Reed Woodworth ’84

Reed Woodworth ’84, Managing Director of Public Sector Management Consulting for CBRE, shares with us what it means to him to be a #hotelieforlife®:

What I have always appreciated most about being affiliated with the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University (I’m “Old School!”) is the culture of creating life-long relationships both at the school and, perhaps most importantly, through the years after graduation. Hotelies understand better than most that to truly serve both your customers and your friends, you must stay in tune with any and all resources that either might need in a pinch. I have numerous examples from my career where knowing the right Hotelie has been critical to solving a problem quickly and efficiently. In many cases, though, it wasn’t necessarily the Hotelie that I knew who solved the problem. It may have ultimately been solved by someone they knew (or someone THAT person knew)! Without these relationships, I would not be able to provide optimal solutions for my clients nor actionable advice and counsel for my friends. The Hotel School not only teaches the value of networking, but through the Society provides the life-long structure to maintain that value. And if you haven’t learned anything about networking, the one piece of advice I would provide is to always call Tom Pedulla ’60! He knows everyone!!!!