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Sage Hospitality

Year Founded

1984

Real Estate Specialization

Hotels

Special Purpose

Investment Type

JV partnership

Acquisition/Fee Simple

Investment Style

Core

Core+

Development

http://www.sagehospitality.com/sage-hotels/portfolio/

Cruiseroom LLC

02.28.2017

President

Walter Isenberg

Not one to slow down, Walter started Sage more than 30 years ago with partner Zack Neumeyer and has only moved forward, fast. As CEO of Sage Hospitality, he directs all company operations including management, real estate investment and brand development, with an emphasis on community giving and teaching the next generation of great leaders. He also partnered with Sage Restaurant Group’s Peter Karpinski in 2006 to create high-volume restaurants within urban hotels, upping the value and revenue for Sage investors. Results driven and creative, Walter is a member of the Union Station Alliance, the group responsible for revitalizing Denver Union Station and creating the high-performing Crawford Hotel. He created Sage’s art program which provides locally curated art in newly built or renovated hotels. Now, he is leading Sage toward a new adventure, creating places that people want to go to, not through; by cultivating new experiences within the walls of Sage Hotels and Restaurants. Setting the trend for Cornell University graduates at Sage, Walter graduated from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in a year that he refuses to disclose. He is a member of Marriott International’s Owner Advisory Board American Hotel Lodging Association Government Affairs Committee as well as a board member of Visit Denver, who inducted him into the Denver & Colorado Tourism Hall of Fame in 2010. In Denver his community impact is prominent as co-creator of Amp the Cause, the Downtown Denver Partnership, The Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Metropolitan State University Denver Board of Trustees.

Co-Founder

Peter Karpinski

Peter Karpinski is the creative entrepreneurial force behind the successful Sage Restaurant Group, which develops and manages independent restaurants that break the mold of traditional hotel dining, offering exceptional food and beverage experiences for guests throughout the country. With a keen strategic vision, he has executed the launch of ten award-winning Sage Restaurant Group concepts and is thrilled to oversee two new property openings in 2016—a second Departure Restaurant + Lounge and a second Kachina Southwestern Grill, both located in Denver. Re-imagining what a ‘hotel restaurant’ is, Karpinski, alum of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, has been nationally recognized by top publications including Food & Wine “40 under 40 Biggest Food Thinkers in the Nation,” Nation’s Restaurant News Reader’s Choice “Power 50” in hospitality, and Denver Business Journal’s “40 under 40 Top Business Professionals.” Karpinski has also been prominently featured in noted business media outlets including Forbes, Market Watch, CNN Money and Restaurant Hospitality.

Chairman

Zachary Neumeyer

Zachary T. Neumeyer is a businessman and civic leader. He acts as the Chairman of Sage Hospitality, focusing on long term, strategic planning for the company, and is also the Vice Chair of Mobile Accord. Serving the community relentlessly, he is or has been an investor and board member of companies in the technology, communications, manufacturing, senior housing, banking and service industries. He also works on K-12 education reform in Colorado and nationally. Zack is Chairman of Teach For America Colorado, serves on the TFA National Council, is founder and past board chair of Colorado Succeeds. He is co-founder of America Succeeds, a national organization focused on mobilizing business to improve the public education system. He is a board member of Colorado Children’s Campaign. He is a past trustee of the University of Denver and remains active with the Executive Advisory Council and was one of the founders of the Denver PreSchool Program which provides universal preschool for every child in Denver. He was recognized by the Colorado Children’s Campaign as one of the 20 most influential Coloradans for Children’s welfare. Zack is a graduate of Cornell University—along with many others at Sage, who also refuse to disclose their graduation year. Continuing in his passion for education, he has taught or lectured at Cornell University, University of Colorado, Harvard University and The University of Denver.

Chief Financial Officer

Harris White

Harris White is Chief Financial Officer at Sage Hospitality serving both Sage Hotels and Sage Restaurant Group. Harris leads all capital, financial, asset management, legal and IT activities for Sage Hospitality, overseeing both the real estate and management financial efforts for the company. Sage was lucky enough to hire Harris twice, he originally began with the company in 1995 as a Regional Controller and was promoted to CFO in 2003. He briefly left Sage for an opportunity as CFO for The Wellbridge Companies and Morgan Keegan & Company where he was Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions. Harris returned to Sage in 2011, bringing an extensive knowledge back with him on public, private and private equity backed companies with a variety of sale, acquisition, recapitalization and capital raising transactions. Harris began his career in the hospitality industry with The Promus Companies, Inc. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Washington & Lee University and a Master of Business Administration from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Harris is pleased to serve on Junior Achievement’s Board of Directors.