Meet the Team

CEO Beechwood Pinnacle Management

Blair Allen has been in the hospitality business for more than two decades as a developer, owner, and manager of hotels across the nation. He graduated from Washington & Lee University and he earned a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Walton School of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He began his career in commercial lending with Regions Bank, and at Worthen Bank (Bank of America).

Blair is a director on the board of Centennial Bank, Central Arkansas Region, a committee member of the InterContinental Hotels Group, IHG Technology Task Force and the Crowne Plaza Committee. He served on the Board of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau as Chair of the Real Estate Committee. He was also a Board Member of Lodgian, a publicly traded hotel company with hotel assets across the United States. He currently serves as President and Chairman of the Board for the Arkansas Lodging Association.

With an extensive background in banking and finance, and his years of community and industry board service, Blair is uniquely equipped to bring immense value to the sales and marketing interests of Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels. His background, combined with an acute understanding of revenue management, experience in branded, independent, select service and full-service hotels, and his ability to train support staff in the successful selling of every aspect of the company’s hotel interests, has helped him make Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels a financial success.

Chief Principal

Matthew Allen’s expertise ranges from hotel design and construction to real estate management. He is also a partner in Majestic Group, which owns and manages numerous investment properties and rental units. At Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels, he serves in management for all operating and capital expenditures, including maintenance and Property Improvement Plans within the portfolio. In addition, Matthew is also responsible for the maintenance and occupancy of all investment properties.

Matthew oversees day-to-day operations for Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels’ active assets, including site resources, sales efforts, revenue management, customer service and the maximization of guest satisfaction. He is intensely focused on increasing operating cash flows by leveraging his team to capitalize on local market conditions to meet optimal occupancy indexes.

Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels takes great pride in the condition and appearance of their properties, and it’s all thanks to Matthew’s oversight. Under his leadership, the Company has been honored to receive awards such as the Remodel of the Year Award, Modernization Award, and the Priority Club Members Choice Award, following the conversion of a case-study property from a Holiday Inn-Select to a Crowne Plaza hotel.

Chief Principal

Wally Allen has owned, managed and developed hotels and restaurants across the nation. He has worked alongside well-known franchises like Hilton, Marriott, InterContinental Hotels Group, Choice, Ramada, Denny’s, Backyard Burgers, Sporting News Grill and others.

Wally’s extensive knowledge and expertise in hospitality began in his college years, as a front desk attendant. Throughout his extensive career, he has worked in virtually every facet of the hospitality industry. With his hands-on approach to management, he has played an integral role in the success of properties owned and managed by Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels.

During his career, he has served on a number of local, national and international boards and committees such as Chairman of the IAHI and Chairman of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. His accomplishments during his tenure have been so significant that the Little Rock Convention Center’s Ballroom was named in his honor.

Our Director of Accounting, Stacy Bradford, CPA, leads the accounting department at the corporate office as the controller.  Stacy brings over 25  years of accounting experience in the hospitality industry and an additional experience from previously working with the IRS.  Stacy oversees our accounting personnel, is responsible for developing accounting policies and procedures, and reviews and analyzes finances, ensuring accurate compliance on all documentation.

Director of Operations Ryan Reynolds serves on the management team and brings over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including several years as a General Manager.  Along with Company executives, Ryan helps align the operations at the corporate office with those at the hotels.  Managing and evaluating hotel performance and meeting industry standards are among some of the responsibilities Ryan covers for Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels.

Beth Boyd currently serves as our Director of Revenue Management and Sales.  Beth has over 28 years in the Hospitality Industry.  She spent 19 years leading a successful sales and catering team for the Crowne Plaza and Hampton Inn & Suites in Little Rock.  In 2014, Beth transitioned into Revenue Management for Hilton brands and eventually built a strong revenue management team for multiple brands.  With years of sales and marketing experience, she now successfully oversees Sales & Revenue Management for all Beechwood Hospitality properties.  Our Brand experience includes Courtyard Marriott, Crowne Plaza IHG, Holiday Inn IHG, Staybridge Suites IHG, Hilton Garden Inn, DoubleTree Hilton, Hampton Inn & Suites Hilton, Tru by Hilton, and Baymont Wyndham.

Ginny Moulton has over 25 years of hospitality proficiency in operations and sales and marketing.  Her hospitality career started at the Sheraton Hotel in Danvers, MA and Ginny’s Little Rock brand experience includes working for DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott, Holiday Inn by IHG, Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, and the nationally recognized independent hotels, the Peabody Hotel and The Capital Hotel.  Ginny’s multi-faceted hospitality career includes working as a catering/convention services manager, corporate sales manager, regional/national sales manager, director of sales and corporate director of sales.   Her years of hospitality experience in Arkansas and Massachusetts has provided her with a unique perspective and expertise on capturing business within each market and nationally.

