John E. Geller, Jr. serves as President & Chief Executive Officer for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company’s executive committee. In addition to finance and accounting, Mr. Geller also has responsibility for human resources, information technology, and global vacation ownership operations.

Mr. Geller began his career in 1989 with Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C., as a staff auditor and coincidentally, his first client assignment was Marriott International. In 2000, he became an audit partner within the real estate and hospitality practice. He moved to Ernst & Young in 2002, where he served as a partner in their real estate and hospitality practice. In December 2004, Mr. Geller left public accounting to assume the position of chief financial officer of AutoStar Realty – a real estate investment company sponsored by Staubach Companies and iStar Financial – which focused on financing automotive real estate. 

Mr. Geller joined Marriott International in 2005 where he served as senior vice president and chief internal audit and information security officer. From May through December 2008, he was the chief financial officer for the Western Region of North America Lodging Operations, after which he transitioned to the role of chief financial officer at Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation until December 2017, when he assumed responsibility for the information technology and human resources departments. In January 2021, Mr. Geller was appointed to his current role of president and chief financial officer where his responsibilities expanded to include global vacation ownership operations. 

Mr. Geller holds his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University.
 

Stephanie Sobeck Butera is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Hyatt Vacation Ownership (HVO), a business unit of MVW. MVW is a leading global vacation company that offers vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management, along with related businesses, products and services. MVW, inclusive of the HVO resort collection, has over 120 vacation ownership resorts around the world and approximately 700,000 owner families in a diverse portfolio that includes some of the most iconic vacation ownership brands.

Over the course of her career with the company, Ms. Butera has held leadership roles across sales operations, development, asset management, customer service, inventory management, and financial planning. Ms. Butera is a member of the company’s executive committee.

Ms. Butera joined Marriott Vacation Club International in 1999 and began a quick rise in leadership roles at the company. She has held positions overseeing project delivery in the company’s European region and then served as project director of Sales & Marketing for key properties within the portfolio. She then joined The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club, where she led regional sales and marketing and asset management. Prior to her current role leading Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Ms. Butera served as senior vice president, vacation ownership for the Americas, Florida, Mexico and Caribbean, where she developed, led, and grew MVW’s portfolio of resorts, as well as oversaw the integration of the Westin, Sheraton and Hyatt Residence Club resort and gallery portfolio with the rest of the region. 

Ms. Butera most recently served as senior vice president and chief operating officer of HVO, where she led the integration of Welk Resorts following its acquisition by MVW in 2021. Under Ms. Butera’s leadership, the company quickly integrated resort operations, rebranded Welk sales and marketing operations into HVO, and began creating one unified owner benefit program.    

Ms. Butera holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Albright College and a Master of Management in Hospitality degree from Cornell University. She has a wonderful husband and two great young children. Together, they enjoy exploring new vacation destinations and love nothing more than spending time building memories together at one of the MVW resorts. 

Lori Gustafson is the executive vice president and chief brand and digital strategy officer for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company’s executive committee. In her role, Ms. Gustafson is responsible for the enterprise’s global brand footprint and driving growth and customer satisfaction through digital innovation.

In her most previous role, Ms. Gustafson served as senior vice president, global brands & digital for Wyndham Destinations where she was responsible for driving the global brand and digital marketing strategy including the vacation clubs’ portfolio and the RCI exchange business since 2018. During her tenure at Wyndham Destinations, Ms. Gustafson successfully launched the new branding for both Wyndham Destinations and Panorama and was responsible for the brand transformation of the global portfolio of more than 10 brands.  

Prior to her time at Wyndham Destinations, Ms. Gustafson held the role of corporate vice president of digital, eCommerce, and media at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment for seven years where she was responsible for the company’s impressive growth in brand recognition, CRM, and direct revenue. Additionally, Ms. Gustafson oversaw the media distribution strategy budget for all 12 of SeaWorld’s U.S.-based theme parks and led the company’s digital transformation and customer experience strategy, which culminated in multi-million dollar increases in eCommerce, the company’s leading sales channel. 

Earlier in her career, Ms. Gustafson provided her digital expertise to Darden Restaurants where she worked on enterprise initiatives for their portfolio of brands including Red Lobster, Olive Garden, The Capital Grille, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52. 

A native of Orlando, Fla., Ms. Gustafson is a graduate of the University of Central Florida where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in interpersonal communications. She has also completed the Embracing Leadership Excellence Program from Rollins College. 
 

James H Hunter, IV is executive vice president and general counsel for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company’s executive committee. Mr. Hunter oversees all legal matters for the company and its global brands and businesses.

Mr. Hunter joined Marriott International’s law department in 1994 in Washington, D.C., where he led lodging development transactions for Marriott’s lodging brands worldwide, including a five-year assignment to Hong Kong where he supported Marriott’s expansion in Asia Pacific. Through his various roles with Marriott, he led a wide variety of transactions, including real estate development, joint venture, lease, debt and equity financing, management, franchise, purchase and sale and other transactions, in over 50 countries.

In 2006, Mr. Hunter was appointed senior vice president and general counsel for Marriott Vacation Club International and relocated to Orlando, Fla. In 2011, he led legal support for the division’s spin-off from Marriott International as a separate, publicly traded company. In 2018, he led legal support for the company’s acquisition and integration of ILG, Inc.

Prior to joining Marriott, Mr. Hunter was law clerk to Judges Charles Brower and Richard Allison at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands and subsequently practiced law in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Hunter earned his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in New York.

Mr. Hunter is an active participant in the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and serves on ARDA’s ethics committee and general counsel council. He also is the sponsor of the company’s Street Law Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline program and serves on Washington, D.C.-based Street Law’s annual awards host committee.

