David Kloeppel

Biography

Mr. Kloeppel is co-founder and chairman of Eventa Global, Inc., a travel services company he co-founded in 2014. Mr. Kloeppel also serves as chief executive officer of Domus Hospitality, LLC, an entity focused on investment in the hospitality industry that he founded in 2013, and as a director of Cloudbeds, a hotel management software company, since 2013. Mr. Kloeppel served as president and chief operating officer of Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE:GET) from 2009 to 2012; as president and chief financial officer from 2008 to 2009; and as executive vice president and chief financial officer from 2001 until 2008. Prior to joining Gaylord Entertainment Company, he worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department at Deutsche Bank in New York, where he served as vice president and was responsible for that department’s activities in the lodging, leisure and real estate sectors.

Mr. Kloeppel served as a director of FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. (NYSE:FCH) from 2005 to 2008, and is currently on the board of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, and board president of University School of Nashville.   He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1991 and earned his MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management in 1996.