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Hospitality
& Tourism Industry Leader
Brendan M. Keegan |
Executive Vice President, Marriott International Inc., retired
Until his retirement in 2006, after 35 years of service, Brendan Keegan was Executive Vice President, Human Resources, for Marriott International, Inc., retired. Mr. Keegan was appointed to this position in 1997 after serving in several executive positions. As executive vice president he was responsible for human resources worldwide, including executive succession planning, compensation and benefits, labor and employee relations, staffing and training. He also served as secretary of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, Marriott International, Inc.
Mr. Keegan joined Marriott in 1971 as a management development instructor, and subsequently held senior positions in training, staffing, organization development, and human resource planning and development. In 1986, Mr. Keegan was named senior vice president, human resources, of the newly created Marriott Service Group. This business group consisted of restaurants, contract food services, airline catering, airport food services, and the newly created lodging brand, Courtyard by Marriott.
A graduate of the National University of Ireland in philosophy and psychology, Mr. Keegan also holds a B.D. degree in Divinity from Clonliffe College in Dublin and an M.A. degree in adult education from the Catholic University of America.
Mr Keegan has served on advisory groups to several institutions including the University College at the University of Maryland, and the Kogod School of Business at the American University. As executive vice president of human resources at Marriott, he served as a member of the boards of the Human Resources Policy Association and the Employment Policy Foundation, and has participated in several other human resource forums. In 2004 he was appointed to the Governor's Workforce Investment Board and currently serves as the leader for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry.
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