David J. Beatty

Sotherly Hotels (Virginia) LP operates as a real estate investment trust. It is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that was formed to own, acquire, renovate, and reposition full-service, primarily upscale and upper-upscale hotel properties located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States. The company is headquartered in Williamsburg, VA.

MHI Hotels Services LLC engages in providing hotel services. The company is headquartered in Greenbelt, MD.

JPT Partners LLC is a private equity firm. The private company is based in Rockville, MD and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Prince George''s County Conference & Visitors Bureau provides attractions, leisure travelers, meetings, conventions, reunions, group tours, sporting events and special events. It offers attractions as National Harbor on the Potomac, the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, FedEx Field & The NFL’s Washington Redskins, Six Flags America, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Maryland at College Park, Bowie State University, the National Wildlife Visitor Center, The Capital Wheel, and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The company was founded on April 23, 1696 and is headquartered in Largo, MD.

The Spectrum Group Ltd., Inc. provides business and management consulting services. Its services include supporting client businesses, strategic growth, risk management and targeted opportunities, strategic partnerships and business development, and congressional and government relations. The company was founded by Gregory L. Sharp in 1993 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Caliburn International LLC engages in the provision of professional services and solutions to U.S. federal government agencies and commercial clients. It offers consulting, engineering, medical, and environmental services. The company was founded in August 2018 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

M.I.C. Industries, Inc. is a private company that manufactures machinery to produce durable steel buildings. The company is based in Reston, VA.

Part of Ashford, Inc., Chesapeake Hospitality is a hospitality management company based in Greenbelt, MD. Chesapeake Hospitality was founded in 1957 by Edgar Sims, and W. Chris Green has been the CEO of the company since 2006. Chesapeake Hospitality was acquired by Remington Hotels LLC on April 18, 2022, for $26 million.

Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International is an organization that provides hotel professionals and their partners with tools, insights, and expertise to fuel sales, inspire marketing, and optimize revenue. The private company is based in McLean, VA. The association offers various programs such as the marketing strategy conference, Adrian Awards, Sales Leader Forum, and HSMAI. Founded in 1927 by Michael Stanley Wylie, HSMAI is a membership organization with more than 5,000 members worldwide and 40 chapters in the Americas region. The CEO is Robert A. Gilbert.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Michael Baker International LLC engages in the provision engineering and consulting services. It offers design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction, and program management. The company was founded by Michael Baker Jr. in 1940 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Paragon Real Estate Development LLC provides real estate acquisition, development, and re-development services. The company is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association is open to licensed attorneys, law students, legal administrators, and the local military legal community. The company is headquartered in Norfolk, VA.

Sallyport Global Holdings, Inc. provides engineering and professional services. Its capabilities include rapid response and expeditionary facility construction, operations, maintenance and repair, life support, fire and emergency services, security and global risk management, procurement and logistics and environmental services. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation provides an immersive and authentic 18th-century experience for guests, making it the largest outdoor educational living museum in the country. The non-profit company is based in Williamsburg, VA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Clifford B. Fleet has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

SwissFone, Inc. provides wholesale telecommunications equipment distribution services. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

K&L Gates LLP engages in the provision of legal services. The firm represents corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations, and individuals. The company was founded by Kirkpatrick Lockhart in 1946 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

BAE Systems, Inc. provides support and service solutions for defense, intelligence and civilian systems. The firm offers ship repair, maintenance, modernization, conversion and overhaul services for the U.S. Navy, government, commercial and private customers. It operates full-service shipyards in Alabama, Florida, California, Virginia and Hawaii. The company was founded on November 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC (Veritas Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Robert McKeon and Ramzi Musallam. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.