BRIAN FLAHERTY

CEO

As CEO, Brian oversees and guides company-wide operations.   

Brian’s background includes 40 plus years of management and leadership across a broad range of hospitality-related enterprises.  In the Seattle region, where he has been based since 1999, he worked with MTM Luxury Lodging and led the team that opened Hotel 1000. Additionally, he was GM at the Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle and also at the Bellevue Club/Hotel Bellevue. Prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, he spent 16 years with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in multiple locations throughout North America and started his career with The Mariner Group in SW Florida.  

Brian currently sits on the Board of Visit Seattle.  He is a Broward College graduate and resides on Mercer Island with his wife of 40 plus years, Kitty.  

His interests include travel, food, wine, technology, reading and being outdoors (in the Pacific Northwest or anywhere else he ventures).