Amy Gancasz - President

• Gulph Creek Hotels - 1998 to present.


• Prior - 16 years in hospitality management. Started with Gulph Creek Hotels as an AGM. Promoted to GM, regional manager and VP of Operations (2002).


• Education - BS, Hospitality and Tourism Management - Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.

Derek W. Sylvester - Vice President of Development

• Gulph Creek Hotels - 2006 to present.


• Prior - Management positions with Marriott Hotels & Resorts. Consulting positions with Pannell Kerr Forster, Restaurant Advisory Services and Sylvester Consulting Group. Development of the Palace at Somerset Park - Somerset, New Jersey, Castle Hill Inn & Resort - Newport, Rhode Island. Redevelopment of the Hotel Hershey - Hershey, Pennsylvania and the Wyndham Bermuda Resort - Southampton, Bermuda.


• Education - BS, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

Bill Deckard - Regional Manager

• Gulph Creek Hotels - 2001 to present.


• Prior - Winegardner & Hammons - Assistant General Manager, McIntosh Inns - General Manager. Marriott Hotels & Resorts - sales and housekeeping. Hilton Hotels - sales.


• Education - BS, Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management - The Pennsylvania State University.