Industry
Lynda S. Wirth
President
Schrier Wirth Executive Search Ltd.
LYNDA SCHRIER WIRTH - is currently President of Schrier Wirth Executive Search Ltd., a search firm based in New York City, founded in 1996, that specializes in the hospitality and real estate industries. Her firms' varied client list includes major hotel chains, independent properties, and hospitality real estate owning and advisory firms.
Lynda is a 1982 graduate of the Hotel School. Her prior industry experience includes various positions in operations and marketing with the ITT/Sheraton Corporation, and over ten years of hospitality consulting experience with Pannell Kerr Forster (PKF Consulting). She is a certified general real estate appraiser and was an adjunct faculty member of New York University's School for Hospitality & Tourism and for the World Trade Center Institute.
Lynda was the Northeast Regional Vice President from 1997-2003 and a past president of the New York City Chapter for the Cornell Hotel Society from 1991-1992. Additionally she represented the Society on the Alumni Trustee Nomination Committee for the University from 1994 to 1997. She has written various articles for industry publications including Lodging, Hotel Business, and The Urban Land Institute's publication on hotel development, and has spoken at various conferences including the International Hospitality Investment Conference and Commercial Property World. Lynda has made numerous presentations at the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association's monthly events. She has also been at guest lecturer at Cornell and at Harvard Business School.
Lynda is a co-chair of the "Learning to Look" program in her school district, a program which teaches elementary school children how to look at works of art. She resides in Scarsdale, New York with her husband Michael and their two children, Harrison and Sabrina.
Contact Information:
Industry Research & Affairs
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