Senior Vice President ITT Sheraton Corporation. President North America Division (Retired) – Atlanta, Georgia
Richard Hartman is Senior Vice President, ITT Sheraton Corpo-ration and President – North America Division. In this role, Mr. Hartman oversees the operations of nearly 60 hotels and resorts in ITT Sheraton’s North America Division, including members of The Luxury Collection and upscale Sheraton Hotels and Resorts. Prior to his current position, Mr. Hartman served as Senior Vice President, ITT Sheraton Corporation, Director of Operations – North America Division. Previous to this position, he was Senior Vice Presi-dent, Director of Operations – Asia Pacific Division, where he was responsible for all phases of operations for the forty-one ITT Sheraton properties in China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the West Pacific and the South Pacific. Mr. Hartman was formerly Vice President and Area Manager in the company’s former Hawaii/Far East & Pacific Division. He began his hospitality career with Sheraton in 1968 as Waiter, Cook, and Dining Room Manager at the Sheraton Moana Hotel in Honolulu. He later held General Manager positions at the Sheraton Kauai Hotel, the former Sheraton Volcano House in Hawaii, and Sheraton Hotels in Auckland and Rotorua, New Zealand. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hartman was educated in Seattle, Geneva, Switzerland and Hawaii, and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii School of Travel Industry Management.
