February 28th, 2012
Tuesday at 4:00 pm in the Selby Auditorium at
USF Sarasota-Manatee
Edwin D. Fuller
President and Managing Director
International Lodging, Marriott International, Inc.
You Can't Lead With Your Feet on the Desk
Edwin D. "Ed" Fuller is president and managing director of international lodging for Marriott International, Inc. Based at the company's headquarters in Washington, D.C., he has been in charge of international lodging since 1990. Under his leadership, the business has grown from 16 properties outside the United States and Canada to 350 hotels in 70 countries with another 175 hotels under construction.
Mr. Fuller joined Marriott in 1972 as a management trainee and has held numerous positions of increasing marketing, sales and operational responsibiity. He was promoted to president and managing director, his current position, in 1997. He has been an executive corporate officer since 1997 and chairs the iternational development committee.
Mr. Fuller attended Wake Forest University and is a 1968 graduate of Boston University. He is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business advanced management program. He served in the U.S. Army as a captain in Germany and Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal.
An active alumnus of Boston University, Mr. Fuller is a former president of its Alumni Association and a former trustee of the University. He currently serves on the advisory boards of its hotel and business schools where he is Chairman of the Hospitality Board. He also serves on the University's International Advisory Board. In 1998, he received the Alumni Award, the University's highest recognition. He recently was appointed to the Board of Overseers of Boston University. He also serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the University of California Irvine, Mirage School of Business and was recently appointed to the California State University Hospitality Industry Advisory Board. He is a Trustee of the International Business Leaders Forum; chairs the Governing Council of the International Tourism Partnership; and currently serves on the Safe Kids Worldwide Board and the Pacific Area Travel Association Foundation Board, as well as the Editorial Advisory Boards of TravelAge West and GlobalHotelNetwork.com. In 2010, he was named a commissioner of travel and tourism for the State of California and, in 2011, he was named Emeritus member of the Travel Industry Management School Advisory Board at the University of Hawaii. He is a past member of the Corporate Advisory Board of Safe Kids Worldwide and a former Director of the United Way International Board. In 2008, he received the China Hotel Investment Summit 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award; and in 2010, he was recognized with the Hotel Investment Forum India Aatithya Ratna Award.
His book, You Can't Lead With Your Feet on the Desk, was published earlier this year by John Wiley & Sons. For more information, please visit
www.YouCantLeadWithYourFeetOnTheDesk.com
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