Kary H. Lalani serves as President and Chief Operating Officer for Lalani Lodging Inc. and other affiliated entities where he is involved in the investment, development and management activities of the company’s hotel and other real estate assets.

Prior to joining Lalani Lodging Inc., Kary was an Assistant Vice President in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Guaranty Bank in Dallas, Texas.

Kary currently serves on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Central Texas, Board of Directors for the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce, Vice-Chair elect of the Executive Committee of the Waco Chamber of Commerce, the Owners Advisory Council for the Tru by Hilton brand and is an active member of the Waco Business League.

Past involvement includes a tenure as the Chairman of the Baylor Waco Foundation, Board of Directors of the Waco Tourism Public Improvement District, the Owners Advisory Council for the Hilton Garden Inn brand and as an adjunct instructor at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University.

Kary received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate from the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas and a Master of Business Administration from the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.