Jeanette E. Marbert is president of the exchange and third-party management segment for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the executive committee. In this role, she oversees four of its operating businesses, including: Interval International, a leader in the worldwide vacation services industry; Aqua-Aston Hospitality, a prominent hotel and resort management company; Trading Places International, a provider of timeshare exchange and rentals and resort management services; and VRI Americas, a provider of resort and homeowners’ association management services. In addition, she has responsibility for Great Destinations, a fee-for-service, real estate brokerage firm for homeowner associations.

Prior to Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, Ms. Marbert served as president and chief executive officer of the exchange and rental segment of ILG and oversaw Interval International, the branded proprietary clubs, Trading Places International and Aqua-Aston Hospitality. Previously, she was ILG’s chief operating officer, where she was responsible for global human resources, legal and information technology functions, as well as directing certain management operations. She joined Interval International as corporate counsel in 1984.

A licensed attorney, Ms. Marbert is actively involved in the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and is a member of its board of directors and executive committee. She is also on the board of the ARDA International Foundation. In addition, she has served on ARDA’s state legislative and federal issues committees and was instrumental in drafting the organization’s Vacation Club Model Act.

A native of Middletown, Md., Ms. Marbert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminology from the University of Maryland, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami and a Master of Laws degree in taxation from Villanova University.

Brian E. Miller is the president, vacation ownership for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company’s executive committee. Mr. Miller oversees the company’s global vacation ownership operations including Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and Resort Operations. 

Mr. Miller joined the organization in 1990 as the national marketing director, and in 1994 he was promoted to vice president of marketing of the then division of Marriott International. After re-branding the company’s flagship timeshare brand to Marriott Vacation Club, Mr. Miller was tapped to lead the business’s entry into the European market as the regional vice president of Sales and Marketing for Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. Miller returned to Corporate Headquarters in 2001 as the senior vice president, Global Sales and Marketing. In this role, Mr. Miller oversaw the distribution of all company products including timeshare, fractional and residential ownership across all three of the company’s brands; Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and Grand Residences by Marriott. After the substantial adjustments necessary during the economic downturn, Mr. Miller was instrumental in the development and implementation of Marriott Vacation Club’s points-based timeshare product which was introduced in 2010 and then additionally assumed responsibility for the Customer Service operations. Upon the spin-off of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation from Marriott International in 2011, Mr. Miller became the executive vice president for sales, marketing and service. After the acquisition of ILG in October 2018, Mr. Miller became the chief sales, marketing and service officer of the combined new company and held that role until October 2020 when he was named to his current role.

Mr. Miller is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. 
 

Dwight D. Smith is the executive vice president and chief information officer for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company’s executive committee. Mr. Smith joined the company in 1990 from Marriott International’s former Roy Rogers division, where he served in a similar capacity. Prior to joining Marriott, Mr. Smith spent six years with the Washington, D.C. office of Andersen Consulting, where he was a manager in the Advanced Technology Group.

During his tenure with Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, Mr. Smith has led his team through periods of significant business growth including expansion into multiple brands and globally into Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

In 2008, Mr. Smith was recognized in Computer World magazine as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders. This acknowledgement was due to his focus on building business and information resources alignment around shared goals, which ultimately delivered globally integrated and agile technology solutions in support of all products, brands and markets.

He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from James Madison University in the field of management and data processing.

Tony is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and serves on the executive committee of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp (MVWC). In this role, Tony is responsible for all financial and accounting support and strategic direction to drive the overall financial results of the Company and operational business strategies to maximize profitability and growth for shareholder value.

Tony joined Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI – pre-spin) in October of 1996 as Manager, Financial Accounting and was quickly promoted to Senior Manager, Financial Accounting responsible for balance sheet accounting, audit, and period close. He then moved to New Product Development/Brand Management, serving as a Director where he helped launch the Horizons brand among other initiatives. Tony was then selected by the MVCI Executive Committee to serve as a Technical Process Owner in support of transforming MVCI to a process-centric organization, where he defined the organizational construct and processes for Product Supply Management (PSM). Thereafter, Tony moved into the role of Vice President, PSM with responsibility for analyzing and optimizing the use of the Company’s inventory and leading PSM’s Business Planning efforts before moving to his current role in July of 2005. Tony has more than 24 years with MVWC and extensive experience in strategic planning and analysis, organizational optimization, and financial analysis. Prior to MVWC, Tony worked as a Senior Auditor at the Walt Disney Company in Orlando and an Audit Senior at Arthur Anderson LLP in Tampa.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Florida State University. He has attended the Wharton Business School Executive Development Program, Marriott International Lodging Leadership and Executive Education Program, Dr. Michael Hammer Reengineering Certification Program and is a former Florida Certified Public Accountant. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for INROADS of Central Florida and the City of Orlando Audit Board (serving his last year there as Chairman). He currently serves on the BOD of a small local charitable organization (The Jason Beaird Memorial Foundation), the Advisory Committee for the Department of Finance at the University of Central Florida. Additionally, Tony was selected to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership at Howard University.

Michael E. Yonker is the executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company’s executive committee. Mr. Yonker is responsible for enterprise-wide human resources strategies, programs and performance.

Previously, Mr. Yonker also served as vice president, human resources supporting global operations for the organization. He began his career with Marriott International in 1983 as an assistant controller at Marriott's Lincolnshire Resort in Chicago. He went on to serve in several management-level responsibilities in both finance and human resources, including multiple regional human resources leadership positions across various divisions.

Mr. Yonker has a bachelor's degree in marketing and business administration from Oral Roberts University and a Master of Business Administration in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.