About Us

Jose Gallego 

Contact: Jose@bythesearesorts.com

History: Jose joined the company in 2015 as Managing Director and was promoted to CEO in 2017. He oversees all commercial laundry operations and acquisitions for By The Sea Resorts.  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, basketball and loves to walk and run on the beach.

Robyn Evans

Contact: Robyn@bythesearesorts.com

History: 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 she's 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.

Red Sternberg

Contact: red@bythesearesorts.com
History: Red, a true native of the Philippines was born from a very diversified family background. At the age of 15, he started building his own PCs which became a hobby and studied Computer Science at Adamson University. In 1989, Red started modeling doing print ads, TV commercials and became a full time actor for a variety of TV shows and movies until 2002. Exercising his civil duties, he started endorsing programs that promoted empowerment and job opportunities mainly for the “youth”— the next generation and ran for City Counselor in 2004. Although he did not win the seat, this did not discourage him. After the elections, he joined the corporate world as an Employee Relations Senior Specialist servicing 1200-1500 employees for each of the two branches.
Shortly after getting married, Red and his wife Sandy, moved to the US for a more private life staying out of the limelight. With no prior experience in the hospitality industry, he started as a Front Desk Agent and worked his way to the role of General Manager. Within the company, he gained experience from managing various well-known brands from IHG, Hyatt, Marriott, Choice and Wyndham while traveling to numerous states and cities.
In 2016, he joined By the Sea Resorts as the Corporate Director of Housekeeping. With the company rapidly growing, he assisted in restructuring the Housekeeping Department and switched gears utilizing his management skills for their newly built Candlewood Suites. On January 2022 he became the Corporate Director of Operations for the entire portfolio of By the Sea Resorts.
What he’s passionate about: “Recognizing peoples’ achievements empowers a unified and productive environment. Being a good listener and having a positive attitude greatly helps in resolving complex situations and assisting to unleash their passion, can lead to a great and successful future. I am always more than happy to guide them there.”
Outside of work, Red is a family man. He and his wife, both foodies love traveling and spending time with their kids. He is a complete computer geek for playing and building high-end gaming PCs. He also enjoys billiards, target shooting in gun ranges, listening to audiobooks, lover of reptiles, watching crime and conspiracy documentaries and listening to 90’s rock. He has extensive training in mastering the art of Aikido and always craves in learning new things. On occasion, you may see Red participating as a guest on live Philippine tv shows.

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.

Sandi Roose

Contact: sroose@bythesearesorts.com

History: Sandi was bitten by the Hospitality bug over 30 years ago. Starting her work journey with a hotel management company which was full of fun, travel and camaraderie. As her career grew and progressed, she has been blessed to work with beautiful hotels, outstanding conference facilities, in some of the most gorgeous settings. Sandi's beliefs include mentoring the next generation of Hospitality Professionals, demonstrating a make it happen attitude, and having a bit of fun along the way. In her new role with By The Sea Resorts, Sandi hopes to blaze a trail and build the best sales team on the beach.

What she's passionate about: Charities near and dear to Sandi's heart, are the Humane Society and the ASPCA.

Rafael Wanderbrock

Contact: rwanderbrock@bythesearesorts.com

History: Originally from Brazil, Rafael has 20 years international experience working in South America, Europe and Middle East where he spent 10 years in Dubai working in some of the most luxurious Hotels in the world. He also managed the Emirates Airline airport First and Business class lounges, awarded several times as the best First Class lounge in the world

What he's passionate about: The food & beverage industry and he enjoys discovering new flavors from local communities. Rafael likes outdoor activities which includes jogging, cycling and swimming, on his free time he likes spending the day on the beach with his family. Other passions are travelling, BBQing and watching his favorite soccer team.

Kruize Tice

Contact: Kruize@bythesearesorts.com

History: Kruize has been with By The Sea Resorts since 2003, he served 1 year in Maintenance, 10 years as Maintenance supervisor, and 2 years as Preventative Maintenance Manager. He is currently serving the BTSR properties as the Corporate 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: Kruize is an avid woodsman that loves bush-craft, hunting and fresh water fishing.

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.

Pete Snyder

Contact: Pete@bythesearesorts.com

History: Peter 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 2003. During that time Peter grew the company from a 1000 sq. ft. building processing 500k pound per year to expanding into a 5000 sq. ft. building that processed over a million pounds per year. Surfside Laundry was purchased by By the Sea Resorts in 2017 in which time Peter became responsible for budgets for the laundry at each of our resorts and the commercial business. In 2018 the commercial Laundry expanding to a 32,000 sq ft building and processed over 3 million pounds in 2018. At the start of 2019 the company started a second commercial laundry in Robertsdale, Alabama. Peter is on track to process over 7 million pounds in 2019.

What he's passionate about: Peter is passionate our 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.