The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute

“Any individual, corporation, or association who or which is or at any time has been connected in any way with the hotel business may be elected a member of the board if such individual's, corporation's or association's name be proposed as such at any meeting of the members at which a quorum is present, and if such individual's, corporation's, or association's election be approved by a majority of the members present. Each person signing the certificate of incorporation shall be a member of the corporation. As a result of voluntary withdrawals of signing members, the american hotel and lodging association is the sole member.”

“The board of trustees shall consist of not more than seventeen (17) nor less than seven (7) trustees unless provided for otherwise herein. The trustees shall be elected at such time as the members deem appropriate. In case of any vacancy in the board of trustees through death, resignation, incapacity to act or other cause, the remaining trustees may call a special meeting of the members to fill such vacancy by electing a successor to hold office for the unexpired term of the trustee whose place shall be vacant.”

“The board of trustees delegates to the audit, certification & credentials committee (committee) the responsibility to review the 990 return before filing. The committee reviews all parts of the return, including its supplemental schedules, and directs any questions to the chief financial officer before it is finalized and filed with the service.”

“On an annual basis all employees are given the conflict of intereest policy and are required to sign the acknowledgement form indicating that they have read and understand the policy and guidelines. Addtionally, the policy is in the employee handbook that they, on an annual basis, must review and sign. Should a conflict of interest be brought to the association's attention, all legal guidelines will be followed according to the policy set forth in the employee handbook. Board members are required to sign acknowledgement of the conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. This process includes reviewing and completeing a disclosure statement. Additionally, the duty to disclose conflicts of interest is an ongoing one, and any new information should be reported promptly to the president/ceo and/or the board of directors and discussed with ah&la counsel. The policy is also included in the board agenda along with the anti-trust law as a reminder of the policy.”

“A committee made up of the chair, vice chair, immediate past chair, and treasurer/secretary of ah&la (a related organization) reviews the "association executive compensation & benefits study" published by the american society of association executives. This study examines the salaries and employment benefits of chief executive officers on non-profit organizations, as well as other key positions. The study is broken down into geographic location of non-profit organizations and budget size. The compensation and benefits of the ceo are measured against the results of the study. Additionally, the board of directos gives its final approval in hiring the ceo and determines his/her compensation. With respect to the other key employees of the institute and related organizations, the ceo sets their compensation for these positions. The key employees of the institute and related organizations recieve the same benefits of the entire staff of such organizations.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Certification program was transferred to american hotel & lodging association effective january 1, 2016.”