Executives

Bryan A. Giglia is Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. Prior to such appointment, Mr. Giglia served as Sunstone’s Chief Financial Officer and in various other finance roles after joining the company in March 2004. From August 1998 to August 2002, he served in a variety of accounting positions for Hilton Hotel Corporation. From August 2002 until joining the company in March 2004, Mr. Giglia attended the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where he earned an M.B.A. degree. Mr. Giglia earned his B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona.

Robert C. Springer is President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Springer joined us in May 2011 as Senior Vice President—Acquisitions. In February 2013, he was promoted to Senior Vice President—Chief Investment Officer, and subsequently Executive Vice President – Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Sunstone, Mr. Springer served as a Vice President in the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman”) and in the firm’s principal lodging investing activity, which investments were primarily placed through the Whitehall Street Real Estate series of private equity funds, as well as the Goldman Sachs Real Estate Mezzanine Partners fund. Mr. Springer’s involvement with these funds included all aspects of hotel equity and debt investing, as well as asset management of numerous lodging portfolios. Mr. Springer joined Goldman in February 2006. Prior to joining Goldman, Mr. Springer worked in both the feasibility and acquisitions groups at Host Hotels & Resorts from 2004 to 2006 and was integral to the closing of several large lodging deals. Mr. Springer started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in the Hospitality Consulting Group from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Springer holds a B.S. degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.

David Klein is Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Klein joined Sunstone in July 2016. Prior to joining Sunstone, Mr. Klein was a Partner in the Hospitality & Leisure group of Dentons, LLP, the world’s largest law firm, where his practice focused solely on the hospitality and leisure industry. Prior to joining Dentons, Mr. Klein held the position of co-founding Principal, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of NYLO Hotels and Advaya Hospitality. At NYLO, Mr. Klein spearheaded the company’s joint venture capitalization with Lehman Brothers, as well as multiple debt facilities for all company-owned hotel properties. He also led the structuring of the joint venture capitalization of Advaya with Auromatrix, a large private Indian conglomerate based in Chennai. Additionally, he oversaw all corporate and legal matters related to both companies’ ongoing franchise, management, development, financing and corporate affairs. Prior to his roles with NYLO and Advaya, Mr. Klein was a partner in the Hospitality & Leisure group of Squire Sanders (Squire Patton Boggs). Mr. Klein received his J.D. from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and his B.A. from University of California at Los Angeles.

Aaron Reyes is Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Prior to such appointment Mr. Reyes served as Senior Vice President & Treasurer and has been with Sunstone since 2016. Before joining Sunstone, Aaron worked in the real estate and lodging investment banking divisions at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to his time in investment banking, he was a manager with Accenture, a global consulting firm. Aaron received an undergraduate degree in finance from Pepperdine University and an MBA with an emphasis in real estate from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.