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The following is an excerpt from a DEF 14A SEC Filing, filed by MERISTAR HOTELS & RESORTS INC on 4/14/2000.
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INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS INC - DEF 14A - 20000414 - NAME_AND_TITLE
                                                               HAS
                                                              SERVED
                                                               AS A
                                                             DIRECTOR
                                                              OF THE
                                                             COMPANY
                                                              SINCE
    NAME, PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE                AGE CLASS
    --------------------------------------------------       -------- --- -----
S. KIRK KINSELL                                                1998    45   II
S. Kirk Kinsell has been a director of the Company since
August 1998. Mr. Kinsell is currently President and CEO of
Micell Technologies in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Kinsell
was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Apple
South, Inc. from 1997 until November 1998. Prior to Joining
Apple South, Mr. Kinsell served as President of the
Franchise Division of ITT Sheraton and its Four Point
Hotels from 1995 to 1997. Immediately prior to Joining ITT
Sheraton, Mr. Kinsell worked in various positions with
Holiday Inn Worldwide, from 1988 to 1995, culminating with
senior vice president in its Franchise division.
DAVID E. MCCASLIN                                              1998    42   II
David E. McCaslin has been a director and President of the
Company since August 1998. Mr. McCaslin has served as Chief
Operating Officer of CapStar from 1994 until August 1998.
Mr. McCaslin Joined CapStar in 1987 as a General Manager
and was named Vice President of Operations in 1988. From
1985 to 1987, Mr. McCaslin served as a General Manager for
Lincoln Hotels.
JAMES B. MCCURRY                                               1998    51   II
James B. McCurry has been a director of the Company since
August 1998. Since July 1997, Mr. McCurry has been a
Partner at Bain & Company, an international management
Consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy. Mr.
McCurry served from December 1994 through December 1996 as
Chief Executive Officer of NeoStar Retail Group, Inc.
("NeoStar"), a specialty retailer of consumer software.
NeoStar filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code in September 1996. From April 1983 to
December 1994, Mr. McCurry was the Chairman of Babbage's
Inc., a consumer software retailer, which merged with
Software Etc. Stores, Inc. in December of 1994 to form
NeoStar.
KENT R. HANCE                                                  1998    57  III
Kent R. Hance has been a director of the Company since
August 1998. Since 1994, Mr. Hance has been a law partner
in the firm Hance, Scarborough & Wright, L.L.P., Austin,
Texas, and from 1991 to 1994, he was a law partner in the
firm of Hance and Gamble. From 1985 to 1987, he was a law
partner with Boyd, Viegal and Hance. Mr. Hance also served
as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 1987
until 1991 and as its Chairman from 1989 until 1990. From
1979 to 1985, he served as a member of the United States
Congress. In addition, Mr. Hance served as a State Senator
in the State of Texas from 1975 to 1979 and was a professor
of business law at Texas Tech University from 1969 to 1973.