RockResorts Executives

The RockResorts executive team has extensive knowledge and experience in every phase of luxury hotel development – from finance to operations to project management. Learn more about some of our key development executives below, and feel free to contact us to discuss potential development opportunities.

Stan Brown
President

Stan Brown was selected as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality in June 2007 and named president of the company in September 2008. Brown oversees and directs the company’s entire lodging and hospitality division, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Rob Katz.

Brown has more than 26 years of hospitality experience in locations throughout the world. His hospitality leadership career began in 1989 when he was appointed resident manager for Maui Marriott Resort in Lahaina, Maui. In 1994, he assumed the position of general manager for Jeddah Marriott in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and this experience led to his appointment to general manager for Saigon Marriott in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1996. Further expanding his international scope, he was selected as the general manager for the Renaissance Sydney Hotel in 1998. From 2000 to 2005 he was the vice president of Pacific Islands and Japan for Marriott International, Inc. in Hawaii, where he oversaw 23 hotels in Hawaii, Guam and Japan and supervised more than 7,000 employees. Since 2006, he has been the vice president, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea and the Philippines for Marriott International, Inc., located in Hong Kong.

Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management from Pennsylvania State University. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children, RJ and Stan Jr.

James C. O'Donnell
Vice President of Lodging Development

James O’Donnell joined RockResorts and Vail Resorts Lodging Company in June 2002 as Director of Finance, and then served as Regional Director of Operations until early 2006. In his current role as Vice President of Lodging Development, O’Donnell oversees the acquisition of new management contracts and developments for RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality.

Before joining RockResorts, O’Donnell was an Assurance and Business Advisory Services Manager for Arthur Andersen LLP. He served in such capacity in Andersen’s Miami, Florida office from August 1993 to July 2000, and in Andersen’s Denver, Colorado office from July 2000 to June 2002. While at Andersen, O’Donnell specialized in the hospitality and real estate industries.

O'Donnell regularly speaks on indusztry expert panels at the American Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the NYU Lodging Conference and various other IMN sponsored conferences.

O’Donnell received his bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a specialization in accounting, from the University of Miami (Miami, FL) in 1993. He received his MBA from the University of Miami in 2000.