LEADERSHIP

Amanda Hite, President and Chief Executive Officer of STR, oversees all operations and business activities for CoStar’s premium data benchmarking, analytics, and marketplace insights provider for the global hospitality sector. She also serves as Chairman of the Board for STR’s international business. Hite is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the US Travel Association, the Executive Council of the Women in Lodging, and the Board of Directors of Forward Sumner Economic Partnership. She also serves as a member of the Travel and Tourism Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the Hotel and Restaurant Management Program at Auburn University. Prior to joining STR, Mrs. Hite was the Director of Research for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. She is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College with a B.S. in Business Administration.