Michael D. Cassara, Jr., President

Michael Cassara, President of Main Gate Management, Inc., has been actively working in the lodging industry for over 36 years, as far back as his student days having held virtually every hotel position and most management and financial positions including Controller, Corporate Treasurer and General Manager. Mr. Cassara, while working for Holiday Inn Hotels, has worked in hotels on both the east and west coasts as well as France and Puerto Rico. While working for Interstate Hotels in that company's infancy, he was instrumental in establishing financial auditing and reporting. For the past 20 years working with his current group, Cassara has been part of the team that launched the first Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resort in Lake Buena Vista: the mid-scale resort now has properties throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Cassara also contributed to the creation of KidSuites and the Holiday Inn Family Suites Resort prototype, which is the world's first Nickelodeon® Family Suites Resort by Holiday Inn.

Mr. Cassara is a skilled negotiator and has a management philosophy “if it's good for the business, we should do it” and “make sure the employees are always treated fairly”.

Mr. Cassara is a Florida licensed Community Association Manager (CAM). He currently serves as Treasurer and Board Member of Give Kids the World. He also recently completed several terms of service on the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Leadership Board.

Michael D. Cassara, Jr.

David F. McKim, Chief Financial Officer

David F. Mckim, Chief Financial Officer of Main Gate Management, Inc has 30 years experience in the hospitality industry. Mr. McKim, a native of Pittsburgh, began his career in the hospitality industry as a night auditor upon graduation from Slippery Rock University. It was at that time that he met Michael Cassara while assisting on an auditing project with Interstate Resorts. He later joined Mr. Cassara in Florida to assist in building an Internal Audit function for H.I. Resorts, establishing and monitoring financial and operating guidelines prescribed by the company. Since then, Mr. McKim has held positions as hotel controller and corporate controller for a hotel management company.

Mr. McKim has earned his MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College, and currently holds the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) certifications. He is a member and past officer of the Hospitality Financial Technology Professionals (HFTP) Mid-Florida Chapter, a member of the Institute of Management Accountants Mid-Florida Chapter and Toastmasters International.

Mr. McKim is also an adjunct professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida. Courses that he instructs include Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Hospitality Information Systems and Hospitality E-Commerce.

David F. McKim