Hospitality firm promotes veteran staffer to newly created executive role

Jess Hayden has been promoted to vice president of operational excellence, a newly created role, at McKibbon Hospitality, a hotel management company that represents brands including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Kimpton.

According to a news release, Hayden joined the Tampa-based company in 2017 as director of procurement. Prior to being hired by McKibbon, she worked for more than a decade at Avendra, a hospitality procurement services provider based in Rockville, Maryland. She has also been employed by Cargill Animal Nutrition and Smithfield Foods.