Faculty & Research
Joel M. Eisemann
Executive Vice President
Owner and Franchise Services
Marriott International, Inc.
Joel Eisemann is Executive Vice President, Owner and Franchise Services. He assumed this role in October 2004. The mission of Owner and Franchise Services is to lead the Marriott organization to attract, secure, and grow with high-value, multi-unit owners and franchisees who will help the company to continue to grow its brands' distribution and preference. Owner and Franchise Services supports both the owners and franchisees of Marriott's more than 2,300 hotels in North America.
From April 2001 through September 2004, Mr. Eisemann was Executive Vice President, Global Asset Management. In this role, he focused on aligning and leading Marriott's efforts to maintain and enhance the stability and value of the company's long-term operating agreements on a worldwide basis.
Previously, Mr. Eisemann was Senior Vice President of Lodging Development for Asia/Pacific and was responsible for development, conversion, and acquisition activities for Marriott's lodging brands in Asia/Pacific. He relocated to Hong Kong in mid-1990 and set up Marriott's lodging development office for the region. He returned to Marriott's Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, in September 1999.
Mr. Eisemann joined Marriott in 1983. His positions with Marriott include Vice President, Development, Residence Inn; Vice President, Development, Marriott Hotels, Resort & Suites; and Vice President, Development Planning and Feasibility. Prior to joining Marriott, Mr. Eisemann was with Laventhol & Horwath in Tampa, Florida, for three years.
Mr. Eisemann is a graduate of the Master of Professional Studies program at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, and he received his A. B. degree in Economics from Stanford University.