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Executive Biographies

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Wayne B. Goldberg
President & Chief Executive Officer
Wayne B. Goldberg has more than 28-years experience in the lodging industry. Prior to joining La Quinta in 2000, Mr. Goldberg was Chief Operating Officer for BridgeStreet Accommodations, a worldwide corporate housing provider. Prior to BridgeStreet, Mr. Goldberg served in various roles at Red Roof Inns Inc., one of the leading economy lodging chains in the United States, including: Group Vice President, District Vice President, Regional Manager, Area Manager and General Manager. |


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Angelo J. Lombardi
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Lombardi joined La Quinta in 2001 as Vice President Revenue Management. Prior to joining La Quinta he spent 13-years with Red Roof Inns, Inc. in several positions including General Manager, Revenue Manager and Vice President Operations. |


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Temple H. Weiss
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Weiss joined La Quinta in 2001. Prior to joining La Quinta, Mr. Weiss served in various financial and planning positions at Bristol Hotels & Resorts. In addition, he has also held operational positions with various chain-affiliated hotels. Mr. Weiss has held leadership positions within a variety of civic, church and university associations. Mr. Weiss holds a Master of Hospitality Management degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor University.
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Julie M. Cary
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Ms. Cary joined La Quinta in 2006 and oversees the Company's marketing initiatives, planning and analysis. She has more than 20 years of increasing responsibility in brand management, marketing and innovation with consumer companies such as Brinker International, Dean Foods, Gerber Products Company and Ralston Purina. Ms. Cary holds a M.B.A. from Washington University and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois.
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Vivek Shaiva
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Mr. Shaiva joined La Quinta in 2007. Prior to joining the company, he was Senior Vice President, Enterprise Architecture for the management company that handles mergers and acquisition for The Blackstone Group's real estate portfolio where he oversaw projects related to information technology architecture, systems integration and process optimizations. He also served as the Director of Software Architecture at NBC Universal-GE, New York providing leadership to many enterprise-wide information systems projects. Prior to that, he led many large scale IT consulting assignments including lead architect at Sotheby's, New York and technology leadership roles at several leading organizations in the telecom, financials and travel industries.
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Murry J. Cathlina
Executive Vice President Design & Construction
Murry Cathlina joined La Quinta in 1992. He possesses more than 25-years of construction industry experience and has managed over $1 billion dollars worth of new construction and renovations for La Quinta alone. Mr. Cathlina headed La Quinta's reimaging project Gold Medal as well as several other major renovations projects.
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Mark M. Chloupek
Executive Vice President Legal & General Counsel
From 1999 through 2006, Mr. Chloupek served as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel of Operations for Wyndham International, Inc. Prior to joining Wyndham, Mr. Chloupek worked for Dallas-based law firm Locke, Liddell & Sapp LLP. Mr. Chloupek received a B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and suma cum laude and received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Additionally, he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and The Texas General Counsel Forum.
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Feliz P. Jarvis
Executive Vice President Sales
Prior to joining La Quinta in 2002, Ms. Jarvis worked as Vice President of Office Development for Billingsley Company. From 1987 to 2000, she worked for Dallas-based Bristol Hotels & Resorts, when the company was sold. During her tenure at Bristol, Jarvis' roles ranged from Sales, Operations, Strategic Planning and Revenue Management. She was Vice President of Sales from 1998 until 2000. Prior to her career with Bristol, Jarvis was Manager for Laventhol & Horwath's hospitality consulting division. Jarvis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel and restaurant management from the University of Houston. She is currently on the Board of Trustees for Texas Health Resource and formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Jeffrey M. Schagren
Executive Vice President Human Resources & Corporate Counsel
Mr. Schagren joined La Quinta in 2000 as Senior Attorney responsible for all litigation and labor and employment matters. Prior to joining La Quinta, Mr. Schagren worked for the Montgomery County (Maryland) Human Relations Commission and Hechinger. Through various positions within Hechinger he worked on all issues involving labor, employment and human resources issues. He was instrumental in creating the Field Human Resources structure for Hechinger and became Corporate Counsel responsible for all legal matters and the Human Resources Department. Mr. Schagren graduated from New York University with a BA in Journalism and from Brooklyn Law School with a JD.
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Rajiv K. Trivedi
Executive Vice President Franchising
With 20-years experience in the hospitality industry, Mr. Trivedi joined La Quinta in 2000. He has served in a variety of key management roles in the hotel industry, including Cendant Corporation. At Cendant he served as Vice President of Franchise Operations managing Franchise Training, Services and Regional Marketing. Mr. Trivedi also has significant experience in franchising and development outside the hotel industry, with a number of leading consumer brands. He is active in numerous civic and industry organizations including the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA).
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