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This month, Regan Taikitsadaporn began his
12-month term as president of the Cornell Hotel Society (CHS), the
83-year-old alumni association that represents 12,750 Cornell
School of Hotel Administration (SHA) graduates in 56 active
chapters worldwide.
Taikitsadaporn has more than 20 years
of experience at Marriott International, where he currently serves
as vice president for human resources operations for Marriott Asia
Pacific, based in Hong Kong.
His previous positions with the
company include senior director for program management for the
Americas Continental Lodging Services and Global Learning
Department; area director of HR in the southern U.S. region, where
he oversaw all Marriott brands; area director of human resources,
overseeing hotels and resorts in Thailand, Singapore, and
Indonesia; and director of human resources of the JW Marriott
Hotel Bangkok.
Taikitsadaporn was also part of Marriott's
International Management Training Network, where he facilitated
management development workshops.
Before joining Marriott,
Taikitsadaporn was group human resources development director for
Royal Garden Resorts Group (Minor International) and training
manager for Sheraton Hotels in Thailand.
Taikitsadaporn
graduated from SHA in 1993. In 2002, he completed his master's of
management degree in a joint program among Northwestern
University's J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and Chulalongkorn
University's Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration.
In the coming year, Taikitsadaporn will work with his fellow
CHS executive board members to increase engagement among the society's stakeholders, develop a mentorship program for alumni
and students, survey alumni to learn how CHS can better serve their needs, and work with SHA administration to bring more
faculty members to CHS chapter events around the world.
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