Robert A. Spottswood was born in Key West, Florida in 1957. Mr. Spottswood graduated from Key West High School in 1975, the University of Florida in 1979 and the University of Miami, School of Law in 1982. Mr. Spottswood was a partner in the Miami law firm of Taylor, Brion, Buker & Greene until 1992 specializing in corporate law. Mr. Spottswood is President of Spottswood Companies, Inc., Vice Chairman of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc., Director of First State Bank, Principal of JL Woode Ltd., of counsel to the law firm of Spottswood, Spottswood & Spottswood, and has served on many civic, community and charitable boards including the Key West Bight Board, Greater Miami and Florida Keys Chapter of the American Red Cross, Police Athletic League, Community Foundation of the Florida Keys and Key West Art & Historical Society.
After practicing law in Miami for ten years, Mr. Spottswood returned home to Key West to create Spottswood Companies, Inc., which has grown to become one of the leading real estate development, property management and hospitality businesses in the Florida Keys. Since 1992 Spottswood Companies has been responsible for the development of the Hyatt Vacation Club, Hyatt Sunset Harbor Resort, Hyatt Beach House Resort, Hyatt Windward Pointe Resort, Beachside Resort & Conference Center, Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club, The Islander, Holiday Inn Florida Keys, Days Inn Key West, Holiday Inn Key West, Comfort Inn Key West and the Radisson Hotel Key West. Today, Spottswood Companies manages in excess of 1,000 hotel rooms in the Florida Keys and is one of the Keys' largest private employers. Mr. Spottswood is an attorney, certified public accountant and licensed real estate broker.
John Maloney Spottswood, Jr.
Vice President/Director - Spottswood Companies, Inc. President of Spottswood, Spottswood and Spottswood Law Firm
Mr. Spottswood graduated from Tulane University in 1972 and from Florida State University Law School in 1975. He is senior partner at the law firm Spottswood, Spottswood & Spottswood; Chairman of the Board of Directors, First State Bank.
William B. Spottswood
Vice President/Director - Spottswood Companies, Inc. President of Keystar, Inc.
Mr. Spottswood graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in accounting in 1975 and from the Florida State University Law School in 1977. He is president of
Keystar, Inc., a partner in the law firm Spottswood, Spottswood & Spottswood, and a Director of First State Bank of the Florida Keys.
Florence "Fawni" Spottswood
Vice President - Spottswood Hotels, Inc.
Ms. Spottswood has studied a broad spectrum of design and healing arts. Her studies ranged from Interior Design at the Institute of Art in Denver, Colorado, The Rocky Mt. Center for Botanical Studies in Boulder, Colorado to the Gemological Institute of
America for Jewelry design in New York City, to studies abroad in New Dehli, India. 'Fawni' acts as the group's liaison to the professional architects and designers, insuring the resorts and projects reflect the true spirit of the Florida Keys as well as a high aesthetic and International standard.
Edward B. Knight
Director - Spottswood Companies, Inc.
Mr. Knight is the former owner of Knight Realty, Inc., later to be Prudential Knight Realty, and is presently an associate with Prudential Knight-Keyside Properties. He is a former Director of Florida First National Bank of Key West and a former Advisory Board
member of Southeast Bank. Mr. Knight is a founding member of the Key West Association of Realtors, served as the organization president in 1962, and was the first winner of its Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Knight is presently a Director of First
State Bank of the Florida Keys, as well as a member of the Executive Board of the South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America, and numerous local organizations.
Robert J. Webb, Esq.
General Counsel/Secretary/Director - Spottswood Companies, Inc.
Mr. Webb graduated from the University of Florida in 1977 and the University of Florida School of Law in 1980. He was a partner and hospitality industry team leader for Baker & Hostetler LLP in Orlando, Florida until 2000. After a leave of absence, during which
he served as President of the Orlando development company, Island One, Inc., he returned to Baker & Hostetler as a partner in December 2000.
Douglas B. Wright
Vice President - Spottswood Management, Inc.
Mr. Wright was educated in modern philosophy at The American University, Bard College, and Temple University. In 1978, he joined The Stouffer Corporation and held several food and beverage management positions in both their restaurant and hotel divisions.
He joined Durbin Companies, Inc. (now Crestline Hotels and Resorts, Inc.) in 1988 and held various management positions over the next 13 years, including managing director and general manager. Mr. Wright is a Certified Hotel Administrator.
Cris Waite-Morgan
Vice President - Spottswood Management, Inc.
Ms. Waite-Morgan graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. From 1986 until 1999, she worked as a hotel controller for various brands and management companies, including the historic Holiday Inn La Concha in Key West, Florida. Ms.
Waite-Morgan is a Keys Federal Credit Union Board Member, as well as the Key West Sunrise Rotary Membership chair.
Peter H. Batty
Vice President - Key West Vacation Company President SBX Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
Mr. Batty is a Florida Licensed Real Estate Broker and Mortgage Broker and has lived in the Florida Keys since 1989. On November 18, 2000, he was ordained as a Permanent Deacon to the Archdiocese of Miami. Mr. Batty received his Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University and his Masters degree from St. Thomas University. Mr. Batty is a member of the Florida Keys Community College Education Foundation Board and former Vice President of the Wesley House Board of Directors. Mr. Batty has served on the Keys Energy Services Utility Board since 2005. He was born in Salisbury, England, and immigrated to the United States in 1955. He and his wife Ellen have raised four children in the Florida Keys.
Larry Bleil
Vice President - Keystar, Inc.
Mr. Bleil is a certified general contractor. He graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in construction management in 1983, and is also a graduate of the AGC Construction Management and Critical Path Program. He was project manager for
Mouw Associates, which built schools, hospitals and multi-story buildings. His projects include Stock Island shops, the Coconut Beach rebuild, as well as renovations of Days Inn, Key West and Holiday Inn, Marathon.
Kenneth L. Dooley
Vice President - Spottswood Management, Inc.
Mr. Dooley graduated from the College of Staten Island (City University of New York) with a Bachelors of Science in Economics in 1980. From 1980 to 2003, Mr. Dooley
worked in various controllers positions in International Banking in New York City, specializing in European Banks. Mr. Dooley is the Treasurer of the Waterfront Playhouse, Key West.
Christine Dalton Godlewski
Vice President - Spottswood Management, Inc.
Ms. Godlewski joined Spottswood Management in January 2007. In her prior life, Chris held various investment banking positions in New York, specializing in Structured Finance. In 2006, Ms. Godlewski left her post as a Director of Asset-Backed Originations at HSBC Securities USA. She is a 1993 graduate of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and completed Chase Manhattan Bank's formal credit training program.
