Marc B. Brooks is the current CEO of Hyde Park Hospitality (HPH), a privately-held, management company that specializes in food, facilities and retail operations, airport concessions, staffing and customer excellence advisory services.  Marc has the unique ability to recognize young talent, as well as attract and develop diverse team members at all levels of the organization - from the management team to front line employees.  Under Marc’s leadership, HPH has grown 800% since 2017, with more than 500 employees and operations across 13 states. 

Marc is a skilled leader with a successful track-record at developing strategic partnerships and negotiating complex, multi-party contracts, often bringing together public and private alliances, targeted at providing opportunities in under-serviced markets and employment to people of color.  Most notably, Marc has successfully help secure complex, highly coveted contracts alongside Aramark, helping win and retain key clients including the $250 Million account with the Chicago Public Schools.  In 2018 Marc & HPH partnered with Hilton Hotels to retain a 10-year management contract of the highly sought after O’Hare Hilton Hotel. This city-owned hotel asset, one of the most profitable in the metropolitan area, is where Marc and his team of managers oversee the hotel’s entire food and beverage operations, employing more than 125 people.  Moreover, Marc has led HPH to win multiple partnerships with airport concessions companies across the U.S., including a joint venture at Los Angeles Airport with HMS Host, the world’s largest provider of food and beverage services for travelers.

Marc is well respected for his ability to help guide organizations to grow organically and through acquisitions. As a 2nd generation entrepreneur, and former owner of 50 restaurants and retail concepts, Marc’s expertise, which spans across market cycles, illustrates his ability to build businesses, and advise and fund organizations at various cycles of their evolution; early stage, growth, development/expansion and transition or sale.  Marc has conceptualized, founded, managed and sold 3 of his privately-held companies to Fortune 500 organizations.  Additionally, he has advised, invested and/or raised capital for 3 early stage companies that have had successful IPO’s [Green Thumb Industries (GTBIF); Wide-Open West  (WOW); and, RLJ Lodging (RLJ)].

Marc, a lifelong resident of Chicago, is an avid golfer, contemporary art collector, who enjoys traveling the world with his two daughters.