Deborah Cannon

Ms. Cannon is a 40+ year hospitality veteran. She currently serves as the President and COO of CUSA, LLC – a nationally ranked and recognized hospitality and property management company. Ms. Cannon has worked in all facets of hotel operations and sales & marketing and has managed, over her career, over $550 million in hotel assets. Ms. Cannon’s expertise and experience spans full-service hotels and resorts, to boutique luxury hotels, to select service and limited service hotels. Ms. Cannon and CUSA have managed in over 45 states and the West Indies.

Ms. Cannon began her career with Hyatt Hotels focusing in sales & marketing. She was then with Peabody Court (Member of Leading Hotels of the World) as a Director of Sales and moved from there to Brookshire Hotels as Regional Director of Sales – overseeing sales & marketing for 15 hotels and then Corporate Vice President of Marketing & Sales – overseeing over 30 hotels and progressing into corporate development with Brookshire. She established Cannon & Associates – a full-service marketing company and then joined in the founding of Cornerstone Management later becoming CUSA, LLC and today serves as its President and COO. CUSA, LLC is ranked in the Top 100 Management Companies in the United States and has been consecutively ranked in the Top 100 for the last 20 years. CUSA, LLC is a pure third-party service management company and boasts an impressive number of awards and accolades for its managed hotels. CUSA, LLC has the distinction, under Ms. Cannons, leadership of being an approved management company for all of the major franchise brands in the country to include, but not limited to: Marriott Hotels, Hilton Hotels, IHG, Choice, Wyndham, Radisson. CUSA, LLC has over 500 employees across the United States and is a leader in the industry, enjoying an outstanding reputation for excellence in service and results for its clients. Ms. Cannon has managed hospitality assets through 4 economic downturns from the late 80s through to the COVID crisis of 2020. Specifically, in 2020 – CUSA’s hotel portfolio (which includes select service, limited, full and extended stay) performed 50% better in overall RevPar than the US Average – (75% better in occupancy). CUSA has been able to exceed the national averages in all categories of occupancy, rate and RevPar – its portfolio has achieved an average 126.8% RevPar Index over the last 3 years.

Ms. Cannon is a licensed Broker in the State of Georgia with reciprocal licenses in multiple states. She oversees, in addition, to the corporate staff of CUSA – 3 licensed real estate agents. Ms. Cannon is also a certified Receiver, since 2009, with the State of New York Receivership Certification Program with the New York State Bar Association.

Ms. Cannon serves as Chairman of the Board (2001 – Present) of First Care Women’s Clinic and Chairman of the Board (2016 – Present) of Waymark Foster Kids Program, Finance Committee – FBCW (3 year term – 2021 – 2024), Past President HSMAI. She has been active in community/charitable organizations for over 40 years. Ms. Cannon has outstanding leadership skills, she is an excellent communicator and cares deeply about others – desiring to see associates and owners grow and flourish. She is creative and organized and understands all aspects of hotel and corporate operations from sales/development to financial/feasibility.