Mary Beth Cutshall Takes the Helm as Vision’s CGO
Mary Beth Cutshall is the new chief growth officer at Vision Hospitality Group. In this role, she will oversee the expansion of the company’s U.S. hotel portfolio.
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Vision Hospitality is led by founder and CEO Mitch Patel.
“With 35 years of hospitality experience across sales, marketing, acquisitions, and business growth, Mary Beth is the perfect candidate to lead Vision’s growth into new markets and segments with new partners,” said Patel. “She has worked at all levels of the industry—from property-level sales to C-suite positions with major hotel management companies—providing her with invaluable industry insights and meaningful relationships with brands, owners, operators, and virtually every other hotel stakeholder. Mary Beth shares Vision’s purpose-driven mentality, and we have no doubt she will help us achieve our expansion goals.”
Most recently, Cutshall was managing partner and founder of Amara Capital Group, a hospitality and multifamily real estate consultancy and investment firm operating in the U.S. and Europe, Vision said in a statement. Before that, she held multiple corporate roles at Hospitality Ventures Management Group, rising to executive vice president and chief development officer. In that role, she led expansion efforts, overseeing acquisitions, new development and third-party management relationships.
Cutshall said she was immediately drawn to Vision’s values and goals.
“Having known or worked with many of the team members in the past, this was an obvious choice for me,” she said. “As I develop and foster new strategic partnerships to help Vision achieve its growth objectives, I also look forward to mentoring the next generation of talent as they take their next career steps.”
Additionally, Cutshall was corporate director of business development at Hotel Equities, Inc. and held sales and marketing roles at Hotel Investors Trust and Marriott International. A founding member and vice chair of the Castell Project board, she now serves on Marriott’s Women Serving Women council and AHLA’s ForWARD: Advancing Women in Hospitality.
In January, AHLA named Mitch Patel its 2025 board chairman and Anu Saxena, Hilton Supply Management president and global head, chair of the AHLA Foundation Board of Trustees.
