Meet the Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Event Team

A veteran in hospitality, Jess leads the Sales and Marketing team with over two decades of experience, and over 15 years in Sales alone at resorts in Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida. Now Jess brings his years of experience in luxury hospitality to re-imagine the resort and epitomize its nature as Quintessential Colorado.

Jess is an expert in branding, having worked under large brands such as Sheraton, JW Marriott, Hilton, and now Wyndham, along with smaller brands such as the Horseshoe Bay Resort and Kimpton. He sold the nearly 3,000 rooms of Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and, across properties, oversaw renovations from $250 million to ground-up new builds and closed assets that were relaunched and rebranded.

In his free time, Jess enjoys gardening and racing cars, along with spending time with his wife and three sons.

Teresa joined the team at Cheyenne Mountain in 2021 and is excited to call Colorado Springs home! With 30 years of combined hospitality sales and service experience in Arizona, Nevada, Washington D.C., and Colorado, Teresa is excited to get back to her roots of resort sales in such a stunning destination. She loves being able to share the beauty of Colorado and all that Cheyenne Mountain Resort offers with her customers. Her definitive goal is to learn what is most important to her customers, exceed their expectations, and ensure a successful program. She says,

“To delight my customers at every opportunity and establish long-term business and personal relationships with them are what have been so gratifying over the years! I look forward to continuing this here at Cheyenne Mountain!”

In her free time, Teresa enjoys hiking, golfing, kayaking or doing anything outdoors! She usually can be found accompanied by her furry sidekick, Rocky, a mini-schnauzer/dachshund mix! Teresa also loves discovering new restaurants and craft breweries within Colorado Springs, and spending time with family and friends.

Laurel joined the Cheyenne Mountain Resort team in 2021, and quickly found a home with Wyndham. As the new Wedding Sales Manager, she supports couples in creating unique and exceptional weddings to always remember. Laurel brings years of experience in customer service to the team; from working in retail to planning weddings at Disneyland. During her time as a wedding planner for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings in Anaheim, CA, she learned valuable skills such as client relations, creating magical moments for guests, and much more. After her stint with Disney, she decided to move back home to Colorado Springs and dip her toes into new experiences at Wyndham. She is quickly learning to love resort life!

When Laurel isn't at the office she serves as an advisor for the local chapter of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and is the Community Service Chair for the Junior League of Colorado Springs. She also enjoys going on food-ventures and taking her dog, Arlo, on hikes to alpine lakes.

A seasoned professional with 30 years of experience in the meetings industry, David has worked in large group and catering hotels in both Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

His role as Director of Catering & Conference Management in these markets exposed him to selling and servicing everything from large domestic tradeshows, golf tournaments, and film shoots, to charity galas and debutante balls.  Passionate about food and beverage, he brings a West Coast flair to the team at Cheyenne Mountain and is focused on creating unique, complete, and seamless meeting and event experiences for all of our guests.