Choice Hotels Board Appoints Circuit City Executive Fiona Dias to Replace Barbara Bainum as Director.SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CHH CHH Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia CHH Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone CHH Carter Holt Harvey Limited (Australia & New Zealand) CHH Chuan Hup Holdings Limited (Singapore) CHH Certified Hardware Hosineer ) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Fiona Dias as a Class III director, replacing Barbara Bainum who is retiring from the Board. Dias, 38, is senior vice president of Circuit City Stores, Inc., and president of Circuit City Direct in Richmond, Virginia Richmond IPA: [ɹɯʒmɐnɖ] is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. . "We are extremely pleased to add Fiona Dias to our Board," said Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr., president and chief executive officer. "Her solid experience in marketing and technology, and her innovative leadership with Circuit City's Internet business, will provide the Board with an added dimension in these vital areas." He added, "At the same time, we wish Barbara Bainum the very best in her future philanthropic endeavors. Her valued contributions of the company and the Board aided greatly in Choice's success." A native of Kenya, Dias joined Circuit City in 2000 as senior vice president, marketing, and was appointed president of Circuit City Direct in 2003. She is responsible for Circuit City's Internet business, Circuitcity.com and MusicNow.com, Circuit City's tele-sales centers and business-to-business sales. She earned her undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. and began her career as a financial analyst for Merrill Lynch. After postings in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Toronto and London, she returned to Stanford University where she earned her MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degree. She then held key marketing positions with Proctor & Gamble, Quaker State, Pepsico's Frito Lay division and Stick Networks. Choice Hotels International is one of the world's largest lodging franchisors marketing more than 5,000 hotels open or under development in 44 countries under the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, MainStay Suites and Rodeway Inn brand names. For more information on Choice, visit the company's web site at www.choicehotels.com. Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn and MainStay Suites are registered trademarks, service marks and trade names of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (C)2004 Choice Hotels International, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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