Director of Administration Lindsey Cupples has been with Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels for over 9 years.  Duties for Lindsey include managing the administrative corporate staff, corresponding with executive staff, and running the Corporate Office as the Office Manager. Lindsey also serves as executive assistant to Mr. Wally Allen.

Our HR team is led by Jean Heslip with support from the Partners.   She oversees all aspects of property level Human Resources including but not limited to handbook development, member benefits, record keeping, diversity management and risk management. Hiring is performed at the property level with oversight and documentation review performed by Mrs. Heslip.  Over the years, our HR department has successfully managed thousands of employees.

Karen Santiago serves as Beechwood Pinnacle Hotel’s Director of Corporate Accounting.  Karen has over 25 years of service in the hospitality industry and oversees the general ledger accounts at the corporate office.  Her duties include producing P&L statements for our properties, reconciling accounts, depreciation schedules and more.

Director of Operations Accounting, Jessica Wendel has over  13 years of experience in accounting and 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry specializing in general ledger accounting.  Jessica prepares journal entries for our properties and reconciles statements and accounts at the corporate office while ensuring data accuracy and entry is correct.

Jennifer Hines is a Beechwood Pinnacle Revenue Manager for properties in both Arkansas and Oklahoma. Jennifer has a background in higher education where she oversaw departmental budgets and expenditures in accordance with Higher Education state law, as well as a background in Corporate food industry in which she learned federal guidelines for production. She combines those two unique backgrounds to complete duties for our BP hotels that include generating profitable decisions for our properties.

Ashley joins Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels as a Revenue Manager.  With a background as a Director of Sales and Sales Manager for several hotels, she brings knowledge and several years of experience to the team.

Becky has been with the company for 25 years and handles permits and licensing, assists with HR and benefits administration, purchasing, special projects, and serves as executive assistant to Matthew Allen.

Emily Kimbrough has been on the Administrative team at Beechwood Pinnacle Management for 3 years.

Lisa currently serves Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels as our Payroll Specialist.  Lisa brings years of experience to our team and assists with the properties accounting needs focusing on  General Ledger.

Kathy Cupples brings over 35 years of accounts payable experience to our team with over 20 of those years in the hospitality industry.  Being responsible for accounts payable for our properties, Kathy receives, processes, and reconciles invoices to ensure and maintain accurate accounting transactions.

Amanda Long works with our accounting department bringing over 20 years of experience to the team.  Amanda oversees the Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels cash management accounts and supervises our team regarding taxes and tax payments.

Christy Gillespie is a Area Director of Sales for Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  She brings over 16 years of experience in the hospitality industry to the Sales team.  Christy’s experiences helps find the right fit for our customers no matter what the accommodations are needed for.

Conway, Arkansas

John started his hotel career 40 years ago at a Best Western in Ontario, California next to the Ontario International Airport.  Starting as a Desk Clerk and being promoted to Night Audit was a rewarding opportunity as it led to opportunities working with Choice Hotels, Hilton, Best Western, Lexington Hotels, Trust House Forte (Travelodge), Hyatt Hotels and several independent hotels along the way.  Never stopping to realize that he was moving his way up over a period of years from Desk Clerk to Night Auditor, to a Regional Property Manager with five hotels in Southern California, to Sales Manager and ultimately to Director of Sales.  John was fortunate to have worked in Operations, Sales, and in Executive Management.  Most of his hotel career he worked and lived in Southern California and as well spent years in Arizona, Texas and now Arkansas.

Never realizing that when John separated from the Air Force and enrolled in college that a small add at the college jobs board that he responded to for a part time Van Driver position at a busy airport hotel would eventually lead to career that would provide him with the means to build his family, his homes, travel extensively, meet hundreds of people in a dozen countries and enjoy success in an industry that he grew to enjoy with endless possibilities.

Brittany Turner works as the Director of Sales in Hot Springs.  Brittany is responsible for group bookings and functions requiring space in meeting rooms.  This includes but is not limited to business meetings, trainings and social events.  She comes to to the team bringing hospitality experience in the areas of Front Desk Agent, Front Desk Supervisor, and Sales Manager.  Her passion for customer service provides the best experience for customers needing personal or professional experiences.  Brittany helps Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels by promoting our properties and engaging with business and transient clients.