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Program, an award-winning global leadership development program and placed at the Renaissance Charleston Historic District Hotel as a Rooms Operations Voyager. I am currently the rooms operations manager at the Lexington Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa, overseeing five departments and 409 rooms. on how the scholarship shaped her: “The exposure to the industry afforded to me by attending the ISPA Conference & Expo as part of the Scholarship was a big motivation for me to pursue my master’s in business administration with Florida Gulf Coast University, and I will be gradu- ating in the fall of 2020. A long-term goal is to open a medical spa with my twin sister who is pursuing her Doctorate in Nursing Practice.” n kelsey brink, second from left, at the flamingo 5k in nicholasville, kentucky.