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Team Biographies
Donald J. Urgo, Jr. – Principal/Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Don Urgo, Jr. received a B.B.S. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame followed by a law degree from the Columbia
School of Law, Catholic University of America in 1990. He spent six years in private practice as a litigation attorney practicing
in the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia. While concentrating in the areas of contract and
commercial law, torts and workers' compensation matters, Mr. Urgo’s clients included companies such as Bell
Atlantic/Verizon, Marriott International, Inc., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and the Travelers Insurance Company. Mr.
Urgo left private practice to join Integrated Communications Corporation in 1996. A privately held firm headquartered in
Delray Beach, Florida, ICC is a communications marketing and management company that specializes in servicing the
hospitality industry and handles a wide array of communications services for more than 2,300 hotels and motels nationwide.
As General Counsel for ICC, Mr. Urgo handled all of the firm’s legal and regulatory affairs. He was directly responsible for
negotiating and handling the company's agreements with all of its current carriers, agents and customers, including contracts
with MCI Communications Corporation worth approximately $150 million in revenue. Since joining Urgo Hotels in 1998, Mr.
Urgo’s role has expanded from handling the day-to-day legal affairs of the organization to include active participation in the
company’s corporate and management activities. His legal background and entrepreneurial experience are a perfect
complement to the industry expertise of the firm’s other executive team members.
Kevin M. Urgo – Principal/Senior Vice President, Development and Finance
Since joining Urgo Hotels in August of 1998, Kevin Urgo has been actively involved in all aspects of the company’s
development and management activities. Mr. Urgo’s primary focus is the oversight of the company’s acquisition,
development, finance, investor and owner relations, strategic planning and corporate and project financing activities. Prior to
joining Urgo Hotels, Mr. Urgo was Vice President of Acquisitions and Development with Sunburst Hospitality Corporation, a
New York Stock Exchange company and a spin-off company of Choice Hotels International and Manor Care, Inc. While at
Sunburst Hospitality and its predecessors since 1995, Mr. Urgo was responsible for the company’s acquisition and
development activities in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, which included the active involvement and oversight of
more than 25 hotel acquisitions and development projects. Prior to joining Sunburst Hospitality, Mr. Urgo worked as a
consultant with Arthur Consulting Group International, acting as advisor to several institutional groups, various domestic and
international governmental organizations and private developers including, among others, Hyatt Corporation, Choice Hotels
International, Industria Nacional Hotelera, the World Bank, Organization of American States, the City of Oakland, CA and the
City of Quincy, MA. While with Arthur Consulting Group, Mr. Urgo conducted hotel and restaurant market and feasibility
studies, appraisals and economic impact studies, as well as tourism area development studies and strategic planning
assignments. Prior to his tenure with Arthur Consulting Group International, Mr. Urgo worked for various financial
institutions.
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