Howard C. Nusbaum is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the Washington D.C.-based professional association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries.

Prior to joining ARDA in 2000, Nusbaum served as Director of Corporate and Industry Relations for the American Hotel & Lodging Association as well as Executive Vice President of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association.  Before joining the world of hotel association management in 1990, he was Vice President of Marketing for Janus Hotels and Resorts, a hotel management company with more than 50 hotels and motels nationwide.

He serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Travel Association and its Executive Committee. He previously served on the Board of the Travel Business Roundtable.  Mr. Nusbaum is also a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, a Washington D.C. advocacy organization for all types of real estate.

Nusbaum is a past board member of the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.  He received the Educational Institute’s “Lamp of Knowledge” for his development of hospitality training programs.  Additional honors include being twice named (1995 and 1997) The Ohio Vocational Education Association “Person of the Year” for his work developing a curriculum for secondary school hospitality students.  He received national recognition for his development of the very successful HOST Welfare-to-Work Program.

He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati.  Post collegiate education includes the respected Institute for Organization Management, a six-year program for Association Executives held at the University of  Notre Dame.  Nusbaum served his State hotel association executives as Chairman of the International Society of Hotel Association Executives (ISHAE).