Janine M. Chicourrat’s career has encompassed successful tenures at some of California’s most renowned hospitality companies, including the Pebble Beach Resorts and the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group. She brings over 25 years of operations and management leadership to her position as managing director of the Portola Hotel & Spa, where she spearheaded their U.S. Green Building Council LEED Certification. 

Chicourrat spent eight years at the world-famous Pebble Beach Resorts, rapidly moving up the ranks from room division manager to general manager of Casa Palermo & The Spa at Pebble Beach, and later The Lodge at Pebble Beach. She led the opening team for Casa Palermo, and in 1999 was tapped to take over the operations for the 22,000-square-foot Spa at Pebble Beach, while a search ensued to hire a permanent Spa Director. 

While serving as general manager of The Lodge at Pebble Beach starting in 2001, Chicourrat was involved in all aspects of running the Lodge Division, as well as assisting in the coordination of such high-profile events as the AT&T Pro-Am and Concours d’Elegance car show. Under her leadership, The Lodge was touted as the Top Resort in Mainland U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2003 Readers’ Choice Awards, one of the most prestigious honors in the hospitality industry. 

Chicourrat began her career in the hospitality industry in 1987 as a sales manager for the Kimpton Group’s Monticello Inn located in San Francisco, California. Seeking to establish herself at the San Francisco-based hospitality management company, she worked in several capacities across various properties before moving up to general manager of Monticello Inn. After seven years with the Kimpton Group, Chicourrat moved to Lake Tahoe, California, to take on the role of director of lodging operations for Northstar at Tahoe, where she oversaw the operations of 260 privately-owned homes and condominiums. 

She was awarded the Monterey County Hospitality Association’s 2015 Hospitality Professional of the year, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Business Partner award in December 2018 and, in February 2019, she received the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame award. Chicourrat was recognized in the list of 2022 Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Amy Finsilver, born and raised in New York, is an award-winning veteran of the Boston hotel scene. 

In 1991, she won Where Magazine’s “Concierge of the Year” and shortly after was promoted to director of guest services. A few years later, she was recruited by the Four Seasons Hotel Boston where she worked until 1999, when she was asked to join the opening team of XV Beacon Hotel. Within months, Finsilver was promoted to director of operations. She oversaw the hotel’s opening logistics and was responsible for not only budget planning, vendor relations, employee training, guest services, housekeeping and restaurant operations but also creating an independent luxury brand. 

After three exciting years, and to be close to her ill father in New York, she accepted a role with The Olive Group, operated by chef Todd English, as their corporate director of sales and special events. Thereafter, Finsilver transitioned into the wellness sector working for the Sports Club/LA (now Equinox) at The Ritz-Carlton, where she first served as marketing manager and was later promoted to assistant general manager. In 2008, Finsilver rejoined XV Beacon Hotel as general manager. 

As the first and now only one of few female general managers in Boston, Finsilver oversees all operations, sales and marketing and on-property management for the 63-room luxury boutique hotel and restaurant Mooo. Under her guidance, the hotel’s website underwent a complete redesign, and she personally retrained every employee to exemplary standards, assuring and delivering exceptional service and value for her guests. Under Finsilver’s watch, XV Beacon’s return-guest rate runs 70%. The hotel has ranked in the top five best hotels by Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler for the past 14 years. Finsilver was awarded 2024 Hotelier of the Year by Historic Hotels of America.