgeting, human resources, profit and loss statements, payroll, accounts payables and receivables, renovation project management, and crisis management.  Madge oversaw the build and opening of the hotel at which she currently works.

Madge earned her CHA certification in 1998.  The hotels under Madge’s direction have earned numerous awards from the Hilton Brand such as the Lighthouse Award, the Circle of Excellence Award, the Wall of Fame Award, and the Award of Excellence.

Steve joined Liberty Hospitality at the beginning of 2024 with nearly 20 years of hospitality experience with multiple brands both select and full service.  Over the years Steve has taken passion in leading to improve properties to increase guest satisfaction, employee engagement, and financial growth.  In 2017 Steve moved into his first GM role and continued to improve struggling hotels in both direct leadership and task force roles as well as training and developing managers with his previous companies.  He also has been a part of multiple successful openings and renovations with Hilton, Marriott, & Hyatt branded hotels.  Steve holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management from Robert Morris University.