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SENIOR TEAM








                                                                                                                                                                                        MATTHEW NUSS

                                                                                                                                                                                               President


                                                                                                                                                            Matthew leads the company’s overall operations, sales & marketing, business, and development strategies.
                                                                                                                                                            Under his direction, the company generated record-setting revenues, re-tooled and streamlined key
                                                                                                                                                            executive functions and its organization chart as well as re-programmed all Hotel ZaZas. As a result, the
                                                                                                                                                            brand  has  enjoyed  unprecedented  growth  in  RevPAR,  food  and  beverage  performance,  earnings,  online
                                                                                                                                                                               reputation as well as guest and associate satisfaction.

                                                                                                                                                            Prior to ZaZa Hospitality, LLC, Matthew was a founding Principal and Executive Vice President of Valencia
                                                                                                                                                            Group where he was integral to the market-leading positioning of Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio
                                                                                                                                                            and Hotel Valencia Santana Row in Silicon Valley. Before Valencia, he enjoyed a successful 10 year career with
                                                                                                                                                            Omni Hotels where he was named General Manager of the Year and earned the reputation as a turnaround
                                                                                                                                                            expert for the company in such flagship hotels as the Omni Berkshire Place in Midtown Manhattan, the
                                                                                                                                                            Omni Parker House in Boston, the Omni CNN Center in Atlanta and the Omni Tucson National Resort &
                                                                                                                                                            Spa. Matthew has a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Kansas and attended graduate
                                                                                                                                                                                  business school at the University of Nebraska.




                                                                                                                                                                VINCENT MENNELLA                                 ZACH SCHATZ
                                                                                                                                                                    Chief Financial Officer                     Senior Financial Analyst



                                                                                                                                                            As Chief Financial Officer, Vince leads the   Zach  brings  with  him  a  wealth  of  experience
                                                                                                                                                            finance team of ZaZa Hospitality, LLC to     from both public accounting and private
                                                                                                                                                            include accounting, systems and controls,    enterprise. He currently works as a Senior
                                                                                                                                                            banking  and  cash  management,  internal  and   Financial Analyst for Snowmass Creek Capital
                                                                                                                                                            external audit processes, risk management    where he helps oversee a diverse portfolio of
                                                                                                                                                            and  information  technology. Vincent was    investments while developing new investment
                                                                                                                                                            most recently Vice President Finance with    opportunities. Zach works with the ZaZa
                                                                                                                                                            Benchmark Hospitality International, Division   Hospitality team to underwrite development
                                                                                                                                                            Vice President Finance with Sage Hospitality   deals and source financing on behalf of S.C.C.
                                                                                                                                                            Resources  and  Vice  President-Regional     Prior to joining Snowmass, Zach worked as a
                                                                                                                                                            Controller at Destination Hotels & Resorts. In   Senior Auditor for Ernst & Young. In addition
                                                                                                                                                            addition, he was Vice President of Hospitality   to a CPA license, Zach holds a bachelor’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                         degree  in  Business  Administration  as  well  as
                                                                                                                                                            Accounting with Wyndham International.
       SENIOR TEAM                                                                                                                                          Economics and Business  Management from                Christian University.
                                                                                                                                                                                     degree
                                                                                                                                                                                                         a master’s degree in Accounting from Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                            in
                                                                                                                                                                   holds
                                                                                                                                                            Vincent
                                                                                                                                                                            bachelor’s
                                                                                                                                                                         a
                                                                                                                                                            Northeastern Illinois University and a masters
                                                                                                                                                            of Business Administration from Illinois
                                                                                                                                                                    Institute of Technology.


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