Evan Weiss
Education
BS '03, Hotel and Tourism Management, New York University
<p>Evan Weiss serves as co-founder, COO, principal of LW Hospitality Advisors. As a co-founder of the firm, Evan’s role encompasses such areas as client and vendor relationship management, business development, design and implementation of business strategies, plans and procedures, establishing policies that promote company culture and vision, overseeing daily operations of the company, and to leading employees to encourage maximum performance. Mr. Weiss is also a co-founder and managing partner of Lodging Analytics Research & Consulting (LARC), focusing on highly correlated predictive analytics for the lodging industry. He previously worked at CBRE Hotels—Hospitality & Gaming Valuation Advisory Services Group, and prior to joining CBRE, Evan held the position of director of operations for CARINO Hotels & Resorts in New York, a sales and marketing firm. Mr. Weiss’s operational experience includes City Food Bar Inc. </p>
<p>He holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Tourism Management from New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management. Following successful terms as board member, VP, and president of the NYU Tisch Center Alumni Society, Evan also serves as a member of the Jonathan M. Tisch Center’s Advisory Board and on the search committee for the associate dean of the Tisch Center, where he works as an adjunct professor. Evan has worked as an assistant adjunct professor at Columbia University in their Master of Science in Real Estate Development program. </p>
<p>Mr. Weiss currently serves as an event chair for the UJA Hospitality Division, a member of the REX Steering Committee of the UJA—Federation of New York, on Advisory Committees for the NYU and ALIS Hospitality Breakfast, and as a member of the AIPAC Real Estate Committee, and chairman of the Hospitality Council for AIPAC, as well as treasurer of RESA. Evan also serves as an advisory board member of IHIS—Israel Hotel Investment Summit. Evan is intimately involved with Our Soldiers Speak, a 501(c)(3) based in NYC.</p>
SPS has meant a great deal to my life both personally and professionally. Personally, some of my dearest friends and closest contacts have come by way of my SPS and my Tisch Center of Hospitality experience. Professionally, my connectivity through SPS and the Hotel program, the opportunities, internships, board positions, adjunct teaching, and clients and friends that I have been able to procure, have been second to none. I am extremely grateful and humbled to be a part of the inaugural Hall of Fame class at SPS, and hope to continue to contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship with the school, alumni, students, teachers, mentors, and administrators."
