Vice President and General Manager,Station Casinos, Inc.
Don has two UCF degrees: B.S., Hospitality Management '89 and MBA '94
q: What do you do?
a: Among my many responsibilities are financial performance of the property to which I'm General Manager, ensuring guest service and satisfaction, and team member satisfaction. I've been with Station Casinos since February 2003 and my work weeks are 60 to 70 hours long.
q: What's your favorite part of the job?
a: Mentoring and challenging Team Leaders to help them meet their professional goals.
q: What's the greatest challenge?
a: Surviving in a down economy in the gambling industry, which is tourist-based.
q: Outside work...you're most likely to be seen?
a: Attending concerts.
q: Your biggest accomplishment since graduating, outside your career?
a: Staying a bachelor.
q: How did UCF prepare you for what you do?
a: It taught me how to work with various types of people, solve problems presented daily, and I learned the technical side of the hospitality industry.
q: A UCF memory?
a: Working with my fellow classmates to plan, create and serve a gourmet dinner to industry leaders.
q: Favorite meal in Orlando?
a: Boston's Fish House.
q: On your iPod?
a: Def Leppard, Classic Rock and Reggae.
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