People: Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc (RHP.N)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Colin Reed

65 2012 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Mark Fioravanti

51 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Scott Lynn

39 2013 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Patrick Chaffin

39 2013 Senior Vice President - Asset Management

Bennett Westbrook

46 Senior Vice President - Investments and Design and Construction

Jennifer Hutcheson

35 2013 Vice President, Corporate Controller

Michael Bender

51 2004 Independent Director

Edward Gaylord

55 2001 Independent Director

D. Ralph Horn

72 2001 Independent Director

Ellen Levine

70 2004 Independent Director

Robert Prather

68 2009 Independent Director

Michael Rose

71 2005 Independent Director

Michael Roth

67 2004 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Colin Reed

Mr. Colin V. Reed is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. He has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since April 2001, and Mr. Reed was also elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company in May 2005. Until November 2008, and then again beginning November 2012, Mr. Reed also served as President of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Reed had served as a member of the three-executive Office of the President of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. since May 1999, and he had served as Harrah’s Chief Financial Officer since April 1997. Mr. Reed also was a director of Harrah’s from 1998 to May 2001. Mr. Reed served in a variety of other management positions with Harrah’s and its predecessor, Holiday Corp., since 1977. Mr. Reed is a director of First Horizon National Corporation.

Mark Fioravanti

Mr. Mark Fioravanti is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Until June 2009, Mr. Fioravanti served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of the Company, a position he had held since June 2007. Prior to such time, Mr. Fioravanti had served as Executive Vice President of the Company and President of ResortQuest International since March 2004. From August 2002 to March 2004, Mr. Fioravanti was the Company’s Senior Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining the Company in August 2002, Mr. Fioravanti spent nine years in a variety of roles with casino operator Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., where he was most recently Vice President of Finance and Administration of Harrah’s New Orleans. Mr. Fioravanti graduated from The Ohio State University, where he earned his B.S. degree. He also holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Scott Lynn

Mr. Scott J. Lynn is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., since January 2013. From August 2003 to January 2013, he served as the Company’s Associate General Counsel. From May 2002 to August 2003, Mr. Lynn was Senior Counsel at Progeny Marketing Innovations, a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation. From August 1998 to May 2002, Mr. Lynn was an associate at the law firm of Stokes & Bartholomew, P.A. Mr. Lynn is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Law and Tennessee Technological University.

Patrick Chaffin

Mr. Patrick Chaffin is Senior Vice President - Asset Management of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc., since January 2013. In this role, Mr. Chaffin’s primary focus is oversight of management of the Gaylord Hotels brand of resort and convention center assets. From January 2007 to December 2012, he led the strategic planning, operations analysis and investor relations functions for Gaylord Entertainment. Prior to its sale in June 2007, Mr. Chaffin served as the head of finance for ResortQuest International, formerly a division of Gaylord Entertainment. Prior to joining Gaylord Entertainment in January 2005, Mr. Chaffin worked for General Motors Corporation for 9 years serving in a variety of corporate and manufacturing positions. Mr. Chaffin earned a B.S. degree from Lipscomb University and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Bennett Westbrook

Mr. Bennett D. Westbrook is Senior Vice President - Investments and Design and Construction of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. He leads the Company’s acquisition, development, and design and construction efforts on hospitality projects and other real estate and investment-related projects. Prior to joining the Company in 2001, Mr. Westbrook was Corporate Director of Development at Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (now Caesar’s Entertainment) from 2000-2001, Regional Real Estate Manager for Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s, Inc.) from 1997-2000, and Director of Development at Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., from 1994-1997. Mr. Westbrook earned both his B.A. degree in Political Science and MBA degree at Vanderbilt University.

Jennifer Hutcheson

Ms. Jennifer Hutcheson is Vice President and Corporate Controller of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., since January 2013. From March 2006 to December 2012, she served as the Company’s Vice President of Accounting and Tax. From May 2004 to March 2006, she served as the Company’s Director of Corporate Accounting. From August 2002 to April 2004, she was the Corporate Accounting Manager at Private Business Inc. (now Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc.). Prior to that time, she was an auditor with Ernst & Young LLP and Arthur Andersen. Ms. Hutcheson, who is a certified public accountant, has a B.S. degree in accounting from Tennessee Technological University and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Michael Bender

Mr. Michael J. Bender is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Mr. Bender is the EVP and President, West Business Unit, of retailer Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., with overall responsibility for a group of stores in the western United States, a position he has held since February 2011. Mr. Bender previously served as SVP of the Mountain Division of Wal-Mart from February 2010 to February 2011 and as a VP/Regional General Manager at Wal-Mart from February 2009 to February 2010. From 2003 through 2007, Mr. Bender served as the President/General Manager of the Retail and Alternate Care business of healthcare retailer Cardinal Health. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Mr. Bender was Vice President of Store Operations for clothing retailer Victoria’s Secret Stores. Mr. Bender also spent 14 years with beverage company PepsiCo in a variety of sales, finance and operating roles.

