Lori Elshouki

I started in hospitality back in 2008 when I was in college studying psychology - I needed a job to pay for college and got into hospitality, and it just grew on me. I began at the front desk at a Marriott hotel in San Francisco and stayed with Marriott for about 4 years. Over the years, I've moved all over the country, living and working in North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, and California. I've done it all in this industry - front desk, hotel GM, area director of sales - covering everything from management and administration to HR, accounting, and client relations. Currently, I'm an area sales manager over 3 top-tier brand hotels with Ambridge, a management company that operates hotels, and I've been with them for about 9 years. I've been working in the sales aspect of hospitality for about 11 years now. I'm the first person in my family to go to college out of the grandkids in my generation, and what I'm most proud of is just overcoming obstacles in life and bettering myself overall, for myself and my family.