• More than 40 years experience in virtually every phase of the hospitality industry
• Management experience in New York, California, Wisconsin, Florida and South Carolina
• Extensive civic, community and professional involvement
• School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, Member of Cornell Hotel Society
• Certified Hotel Administrator, Registered Resort Professional, Certified Manager of Community Associations, Association Management Specialist, Professional Community Association Manager by the Community Association Institute.
• Director and President for the South Carolina Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI).

From the late 1970s through the mid 1980s, John Reyelt held various positions within the hotel industry on the west coast of Florida. These positions ranged from General Manager for a 200 unit Convention and Resort Hotel in Treasure Island, to Vice President of Operations for Florida National Resorts, a premier property management firm.

In 1987, John Reyelt started in the development management industry with Shawnee Development, Inc., then one of the largest developers, in the United States. He used his hospitality experience and innovative management style to produce programs with high quality service levels, at the Sand Pebble Resort in Treasure Island, Florida, and the Island Gulf Resort in Maderia Beach, Florida.

In 1988, Shawnee Development, asked Reyelt to serve as Project Director for the Yachtsman Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had taken the resort back in lieu of foreclosure from the developer. Shawnee was hired to manage the Homeowners Associations along, with hotel operations. For his efforts, Mr. Reyelt was promoted to Vice President for South Carolina Operations in 1990.

In 1992, he and his partners formed Gold Crown Management, Inc. They were awarded the management contracts for the Yachtsman Resort. Today, the firm is managing forty-four properties, representing 11,292 homeowners, and responsible for over 15 million dollars annually in receivables and additional income.

In 1994, Gold Crown was asked to restart a stalled community/resort development, the Fox Hills Resort and Country Club in Mishicot, Wisconsin, for the new developer, The Jacobson Group. Gold Crown created new management, administrative and accounting programs for the Homeowner's Association and Resort-Convention facilities, while participating in the design of new resort units along the golf course property.

Reyelt presently serves as a Director and President for the South Carolina Chapter of the Community Associations Institute.

While in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area, Reyelt has served three terms as a Board Member for the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, President and a founding member of the Grand Strand Vacation Ownership Association, and fourteen years on various Myrtle Beach Downtown Redevelopment Programs, the last four as the Vice-Chairman for the Myrtle Beach Downtown Redevelopment Corporation. He also served as Director and President for the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association, Chairman of the MBAHA Education and Employee Relations Committee, (which was responsible for developing the first hospitality performance rating system for Myrtle Beach), Board Member for the Coastal Carolina University-Resort Tourism Management Program-Advisory Board, a Director for the South Carolina Hotel Association, the President of the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Football Game, President of the South Carolina Chapter of US Lacrosse and President of the Myrtle Beach Area Lacrosse Club. Mr. Reyelt is a member of the Urban Land Institute.

In 2001, Reyelt was recognized by the City of Myrtle Beach, as the volunteer of the year. In 2005, Reyelt was inducted into the South Carolina Lacrosse Hall of Fame for his contributions to the growth of the sport, in South Carolina. He is an original member of the Irish Lacrosse Foundation, Inc.

Reyelt has been a panelist and speaker for seminars hosted by the American Resort Development Association and the Community Association Institute. He lectures on a regular basis at Coastal Carolina University's Resort Tourism Management Program regarding hospitality issues.

Reyelt holds six world records as certified by The Guinness Book of Records: Worlds Tallest Sandcastles 1985 (3 stories); and 1986 (5 stories, 300 yards long); Longest Sand Sculptures 1989 (3.2 miles), 1990 (5.2 and 10.45) and 1991 (16.39 miles long).

A native of Scarsdale, New York, Reyelt played both football and lacrosse in high school, where he achieved All-American honors for lacrosse. Following high school, in 1973, he went on to the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where he also played football and lacrosse. He is a lifelong member of the Cornell Hotel Society.

John Reyelt is a Certified Hotel Administrator by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, an Association Management Specialist, a Certified Manager of Community Associations by the National Board of Community Association Managers, A Professional Community Association Manager by the Community Associations Institute, and Registered Resort Professional by The American Resort Development Association. He is a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.