John J. Kroll

Keating Hospitality KMS Development Partners

President

Mr. Kroll has more than 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He is the president of Keating Hospitality a division of KMS Development Partners. Kroll oversees the company’s real estate assets which consist of hotels and mixed-use commercial/residential facilities encompassing over 2 million square feet.
Mr. Kroll has more than 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He is the president of Keating Hospitality a division of KMS Development Partners. Kroll oversees the company’s real estate assets which consist of hotels and mixed-use commercial/residential facilities encompassing over 2 million square feet.

Previously, Kroll was a general manager with Hyatt Hotels Corporation and held positions as general manager of Hyatt Hotels in Philadelphia, Richmond, Princeton and New Brunswick and was the director of operations for the Grand Hyatt New York. He has served on the Dean’s Council at STHM for 10 plus years and also serves on the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Committee, chairs of Pennsylvania’s Convention Center’s Hospitality and Tourism Committee as well as a former board member, chairs the Board of Philadelphia Hospitality and is presently vice chair of PHLDiversity.

Kroll has also chaired the board of the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis & Education Center, is a former president of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association and just served as a board member for 14 years at the African American Museum of Philadelphia.