Longtime retail lobbyist handles transition to hospitality industry; lifelong love of politics drives her passion to advocate for industry. Lugar Katherine Lugar hit the ground sprinting when she took her first CEO job as leader of the $8 million-revenue American Hotel & Lodging Association in April. "It's been fast and furious. Within those first few months we passed a completely different membership model, we passed a new governance model and we've passed a new funding model," Lugar told CEO Update in an interview from her New York Avenue office. "The entire foundation of the organization has been essentially transformed," she said. "I'd say it was breakneck… Read More