Robert A Rauch, CHA
President, R.A. Rauch & Associates, Inc.
11025 Vista Sorrento Parkway, San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: (858) 523-0590
Email: rauch@hotelguru.com
Mr. Rauch serves as President of R. A. Rauch & Associates, Inc. He is a nationally recognized hotelier serving clients in all facets of the industry. Rauch has over 35 years of hospitality-related management
experience.
Mr. Rauch also served as General Manager of full-service four Diamond hotels for Hilton and Embassy Suites. His education qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Administration from Western International University and a master’s degree in Tourism Administration from Arizona State University. He is a Certified Hotel Administrator and has served as chairman of numerous tourism organizations nationally and in the western U.S.
Mr. Rauch currently serves on numerous Boards of Directors. He has been directly involved in developing several hotels including the Del Mar Marriott, Hilton Hotel Gaslamp Plaza, Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad, Hilton Hotel Santa Clara and several Marriott resort hotels.
R. A. Rauch & Associates, Inc. is currently operating the Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn San Diego/Del Mar as well as the Quality Inn & Suites Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, El Cordova Hotel in Coronado and Pantai Inn La Jolla. Rauch is also assisting with the development, marketing and management of numerous hotels in the United States at the present time. His firm developed the web site www.hotelguru.com and publishes Hospitality Innsights, an electronic newsletter. Rauch is a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University where he teaches Entrepreneurship.
Jerry W. Brooks
Director of Operations
Currently Mr. Brooks is serving as an operations executive for all R. A. Rauch & Associates, Inc. managed properties. He was instrumental in the development and construction phases for the Homewood Suites and Hilton Garden Inn San Diego/ Del Mar camus. Having moved to San Diego in 1998 for involvement with ownership changes at the Grande Colonial in La Jolla, he has continued to take on projects that require mature, conscientious management skills. He has the experience to lead, having served in executive positions in the tourism industry for over twenty-five years. These positions include General Manager with Hilton Inns, Inc. and Food and Beverage management and director positions with Hyatt, Radisson and Hilton. Mr. Brooks has owned his own restaurant and bar and has served as Director and active member of numerous industry associates. His recent San Diego clients have included the Hotel Parisi, La Jolla and the Lake San Marcos Resort as well as numerous mid-market hotels.
Linda Rauch
Linda Rauch has been developing the new real estate division of R. A. Rauch & Associates, Inc. and is a licensed agent in the State of California. Her most recent experience was Director of Reservations and Revenue Manager at the award-winning Ocean Inn Encinitas. She is Director of Marketing of the Homewood Suites by Hilton Del Mar.
With a Bachelor’s Degree in education and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut, Mrs. Rauch serves a dual role with R. A. Rauch & Associates, Inc. She has extensive experience with financial planning, marketing and sales.
In addition to this experience, she brings a wealth of training and development knowledge to the company and has specific expertise in the area of employee benefits and finance.
Paula Ruthenberg
Ms. Ruthenberg was most recently conference manager for Burba Hotel Network. She has years of
experience in hotel sales for Marriott Hotels and is a graduate of San Diego State University’s School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. She serves in the dual capacity of Conference Manager and Sales Manager for our boutique hotels.
Brian Sokol
Mr. Sokol has been involved with our firm for over 10 years. He is a seasoned sales executive, revenue manager and hotel operator. He has always been our key task force sales executive on acquisitions and new management contracts. Mr. Sokol is also well versed in systems and serves as a Manager on Duty for properties of all sizes. His experience is on both coasts of the U.S.
Bernardo Zavala
Sales and Operations Manager
Mr. Zavala is currently operating our newest hotel, Pantai Inn. Mr. Zavala graduated from a B.A. in Business Administration with major in Hospitality Management from renowned Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He also possesses an MBA specializing in Marketing from San Diego State University. Bernardo has been working in the hospitality industry during the last 17 years focusing primarily in Operations, and lately after graduating from the Masters degree focused on sales and marketing. Mr. Zavala has worked for 5 Diamond/5 Star properties such as the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, California, and Camino Real Polanco in Mexico City, Mexico. Zavala’s last hotel before coming to R.A. Rauch & Associates was La Valencia Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel in La Jolla, California.
Junvi Ola
Social Media/ Press Guru
Junvi Ola has several years of destination marketing experience, plus a decade of creating content for print, TV, radio and the Web. Her expertise on the San Diego region comes from her years at the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, where she wrote about the region as a travel destination during a stint as the public relations representative. She also founded and runs DiegoOnaDIme.com, a blog about free things to do in San Diego. Topics include San Diego history, regions, arts and culture, family-friendly attractions, theatre, museums, hotels, dining, special event venues, outdoor activities, nightlife and affordable luxuries.
Mark Burgess
Web Guru
Mark brings 19 years of Internet experience including network and video technology and web development skills to the firm. With an MBA from the University of San Diego, he first developed software for the PC and later founded sandiego.com, launching many of the city’s premier web sites including kpbs.org, sandiego.org, sdfair.com and the award winning first site for Legoland California before focusing solely on developing a self supporting full service portal of information and services for San Diego.
