Name: Jeremy Sosner
Age: 39
Position: Sales director, Mauna Kea Resort
First job: Helper for father's tour business
Favorite pastimes: Family time, golf
Jeremy Sosner handles the sales and marketing for the Mauna Kea Beach and Hapuna Beach Prince hotels on the Big Island. Packaging
two Big Isle resorts"The Mauna Kea had an extensive renovation two years ago," Sosner said. "For the past few years, we've tried to sell the two hotels as one complete resort experience."
Recently this has included a focus on theme nights such as the clambake, luau, and the paniolo cowboy barbeque with dancing.
He has 13 years experience in hospitality management, most recently as director of sales and marketing at the Ihilani Resort and Spa on Oahu for three years. Sosner also has worked for the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Hyatt Regency Maui and on the mainland in for Hyatt and Char-Tours Inc.
He is a graduate of Punahou High School and earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Colorado.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin