GENERAL INFORMATION Name Rich Cortese, CHA Address URB Garden Hills Street, l 10 Guavnabo. Puerto Rico. 00966 Telephone Email EDUCATION St. John's University New York, New York Bachelor of Business Administration CAREER DETAILS Mr. Cortese is an established Hotel Executive who has extensive experience in Resort management, which has included the following components, Hotel operations, golf, private clubs, gaming, spas, timeshare, and real estate. 2009 (September) to present, Aimbridge Hospitality, Dallas Texas Aimbridge Hospitality is the owner and operator of 70 hotels located through the United States and the Caribbean and they are presently positioned because of their capitalization to acquire a number opf new hotel opportunities through out these areas. Senior Vice President of Caribbean Operations, Reporting directly to the CEO of the company Mr. Cortese is responsible for all of their Caribbean operations and develop new opportunities. Presently Aimbridge has offers in on four hotels in the Caribbean as well as negotiating for four additional management contracts of a major financial institution in the United States. Aimbridge is permitting Mr. Cortese to continue consulting for Costa Isabela Partners for eight more months. Principal accomplishments with Aimbridge have been the "opening of doors" of opportunity due to Mr. Cortese's extensive resort experience which they were not able to open prior to his arrival. 2009 (January) to Present, COSTA ISABELA PARTNERS, Isabela, Puerto Rico Costa Isabela Partners is the manager and owner of a golf resort and residential development in Isabela Puerto Rico which consists of 1,800 acres of ocean front land with elevation changes of EFTA_R1_02210475 EFTA02724001