Sylvin R Lange

Chief Financial Officer

For the last several years prior to joining the Trust in September 2020, Mr. Lange was an Independent Consultant providing Financial Analysis, Auditing, Tax Assistance and Advice, Regulatory Supervision, Financial Reporting Guidance, and Overall Accounting Direction; providing overall financial and operational consulting and support, to a variety of business enterprises. He has over 25 years of experience in finance, accounting, tax, auditing, and management. Mr. Lange holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting from California State University. He has served in steadily increasing roles of responsibility, including within the leadership and management teams at both US Airways, and JDA Software previously.

James F Wirth

Chairman of the Board and CEO

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and president of the Trust since January 30, 1998. Manager and primary owner (together with his affiliates) of Rare Earth Financial, L.L.C. and affiliated entities, owners and operators of hotels, since 1980. Mr. Wirth has significant real estate and hotel industry experience and extensive experience with the Trust. He also has a significant investment in our Shares, which we believe provides him with a strong incentive to advance shareholder interests.
Marc E Berg

Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and trustee of the Trust since January 30, 1998. Consultant to InnSuites Hotels since 1989. Prior to InnSuites, Mr. Berg was a wealth manager at Valley National Bank (Now Chase Bank) where his portfolio consisted of over half a billion dollars in equities, bonds and fixed income securities. Mr. Berg also worked at Young, Smith and Peacock, an Investment Banking firm in Public Finance. Mr. Berg was a Registered Investment Advisor with the SEC and holds both an MBA (Finance) degree from the WP Carey Business School at Arizona State University as well as a Masters in International Management from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management. His undergraduate degree was a BSBA from American University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Berg has in-depth familiarity with the operations of the Trust and extensive experience in property acquisitions.
Les Kutasi

Founder and President of Trend-Tex International, a multi-line textile sales and marketing company, since 2000. In 1996, Mr. Kutasi founded Pacesetter Fabrics, LLC, a start-up textile importer and converter, and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2000. Prior to that, he served as President of California Textile Sales from 1990 to 1996 and Director of Sales of Lorber Industries from 1988 to 1989. Mr. Kutasi has been a member of Young Presidents Organization Inc. (YPO Arizona) since 2006. Mr. Kutasi has more than 35 years of residential real estate and investment experience that is valuable to our IHT Board.
Steven S Robson

Owner of Scott Homes, residential real estate developers. Mr. Robson has strategic leadership and residential real estate development experience as well as experience in negotiating complex transactions and maintaining mission, vision and values. In addition, Mr. Robson has served on our Board since 1999.
JR Chase

Trustee

President and owner of Park Avenue Investments, a real estate investment firm since 2000 and also has been a Special Education on-call Teacher with the Phoenix Unified School District since 1993. From 1993 - 2003, Mr. Chase provided investor and management expertise to InnSuites Hotels, a subsidiary of the Trust. With over 35 years of real estate investment and hospitality experience, including experience managing a variety of real estate assets, we believe that Mr. Chase will provide our Board with wide-ranging and in-depth experience in hotel management companies, technology and operations. Mr. Chase is a valuable member to the board.