Jodi Cross

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Jodi Cross is a high caliber, experienced marketing executive and branding project executor.Cross specializes in providing marketing solutions for companies and individuals that are re-positioning, transitioning, re-launching or opening. Whether you are looking for a Go-to-Market strategist, conversion specialist, rebranding engineer or marketing plan executor, Cross provides creative and strategic solutions on deadline every time.

Career Highlights

Cross specializes in property positioning, SWOT and market analysis, sales and revenue generation strategies, budget and business plan development and communications and public relations planning.

  • More than 20 years of experience in marketing and brand development
  • Partner and Co-Founder in Son Hospitality Consulting
  • Founder and President of CNMI Consulting
  • National Speaker on strategic planning, marketing, brand development, sales and revenue implementation
  • Additional consulting clients include; The Colony Resort, The Palm Steak House, Jonathon’s Landing Golf Club, Key Transportation, Neurometrics, 27 North, The Sudden Money Institute and more.
  • Corporate director of marketing for over ten years at Sonesta Hotels, Resorts & Cruises overseeing brand marketing, public relations and advertising for 33 properties in the United States, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Peru and St. Maarten
  • Launched a brand wide Food Is Art movement that elevated the culinary visibility of the collection and garnered national recognition
  • Launched and cultivated a non-profit mentoring organization in South Florida called The Commonwealth Institute, dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs; CEOs and corporate executives build successful businesses through peer mentoring and networking programs
  • Served as director of marketing for Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort, where she oversaw the grand opening and positioning of a luxury, 390-room resort with 22,000 sq. ft. of meeting space
  • Director of marketing at Doral Golf Resort and Spa, where she re-created the Doral brand by integrating a $75 million renovation into a $2 million advertising campaign and launched The Great White Golf Course, a Greg Norman Signature Course
  • Vice President of The Neighborhood Marketing Institute, a marketing consulting firm that specializes in food services and hospitality industries
  • Director of marketing for PGA National Resort & Spa, a 333-room deluxe golf and spa resort

Education – Articles – Awards

Cross holds a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Hospitality Management from St. Thomas University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University. She is an adjunct professor at Palm Beach State College. She is the author of a monthly lifestyle column entitled “Crosstalk”. Cross has authored several articles on building connections and financing your business in national magazines such as Her Life and for newspapers such as Forbes Woman, The Palm Beach Post, Biz Brief and Enterprising Women. Cross is the 2012 Quiet Storm award winner and 2011 AXA Business Women of the year nominee.