
Neil H. Shah is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hersha Hotels and Resorts. For the last 20 years, Mr. Shah has been instrumental in the acquisition, development, and management of over $3 billion of hotel real estate. Prior to Hersha, Mr. Shah served as a Consultant with The Advisory Board Company and the Corporate Executive Board, strategy research firms based in Washington DC. Mr. Shah is Chairman of the Institutional Real Estate Finance Advisory Council (IREFAC) of the American Hotel & Lodging Association and serves on the executive committee of the Board of Trustees for the National Constitution Center and the Florida Council of 100. Mr. Shah is a Research Sponsor of the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School and a member of the Real Estate Board at the University of Miami Business School. Mr. Shah earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Bachelor of Science in management with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.