Jeffrey J. Donnelly, CFA

Director

Chief Executive Officer and Director of DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE: DRH), a self-advised REIT owning a leading portfolio of geographically diversified hotels concentrated in leisure destinations and top gateway markets. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2024, Mr. Donnelly had served as DiamondRock’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2019. Prior to joining DiamondRock, Mr. Donnelly was a Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and its predecessors for 22 years. Additionally, Mr. Donnelly spent seven years at AEW Capital Management, LP, as an Asset Manager and Capital Markets Officer, where he managed 12 million square feet of retail, office, multifamily, industrial and land assets and negotiated property sales, securitizations, and financings totaling more than $2 billion. Mr. Donnelly serves on the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust’s (NAREIT) Advisory Board of Governors, American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AHLA) Board of Directors, and is a founder of The Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome Children’s Foundation. He is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Donnelly brings over 20 years of real estate asset management and capital markets experience, as well as REIT managerial experience to the board.