Jeffrey J. Donnelly has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 15, 2024 and is a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Donnelly joined DiamondRock in August 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer before being promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Before joining DiamondRock, Mr. Donnelly was the Managing Director of Equity Research at Wells Fargo Securities (and its predecessors) from December 2008 to August 2019 where he co-founded Wells Fargo’s Real Estate & Lodging Equity Research Platform. Prior to his role with Wells Fargo, Mr. Donnelly served in various positions with Wachovia Securities, First Union Bank and EVEREN Securities from 1998 to 2008. Mr. Donnelly was a highly ranked securities analyst in numerous publications, including Institutional Investor magazine and The Wall Street Journal among others. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Donnelly was Assistant Vice President at AEW Capital Management, L.P. from 1992 to 1998 with fiduciary responsibilities in asset management and capital markets for a large diversified commercial real estate portfolio.

Mr. Donnelly is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He earned a B.B.A. in Finance with a dual minor in Economics & Psychology from The George Washington University in 1992 and is Founder and Trustee of The Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome Children’s Foundation. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM).

Justin L. Leonard has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since April 2024 and joined the Company as the Executive Vice President, Asset Management and Chief Operating Officer in July 2022. Mr. Leonard oversees the Company's investment activity, including acquisitions, dispositions, and redevelopment, as well as asset management and operations. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Leonard was a Senior Principal at Walton Street Capital, a real estate private equity firm, where he held numerous roles for more than 20 years and was responsible for the oversight and asset management of Walton Street Capital’s hotel investments. Mr. Leonard directed the asset management of 60 hotels totaling 20,800 rooms. He has a breadth of experience that spans a cross section of the hospitality space from five[1]star luxury destination resorts to urban limited service, and he has overseen both independent assets as well as assets affiliated with almost every major global brand and managed by more than 15 different hotel management companies. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day asset management of Walton Street Capital’s hotel portfolio he was also primarily responsible for the disposition of hotel investments and in that capacity sold over 50 hotels at a gross transaction value of over $4 billion. Prior to taking on the asset management of Walton Street Capital’s hotels, Mr. Leonard was a Principal in the acquisition group where he was involved in transactions across all real estate product types.

Mr. Leonard holds a B.B.A. in Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin.

Briony R. Quinn has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since April 2024. She oversees capital markets transactions, accounting, tax, financial planning & analysis, investor relations, internal audit, human resources and insurance placement. Ms. Quinn joined DiamondRock in 2007 as Assistant Controller and was promoted to Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2008, to Chief Accounting Officer in 2014 and to Senior Vice President and Treasurer in 2018. Prior to DiamondRock, Ms. Quinn was the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Meristar Hospitality Corporation, a publicly-traded lodging real estate investment trust. She previously held roles at a number of audit and consulting firms, including Arthur Andersen and Beers & Cutler.

Ms. Quinn holds a B.S. in Accounting with a minor in Finance from Providence College. She is currently licensed as a certified public accountant (inactive).

Anika C. Fischer has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since June 2024. She oversees all legal and compliance activities for the Company, including corporate governance and capital markets transactions, litigation management, hotel transaction negotiations, legal operations, risk management, and regulatory compliance for the Company and its hotels. Previously, Ms. Fischer was Deputy General Counsel at Essex Property Trust, Inc., a multifamily REIT from October 2015 through May 2024. During her nine-year tenure at Essex she led its legal department in capital markets transactions, securities and corporate governance matters and the teams responsible for closing and underwriting complex real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, structured finance, joint ventures, developments and financings. Ms. Fischer began her career as an associate in the Real Estate group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Ms. Fischer received a Juris Doctorate cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.