Team
An Experienced Hotel Investment Team
The team at Linchris Capital Partners has over three decades of hotel investment and operational experience across a range of economic and market cycles. LCP is led by an 8-member senior team, with over 35 years of hotel management, development, and operations experience and over 26 years of investment expertise. Our long history of working together is the backbone of a cohesive group of partners, analysts and advisors who understand hospitality firsthand. Focused on growth, our company manages over 29 hotels in 14 states throughout the Unites States."Growth and progress has been the cornerstone of our company since we managed our first hotel back in 1985." - Chris Gistis, Founder and Partner
Christopher Gistis
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan | Partner
Michael is a Partner with Linchris Capital Partners and President of Linchris Hotel Corporation. Michael sits on the Linchris Capital Investment Committee and has more than 34 years of Hospitality real estate investment and management experience. Michael is responsible for the development and implementation of the firms operational and management strategies for Linchris' hotels across the U.S.
Glenn Gistis
Glenn Gistis | Partner
Glenn is a Partner with Linchris Capital Partners and CFO of Linchris Hotel Corporation. Glenn sits on the Linchris Capital Investment Committee and has more than 22 years of Hospitality real estate investment and management experience. Glenn leads the investment activities of Linchris Capital Partners including the sourcing, underwriting, structuring, financing, and closing of all transactions for the Fund.
Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson | Investment Committee
Bob is Senior Vice President of Linchris Hotel Corporation and a member of the Linchris Capital Partners Investment committee. Bob joined Linchris in 1990 and has over 40 years of hospitality operations and management experience.
John Meunier
John Meunier | Investment Committee
John is Vice President, Project Management for Linchris Hotel Corp. and is a member of the Linchris Capital Partners Investment Committee. John joined Linchris in 2016 and is responsible for, and manages, all aspects of capital improvement projects for all properties across the U.S. John is also responsible for the firm's loss prevention and safety programs, and manages the utility and energy conservation programs.
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson | Senior Vice President of Operations
Brian began his hotel career in 1999 with M&B Inn Partners as a Sales Manager at the Holiday Inn in Williamsport, PA. After a year Brian was promoted to the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Monroeville, PA. After a year, Brian moved back to the Williamsport Radisson Hotel where he worked as Director of Sales and started his career with Linchris Hotel Corporation.
Linchris thought highly of Brian's leadership and customer service skills and Brian was offered the top spot at the Holiday Inn Express in Keene, NH where he stayed for 2 years. In 2006, Linchris decided to build a new hotel in Plymouth, MA and Brian was selected to see that project through from the ground up. After two years there, Brian served as General Manager for two other Linchris Hotels in Massachusetts; Holiday Inn in Mansfield and Holiday Inn in Brookline. When Linchris was looking to acquire the 25th hotel in their portfolio, the Hilton Hotel in Scranton, PA, Brian was the top choice. The hotel underwent a $3 million renovation and was ranked #5 out of all Hilton Hotels in the Americas. In September 2013, Linchris Hotel Corporation purchased the 244 room DoubleTree by Hilton Wilmington, DE. The hotel was in need of a major renovation and assistance with their customer service scores. Brian was chosen to lead this hotel. Brian brought the hotel from the bottom tier of all DoubleTree hotels to being ranked in the top 100 in the 1st year.
When Linchris purchased the Radisson Hotel in Plymouth, MA and planned to re-position it to an independent hotel, Brian was the obvious choice to lead the team. Hotel 1620 was transformed into a boutique hotel after completing a $5.7 million renovation. In November 2016, Brian was promoted to Area Director of Operations and again to Vice President of Operations in January 2019. In March of 2020, Brian was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations. Brian oversees the operations of Linchris' full and select service hotels. Email: briananderson@linchris.com
Jeff Lang
Jeff Lang | Area Director of Operations
As Director of Operations, Jeff Lang oversees the operations of a portfolio of Linchris' full and select-service hotels. Jeff provides leadership to the General Managers of the hotels he oversees with a focus on customer service, team member satisfaction, revenue generation, and long term value creation.
Jeff joined Linchris in August, 2007 as a Front Office Manager at the Best Western, Boston and held his first General Manager position at the Comfort Inn, Cape Cod in June, 2010. In Jeff's twelve years of experience with Linchris prior to this new role, he was the General Manager of seven different Linchris managed hotels and most recently served as an Area Director of Operations. Jeff has moved through the Linchris ranks with a commitment to the Linchris standards of "Driving Excellence" and by building an effective leadership team at each property he has been responsible for.
Jeff is a 2005 graduate of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. While in school, he played 4 years of Division 1 hockey for UMass and was an assistant captain in his senior year. Upon graduation, Jeff played two years of professional hockey in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and American Hockey League (AHL). During a 1 year leave of absence from Linchris, Jeff earned his Master's Degree in Hospitality and Tourism at UMass in 2010, while serving as the Graduate Assistant of the UMass hockey team.
Alan Zhu
Alan Zhu | Assistant Director of Acquisitions
Alan Zhu is the Assistant Director of Acquisitions with Linchris Capital Partners with responsibility for sourcing, financial modeling, market research and analysis, and supporting all aspects of the acquisition and underwriting process of potential acquisitions.
Larry Kasser
Larry Kasser | Senior Advisor
Larry began his association with Linchris in 1994 as a client when he purchased a hotel and engaged Linchris Hotel Corporation as the management company. Beginning in 1995, Larry invested alongside the principals of Linchris and has participated in every transaction since then. Larry earned a BA, Architecture for Brandeis University in 1973, and a M. Arch. from MIT.