About Us

Jose Gallego

History: Jose joined the company in 2015 as Managing Director and was promoted to CEO in 2017. He oversees all facets of the company, including the company-wide portfolio, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, investor relations, capital and strategic planning and business development. Before joining BTSR in 2015, he worked with numerous hotel franchises such as Hilton Hotels & Resorts, IHG, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Hyatt Hotels & Resorts in various management positions. He holds a MBA in Business Administration from the Universidad Del Valle. He is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). Jose enjoys visiting our properties and making connections with team members, guests and partners.
What He’s Passionate About: Jose enjoys spending time with his family: his wife Gabriela, of 20 plus years, and one daughter, Gabriela Andrea. He also enjoys sports such as golf and basketball, and loves to walk and run on the beach.

Robyn Evans

Contact: Robyn@bythesearesorts.com
Robyn has over 30 years in the hospitality industry. She joined By The Sea Resorts in May 2018. Robyn oversees all hotel and restaurant operations. Her passion is people... staff and guests. Making the experience great for everyone. Joining with her top notch teams to give legendary service is her ultimate goal.

What shes passionate about:
Her faith in Christ, her husband, children and grandchildren, travel, gardening and promoting positivity.

Gene Harry

Contact: Gene@bythesearesorts.com
History: Gene holds a Ph.D. in Finance from North Central University, an MBA from Davenport University, and a BBA-Accounting from Grand Valley State University. In addition, Gene has previously served as an adjunct or associate Professor of Finance and Accounting at DU, JWMI, FSU, and UM, with eight years of teaching experience at the MBA level. Gene’s background includes extensive senior level financial executive experience, primarily as CFO with corporations in the manufacturing, distribution, and hospitality sectors. In addition, he held the position of managing partner in a successful consulting firm for several years, and VP of M&A for a $4B publicly held corporation. His past experience includes positions with Toyota, Wilson Sporting Goods, and Jack Welch Management Institute. Presently, he is pleased to serve the By The Sea Resorts organization as its Chief Financial Officer.
What He’s Passionate About: Gene and his wife relocated from Grand Rapids, MI to Santa Rosa Beach, FL two years ago, and transitioned to the Gulf Coast beach life with their two dogs, Pumpkin and Petey. They have two sons John and James, still enduring the cold winters in Michigan, but visit us often.

Masoud MirRasekhian

Contact: mmirrasekhian@bythesearesorts.com
History: Masoud MirRasekhian has been in the hospitality business in F & B Operations for 20 years. Masoud received his Bachelors degree in Business and his Masters in Finance from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Before working for By The Sea Resorts, Masoud was the Corporate Vice President of Food and Beverage Operations for the Bellagio in Las Vegas. He has worked at the Hyatt Regency Corporation for 5 years, as well as JW Marriott and Wyndham resorts. Masoud is CDM certified in Dietary Manager Production and CHA certified in Hotel F & B Operations.
What He’s Passionate About: Masoud played soccer for 4 years for the University of Wisconsin. He also has his PGA certification, enjoys golfing, running, and spending time with his son, daughter and his beautiful dog, Cyrus. Masoud enjoys cooking and loves being in the Hospitality business.

Elisabeth Hughes

Contact: ehughes@bythesearesorts.com
History: Elisabeth was raised in upstate South Carolina before moving to Oklahoma in 2006. Elisabeth moved to Panama City Beach earlier this year. Elisabeth worked in multiple industries, most recently running a small weekly newspaper for several years before becoming the Director of Human Resources and Community Relations for a critical access hospital in NW Oklahoma. Elisabeth loves mentoring supervisors and encouraging the best out of our employees.

What she's passionate about: Elisabeth loves fitness, yoga and spending time outdoors with her husband Jeremy and son Jackson, especially at the beach. Animals are her heart and her family has adopted dogs Bear and Stormy and cats Onyx and Willow. When not chasing their animals or spending time outdoors, you can find Elisabeth watching college football or traveling.

Kim Kaszar

Contact: Kim@bythesearesorts.com
History: Kim joined the company in 2018 as Director of Revenue Management. She oversees all facets of room revenue for all hotels in the portfolio, including implementation of effective revenue strategies, revenue forecasting, channel distribution and inventory controls. Before joining BTSR in 2018, she worked with numerous hotel franchises such as Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts in various management positions. She holds a degree in Business Administration from The University of Akron.
What She’s Passionate About: Kim enjoys spending her free time helping with several animal rescues. She also enjoys riding dirt bikes and golfing. She is a passionate Florida Gators fan.

Peter Snyder

Contact: Pete@bythesearesorts.com
History: Peter Snyder has an MSW from Florida State University and is a qualified teacher of MBSR from the university of Massachusetts medical school in 2014 and holds two separate Yoga teacher certifications. Peter started as the general manager of Surfside laundry in 2013. During that time, Peter grew the company from a 1000 sq. ft. building processing 500k lbs per year to expanding into a 5000 sq. ft. building that processed over a million lbs per year. At the start of 2019, Surfside opened a second commercial laundry location in Robertsdale Alabama.

What He’s Passionate About: Peter is passionate about service to the community and regularly volunteers with prison inmates and individuals that have suffered from traumatic brain injuries. Peter also has a passion for cultivating emotional intelligence and self-actualization in his personal and professional life and utilizes different insight practices to achieve this. When Peter has free time you can find him exploring different hobbies to include movement practices, martial arts, music and/or exploring nature.

Doug Jenkins

Contact: Doug@bythesearesorts.com
History: Doug has been with By The Sea Resorts for 11 years, he served 9 years as Director of Facilities & Maintenance, 1 year as Director of Operations, and for the last year he has acted as Director of New Construction/Project Manager. He is currently serving the BTSR properties as the Director of Maintenance Facilities. Some of his responsibilities included overseeing facilities budgets, maintenance teams, managing capital projects, coordinating the bidding process, and ensuring adherence to OSHA regulations.

What He’s Passionate About: Doug is currently retired from the US Air Force, and has received an Honorary Discharge, after serving over 23 years in various capacities around the world. He has been married 6 years and has two boys, Seth and Parker. In his spare time, Doug enjoys boating, fishing, hunting, auto racing, and golf.

Mark Haines

Contact: mhaines@bythesearesorts.com
History: Mark grew up and attended college in Northwest Oklahoma and moved to Panama City Beach in 2010, after a short stay in Ft. Smith, AR. He joined the By the Sea Resorts team in July 2019, bringing over 18 years of corporate IT experience with him.

What he’s passionate about: Mark enjoys swimming and hanging out at the beach. He has been married to his wife, Christy, for 25 years. They have one adult son, Nick and two dogs.