CONTRIBUTORS
Mary White
Mary White is the CEO & Founder of BnBFinder.com and the author of Running a Bed & Breakfast for Dummies. A former securities broker, she decided to embark on a new venture – internet marketing – nearly 20 years ago and developed a user-friendly website that places B&Bs and inns on a competitive level with larger hotels and resorts. Today, BnBFinder.com earns the industry’s highest rankings and provides compelling content for guests. Mary has been named a bed and breakfast industry leader by Innkeeping Quarterly magazine and is the recipient of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International’s Award of Merit
Patricia Detwiler
Patti is an Innkeeper turned consultant and realtor and also the Managing Director for FBBI, (Florida Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers.) Patti is well versed in the innkeeping world especially in Florida. Patti offers seminars for aspiring innkeepers. She advises innkeepers preparing their inn for sale with tips for sellers. “ There are other items to gather together to be ready to put your inn on the market for sale. I’m more than happy to answer any questions you may have about preparing your Inn for sale.” [email protected]
Mary Lotto Ross
Mary Lotto Ross is a Life and Business Coach and consultant to the hospitality industry. She is the former owner and founder of Swann House in Washington, DC, a Select Registry member property. She can be reached at [email protected] or through her web site at www.winwithinlifecoaching.com
Carol Edmondson
owned and operated a 12 guest room Select Registry Inn on Cape Cod for 12 years. While they owned their Inn, Carol and her husband Tom, a commercial real estate broker, formed Innkeeping Specialists, a consulting partnership focused on finding inns for their clients and teaching innkeeping from their own experience. They developed the “Innkeeping From the Innside” seminar providing a comprehensive view of acquiring and operating a highly successful B&B business, which they have taught for the past nineteen years.
Part of Carol’s success and an Innkeeper was her Cape Cod Culinary Cooking School Weekends. Carol also wrote three cookbooks about breakfast and the Inn’s Cooking School.
Carol currently chairs the Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast Committee representing 250 Inns and is a proud Founding Member of AIHP
Lisa Kolb
President of Acorn Internet Services and her husband Mark, co-founded their Web design and marketing firm in 2002. Former Inn Owner/Operators, Lisa and Mark are dedicated to supporting hospitality proprietors. A leading expert in our industry, Lisa and her team of professionals are at the forefront of helping owners, managers and operators understand and navigate today’s online marketing challenges.
Shawn Kerr
Shawn began his career in educational software in 1987, starting as a graphic designer for an award winning pre-school alphabet game. In late-1993 through late 1994, he managed the creative services department for an acclaimed Ancient Hebrew courseware product; the first full-year post-secondary computer-managed-instruction course ever to be accredited by colleges, universities and seminaries around North America.
Shawn’s first experience with web design came in 1997, when he was the only one on his team to raise his hand as a volunteer to build a web site for the chess title. He’s been involved with online marketing ever since.
When away from the glow of a computer monitor, Shawn and wife Tanya enjoy playing with their two dogs & two cats, tending their orchard & garden, raising chickens, sharing in the never-ending maintenance of & improvements to their 85+ year old farmhouse, traveling, and hiking. On those rare moments alone, Shawn enjoys writing fiction, sketching, collecting music and reading everything from philosophy to comic books
Sigrid Hart
Sigrid Hart is a freelance writer and editor who has contributed content to many print and online publications for the past several years. She has worked in various capacities in communications, literacy and healthcare. Her varied interest in the leisure industry drives her efforts to educate and inform. She loves to indulge in Bed and Breakfast getaways whenever she can. Sigrid is also a Reflexologist practicing in Ontario, Canada. She holds a BA and a Journalism Degree. [email protected]