Jonas Neihardt

• Senior Vice-President, Government Affairs
  Hilton Worldwide

BA and Master's in Public Policy, Univ. of Michigan; MBA, George Washington Univ. 1989, entered Federal Service as a Presidential Mgmt Intern; then Programme Examiner, Federal Telecomms Agencies, White House Office of Mgmt and Budget; then Director, Congressional Affairs, Cellular Telecomms and Internet Assoc. Formerly, 10 years as VP, Federal Gov't Affairs, Qualcomm. Currently, Senior Vice-President, Gov't Affairs, Hilton Worldwide, resp. for managing gov't relations for 10 brands encompassing 3,800 hotels in 88 countries. Member, Board of Directors, Everybody Wins DC. Chairman, Washington Subcommittee, Kennedy Center Nat'l Cttee the Performing Arts.