Aha Team International & Advisory Board

Corazon Gatchalian, Ph.D., CHE
Founder and Partner AHA-IHMS
Past Chair of Hotel, Restaurant &
Institution Management
University of the Philippines
Philippines
Edwin Odhuno, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Hospitality
Management
Maseno University
Kenya
Ameya Ghanekar, MTM, MBA, CHE
Director of Operations and Academics
American Hospitality Academy
India
Mike Zema
Past President
I-CHRIE
International Council on Hotel, Restaurant
and Institutional Education
USA
Ninni Guthrie
Project Manager
Tourism and Hospitality College of
Dalarna
Sweden
Ravi Pandit, Ph.D., CHE
Fulbright Scholar
Program Coordinator and Chair
Department of Hospitality Business
Southern New Hampshire University
USA
Linda Hoops, Ed.D., FMP
Past President, I-CHRIE
Past Director, Academic Relations
National Restaurant Association
USA
Samir Thapa, CHE, MBA
Founder and Partner AHA-IHMS
Founder and Principal
Silver Mountain School of Hotel
Management
Nepal
Ricardo Augusto Hruschka, MBA
Employment Coordinator
The Ritz Carlton Resorts
Brazil
John Walker, DBA, FMP, CHA
Professor- Hotel Restaurant Management
University of South Florida
USA
Muhsen Makhamreh, Ph.D.
Dean
Jordan Applied University College Of
Hospitality and Tourism
Jordan
Burcin Zencirli
Founder /Director of Operations
USEH International Training and
Educational Services
Turkey
Chandi Jayawardena, Ph.D., FIH, CHE
Associate Dean The Center of Hospitality
and Culinary Arts
George Brown College, Canada
Past President -(HCIMA)
United Kingdom