Jae’s passion for hospitality starting at the prime age of 16 by taking on an after-school job of front desk clerk at a nearby AmericInn Lodge & Suites. While obtaining a Bachelor of Accountancy at University of North Dakota, the hospitality industry called out again via an internship at the Alerus Center in Sales & Marketing which set the path for career positions moving forward. While serving as Director of Sales at Hilton Garden Inn- Maple Grove, MN, she was winner of the brand’s Director of Sales of the Year Award and was nominated again for Director of Sales of the Year. Most recently, Jae took home the award for 2021 Sales Leader of the Year for Brandt Hospitality group. As of January 2022, Jae’s was promoted to Holiday Inn’s Area Director of Sales in the Fargo market for all locally owned Brandt Hospitality Group hotels.
When Jae is not in the office, you can find her spending time with her two children, Max & Eloise, keeping her husband, Adam, always guessing what the packed weekend agenda looks like, walking her very fat dog, Gracie and asking her friends to try a new workout with her for an hour before grabbing cocktails to celebrate that the workout is over.
