Michael Haynie

Michael Haynie has devoted his entire professional career to the lodging and hospitality industry. After attending Northeastern University in Boston, Ma., he took various entry level positions before rising through the ranks to the executive level positions he has held for many years. Mr. Haynie has experience in every facet of hotel operation and has served in leadership capacities in hotels ranging from economy to luxury. Mr. Haynie has served as a General Manager with Hilton and Intercontinental Hotels in Baltimore, Boston, and Hartford, as well as a General Manager with various independent and branded hotels in Charlotte, Hartford, Boston and Washington, DC.

Mr. Haynie currently serves as President and CEO of Global Training Centers LLC. a company devoted to working with hospitality and tourism related companies assisting with strategic planning and economic development and growth. Mr. Haynie was honored by the Maryland Hotel & Lodging Industry in 2007 as the state’s “Hotelier of the Year” and in 2009 as the “Office of Tourism Development as the “Mentor of the Year”. Mr. Haynie was named the “Tourism Person of the Year” for the State of Maryland by the Maryland Tourism Coalition in 2019. Mr. Haynie in 2020 was awarded “One of The Most Admired CEO’s” in the State of Maryland, by The Daily Record news publication for his business acumen as well his community outreach work. Mr. Haynie served on the Governor of Maryland’s Reopen Maryland Task Force, and the Restaurant Reopen Task Force for the Mayor of Baltimore, both in 2020-21. Mr. Haynie also served on the Task Force which studied a Post Labor Day School Start as an appointee of the Governor of the State of Maryland. Mr. Haynie is a strong advocate for public school education and highly active in his community.