
James Bates
James Bates is the President and CEO of IHP,LLC a global hotel development company specializing in hotels, resorts, and mixed-use developments. President CEO of IHP China, a Chinese based joint venture hotel mix-use development company. President CEO Hospital Lodging Systems,, EdenPark Development Partners, LLC., Equilibrium, LLC.

Henry Hewes
Henry Hewes is an American real estate developer and political candidate. Throughout his career, he ran for Mayor of New York City and for the U.S. Senate as the nominee of the Right to Life Party. He served on the presidential campaigns of numerous Republican politicians.
The son of Jane Fowle and theater critic Henry Hewes, Mr. Hewes studied at State University of New York and Hunter College, where he was Hubert Humphrey Fellow. He became a nationally known economic development consultant at Stern and Hewes, and he also served on the Board of the Dalton School, the City Club of New York, and the Mitchell-Lama Association. He was formerly a newspaper publisher of The Washington Chronicle before moving into real estate development, specializing in low-income housing, schools, and medical facilities.