Dana Bryson, Owner of KZ Hotels, has a true passion for hospitality, business, and helping others succeed. She is a firm believer that everything you need to know about leadership can be found in the Bible. With a Business degree from Salem College and Concentration in Accounting, she worked for a hospitality management company serving many branded and independent hotel operations. In over 20 years in the industry, her hospitality experience spans from accounting, operations, finance, new construction, renovations, business development, sales and marketing, and revenue management which eventually led to investment, ownership and management in four hotel businesses of her own. Dana enjoys giving back to her community and has served as Chair of the Chamber of Commerce, numerous Tourism Boards, and volunteers for Junior Achievement. JA is a unique program that sparks a spirit of entrepreneurship in under privileged school districts and is taught in the classroom as early as Kindergarten. Dana serves as a charter board member for Brandon’s Buddies Foundation, a 501c3 with a mission to serve families with children diagnosed with Cancer in our local community. Dana is recognized as a recipient of the Women in Business award by Triad Biz Journal, the Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce Leadership award, as well as several other industry awards such as the Certificate of Excellence for her hotel properties. She was recently nominated for the Center for Women in Entrepreneurship and Business Hall of Fame by Salem College. She has been a keynote speaker and panelist for industry and community symposiums as well as guest speaker at Salem College in a Women, Work and Happiness Senior Seminar. Recent speaking engagements include Goodwill Advisory Council Panelists topic, ‘Future Directions of Forsyth County’, Visit NC 365 Conference Panelists topic, ‘How do DMO’s attract a Hotel Development’, and New Winston Museum Panelists topic ‘Historic Hotels’. Dana’s God-given strength and energy derives from her serving her clients in a manner that provides productive results through leadership and proven strategies. In a day where Small Businesses need more than a consultant, KZ Hotels provides the experience that achieves goals by old fashion hard work accompanied by a smarter way of doing things. Who says you can’t work smarter AND harder! She understands what it means to be in business, and aspires to share her expertise with small businesses, by supporting them in ways that allow them to focus on earnings. KZ Hotels is a full service accounting and management company created for hotels, small businesses, and commercial property management. For her leisure time, Dana enjoys coaching her son, Micah’s, baseball and soccer team, playing drums in the Praise Band at Clemmons First Baptist Church, exploring railroad systems with her other son, Kyler, fishing, and travelling to unique historic hotels with her Husband, Keith.