Edward Gaylord

Mr. Edward K. Gaylord, II, is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Mr. Gaylord served as the Company’s Chairman of the Board from May 1999 through April 2001. He served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 2000 until September 2000, and as Vice-Chairman of the Board from May 1996 to May 1999. He was the President of the privately-held Oklahoma Publishing Company from June 1994 until December 2002. Mr. Gaylord has been Chairman of Medtrust Online, a privately-held healthcare services firm, since 2007. Mr. Gaylord has been President of Eleven Sands Exploration, a privately-held energy company, since 2000, and is currently the Chairman of E.K. Capital, a privately-held investment entity. Mr. Gaylord is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation, as well as a member of the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution, and is Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibitions.

D. Ralph Horn

Mr. D. Ralph Horn is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Mr. Horn served as the Chairman of the Board of financial services company First Tennessee National Corporation (now First Horizon National Corporation) and First Tennessee Bank, National Association, its principal subsidiary, from 1996 until his retirement in December 2003. Mr. Horn served as Chief Executive Officer of First Tennessee National Corporation from 1994 through 2002 and as its President from 1991 through 2001. Mr. Horn is co-lead director of Mid America Apartment Communities, Inc., an owner of apartment communities.

Ellen Levine

Ms. Ellen R. Levine is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Ms. Levine is Editorial Director of Hearst Magazines, one of the world’s magazine publishers. Prior to assuming this role in 2006, Ms. Levine had served as Editor-in-Chief of the Hearst publication Good Housekeeping since 1994. She was instrumental in founding O, The Oprah Magazine in 2000 (and continues to serve as its Editorial Consultant) and in founding Food Network Magazine in 2009. Ms. Levine also served as Editor-in-Chief of Redbook (1990-1994) and Woman’s Day (1982-1990) and as a Senior Editor of Cosmopolitan (1976-1982). During the past five years, Ms. Levine served as a director of retailer Finlay Enterprises, Inc.

Robert Prather

Mr. Robert S. Prather, Jr., is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Mr. Prather has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Gray Television, Inc., a television broadcast company, since September 2002. He was an Executive Vice President of Gray Television, Inc. from 1996 until September 2002. Mr. Prather is also a director of Gray Television, Inc. Mr. Prather has served as a director of Southern Community Newspapers, Inc., a publishing and communications company formerly known as Triple Crown Media, Inc., since December 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Bull Run Corporation, a sports and affinity marketing and management company, from 1992 until its merger into Triple Crown Media, Inc. in December 2005. Mr. Prather is also a member of the Board of Directors of GAMCO Investors, Inc., the parent company of GAMCO Asset Management, Inc.

Michael Rose

Mr. Michael D. Rose is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Mr. Rose served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from April 2001 through May 2005 and served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Company from May 2005 through May 2009. Since 1998, Mr. Rose has been a private investor and Chairman of Midaro Investments, a privately held investment firm. In 1995, Mr. Rose became Chairman of the Board of both hotel operator Promus Hotel Corporation and Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. when the two companies split into two publicly-traded companies. He retired from the Boards of Harrah’s in 1996 and Promus in 1997. Mr. Rose also served as Chairman from 1990 to 1995, and Chief Executive Officer from 1990 to 1994, of the Promus Companies, Incorporated. Mr. Rose is also a director of restaurant operator Darden Restaurants, Inc. and food manufacturer General Mills, Inc. From January 2007 until December, 2011, Mr. Rose served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Horizon National Corporation. Mr. Rose served as a director of First Horizon National Corporation until his retirement in April 2012.

Michael Roth

Mr. Michael I. Roth is Independent Director of Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. Mr. Roth is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Interpublic Group of Companies, a global marketing services company. He was appointed Interpublic’s Chief Executive Officer in January of 2005. Prior to becoming Chairman of Interpublic in July 2004, Mr. Roth had been a member of Interpublic’s Board of Directors since 2002. Previously, Mr. Roth was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of financial services company The MONY Group Inc. and its predecessor entities since 1997. Mr. Roth is also a director of Pitney Bowes, Inc.

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