Risk Management & Loss Prevention Challenges in the Hotel & Restaurant Industries (Presented by HospitalityLawyer.com®)

Stephen Barth | HospitalityLawyer.com®

Stephen Barth, author of Hospitality Law and coauthor of Restaurant Law Basics, is an attorney, the founder of HospitalityLawyer.com, the annual Hospitality Law Conference series, and the Global Travel Risk Summit Series. As a professor at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, he teaches courses in hospitality law and leadership. He is #3 on Global Guru’s Top 30 Hospitality Thought Leaders & Influencers for 2023. In addition to legal and travel risk mitigation insight, Stephen specializes in communicating the importance of Emotional Intelligence in leadership roles; and has provided valuable insight to many companies including The Methodist Hospital System, Wyndham Worldwide, Dine Equity, Business Travel News and Aramark. His fun, fast paced presentations provide practical information and solutions to enhance your personal and professional life.

Brad Bonnell | Hotel Security Group

Brad Bonnell has 31 years of experience as an executive level safety and security director in the hospitality industry and 15 years of law enforcement experience as a criminal investigator at the local, state and federal levels.

Brad has a proven record of success developing, implementing and directing threat based intelligence-leading safety and security programs for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Extended Stay America Hotels. He played a key role in establishing the IHG Group Global Security Team delivering security capability to all levels of the business including 4,700 business units in over 100 countries. On behalf of the American Hotel Lodging Association (AHLA) Bonnell testified before a Congressional Subcommittee of the Department of Homeland Security concerning hotel security capability in the US following the terrorist attack against hotels in Mumbai.

Recipient of the Tom G. Davis, Loss Prevention Life Time Achievement Award presented by Hospitalitylawyer.com, Bonnell possesses a broad range of safety and security expertise and experience including Complex Fraud Investigations, Security Threat Analysis and Management, Risk Assessments, Crisis Management, Security Structures, Security Training, Executive Protection and Policies. He played a key role in the development of corporate anti-fraud, counter terrorism, travel risk and kidnap for ransom policies and plans. He also served as the primary lead on major investigations into serious incidents which threatened the reputation of the business.

Bonnell also possesses 15 years of law enforcement experience having served as a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Internal Affairs Investigator for the Georgia State Patrol; Special Agent, US Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID); Special Agent, Office of the Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Detective, Whitfield County Georgia Sheriff’s Office.

Salvatore Caccavale | Global Hospitality Security Solutions

Starting his career at Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1983, Sal quickly rose through the ranks, taking on key roles as Director of Security at multiple Hilton-branded properties. His extensive expertise forms the foundation of our commitment to delivering proven, high-level security solutions for our clients. Sal is the recipient of the Thomas G. Davis Loss Prevention Lifetime Award, and the beneficiary of Hilton Hotel’s 2001 Global Spirit of Pride Award. Sal has been recognized and honored by many levels of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies over the years for his assistance in executing their duties.

Darrell Chaneyfield | Hospitality’s Finest

Darrell B. Chaneyfield has a combined 38 years of experience as an executive-level Security and Threat Management Global Director in the hospitality industry and local and state law enforcement.

Darrell has a proven record of success developing, implementing, and directing intelligence-led threat-based safety and security programs for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). He played a key role in establishing the IHG Global Security Team delivering security capability to all levels of the business including over 6300 hotels in six continents and over 100 countries across 19 distinctive brands.

Darrell was awarded the Medal of Valor, by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Darrell possesses a broad range of safety and security expertise and experience including Complex Fraud Investigations, Security Threat Analysis and Management, Risk Assessments, Crisis Management, Security Structures, Security Training, Executive Protection, and Policies. He played a key role in developing corporate anti-fraud, counterterrorism, travel risk, and kidnap-for-ransom policies and procedures. He also served as the primary lead on major investigations into serious incidents that threatened the reputation of IHG’s business.

Chaneyfield also possesses 14 years of law enforcement experience having served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and two years as a patrolman with the Smyrna Police Department in Smyrna Cobb County, Georgia.

Eric Conn | Conn Maciel Carey

Eric J. Conn is a founding partner of Conn Maciel Carey and Chair of the firm’s national OSHA Workplace Safety Practice Group. His practice focuses exclusively on issues involving occupational safety and health law. Before launching his own OSHA Practice, Eric practiced for more than a decade alongside the former first General Counsel of the OSH Review Commission.

Eric and his OSHA Team at Conn Maciel Carey develop safety and health regulatory strategies for employers across all industries with a particular emphasis in:

Advising and representing clients in relation to inspections, investigations and enforcement actions involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), and state and local regulators.

Managing the full range of litigation against OSHA, including appeals of citations, negotiations of settlements geared to minimize the impact of enforcement actions on wrongful death and personal injury civil cases, and trials before the OSH Review Commission.

Representing employers during U.S. Attorney criminal investigations and prosecutions of alleged OSH Act criminal violations.

Advising employers’ other attorneys in civil cases stemming from workplace accidents about the overlapping OSHA regulatory issues.

Counseling clients through catastrophic industrial, construction, and manufacturing workplace accidents, including explosions and chemical releases.

Developing and auditing safety programs and policies.

Providing workplace safety training and compliance counseling for employers.

Eric is extremely proud to have presided over Conn Maciel Carey’s national OSHA Practice when it was recognized as one of only three “Band 1” Rated OSHA Law Firms by Chambers USA in 2022 (the first year that Chambers ranked the OSHA Law category). In that same ranking, Eric was individually recognized as one of only nine Band 1 rated OSHA law practitioners nationwide. Prior to that, Eric was Head of an OSHA Practice at a prior firm that was honored as the “Occupational Health & Safety Law Firm of the Year” by Corporate INTL Magazine in its 2014 Global Awards. In 2013 and 2014, he was named a “Rising Star” by Washington, DC Super Lawyers, and as a Super Lawyer every year since. He has also been selected for inclusion in the Washington Post’s Top-Rated Lawyers list in Washington, DC.

Eric is a prolific writer on all topics OSHA related. He is the curator of Conn Maciel Carey’s award-winning OSHA Defense Report blog, and previously edited a popular OSHA law blog at another firm. He has authored multiple chapters in OSHA treatises, including “OSHA Inspections” in the Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook, 2nd ed. (Gov’t. Institutes, 2008), and “Defending Against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Increasingly Severe Enforcement Practices” in Complying with the Occupational Safety and Health Act: Leading Lawyers (Aspatore, Inside the Minds, 2012).

Eric is also a popular speaker on OSHA and related legal issues, including as the producer of Conn Maciel Carey’s annual OSHA Webinar Series, and regular keynotes trade group and industry conferences. He is often quoted as a leader in the field in trade publications.

Eric created and curates the OSHA Defense Report Group on LinkedIn, and can be found on twitter as @OSHA_Guy.

I. Evolving safety and security threats | 12:00pm – 12:15pm

II. Legal risks tied to guest and staff incidents | 12:15pm – 12:30pm

III. Risk mitigation and safety strategies | 12:30pm – 12:45pm

IV. Crisis response and incident case studies | 12:45pm – 1:10pm

V. OSHA enforcement trends and priorities | 1:10pm – 1:16pm

VI. Preparing for inspections and investigations | 1:16pm – 1:22pm

VII. Promoting operational compliance | 1:22pm – 1:28pm

VIII. Risk communication for leadership | 1:28pm – 1:34pm

IX. Tools for loss prevention and regulatory readiness | 1:34pm – 1:45pm