Island One Resorts
Our Senior Team
 
 
Deborah L. Linden
Deborah L. Linden
Sulyn M. Stumbras
Sulyn M. Stumbras
Karen S. Holbrook
Karen S. Holbrook
Sterling F. Stoudenmire IV
Sterling F. Stoudenmire IV
Pamela Gould
Pamela Gould
Harry Christenson
Harry Christenson

The Island One Resorts® senior management team comprises many of the most seasoned professionals in the vacation ownership industry. The senior management team oversees more than 750 professionals, many of whom helped lay the foundation for what is now the fastest-growing segment of the worldwide travel and tourism industry. In 1998, Island One Resorts® was recognized by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the international association for the vacation ownership industry, for employing more Registered Resort Professionals (RRPs) - the industry's highest professional accreditation - and Associate Resort Professionals (ARPs) than any other member company.

 
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Linden has led the timeshare development and management company since its inception in 1981. She has established a professional culture of excellence at its corporate headquarters and resort properties, evolving the company into the leadership position it holds in the market. 

Very active with the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), she serves on the Board of Directors, the Strategic Planning Committee and the ARDA International Foundation Board. She has served upon the Executive Committee to the Board for multiple terms over the past 20 years. She was Chairman of the Board for two terms from 1993-1995 and Chairman of the Vacation Timesharing Council from 1990-1993. She sat on the committee which established the ARDA Education Institute in the late 1980s.


In 2008, Island One Resorts was ranked the number one Central Florida Largest Female-owned Business by the Orlando Business Journal, and Linden was named the Owner of the Year. In 2007, she was a Top Five Finalist for the Central Florida Women Who Mean Business award. In 2006, Linden received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award, Florida Real Estate & Construction category. This award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial achievements, and judges on traits including risk taking, determination, company growth, product expansion, passion for the company and its people, creativity and community involvement.


Also that year, she was named the Dynetech-Crummer Entrepreneur of the Year in the over $50 million category. Linden has served upon numerous boards, including the Colonial BancGroup, Inc.'s National Board of Directors in 2006. In 2000, she received the ARDA Circle of Excellence (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1989, she received the ARDA Professional of the Year award and in 1991 she was awarded the ARDA Leader of the Year award. Linden is very active with the Central Florida Women's League, a charity group which provides assistance in the local community.

 
President of Island One Resorts® Hospitality Group (IORHG) and Club Navigo®

With the company since 1983, Stumbras is involved in all aspects of the property management and owner services arms of the timeshare hospitality industry. With over 25 years experience, she has been an integral force in the structuring and implementation of company product offerings and servicing. In the early years of the company, she centralized core operations including finance, reservations and customer service.

She spearheaded the design and development of a reservations system for multiple products including fixed, float, points, exchange and day use. She was instrumental in the development and design of the company's points-based multi-site vacation club product, Club Navigo.  Through sound management and fiscal planning, she has led IORHG to maintain exceptional ratings from both owners and guests. She possesses a keen eye for detail and standards, with a strong ability to gauge owner expectations and to surpass these demands through calculated refurbishment and enhancement plans. She has successfully completed entire resort refurbishment and renovation plans without special assessments to owners. She is expert at developing excellent relationships between owner board members, management, developers and sales forces. 

Stumbras has received the ARDA Executive Hospitality Management Gold Award. She is a licensed Community Association Manager (CAM). She serves on ARDA's Awards and Property Management Committees. She is a member of the Marketing Advisory Committee and the Reservation Board of Directors for the Kissimmee/St. Cloud Convention & Visitors Bureau. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army ARC.

 
Sr. VP of Finance

With the company since 1997, Holbrook is responsible for all financial aspects of corporate strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, portfolio and cash management for Island One Resorts and Island One Resorts Hospitality Group, which have combined operating budgets in excess of $80 million. She leads the management of a $160 million mortgage portfolio and timeshare owners associations with annual budgets in excess of $36 million. She holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Florida State University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. A Florida-licensed CPA, CAM and mortgage broker, she received the ARDA Gold Awards for General Resort Management and Executive Administrative Manager.

 
Chief Operating Officer

Stoudenmire leads the company's strategic planning, capital asset management, financial planning, information systems and overall financial management. He is responsible for the identification, planning and development of new business opportunities, and has led numerous key initiatives, including target marketing, credit underwriting, channel re-engineering and eBusiness. He gathers market and business intelligence and conducts systems analysis of the industry, capital markets and demographic/psychographic trends to identify opportunities for growth, innovation and competitive advantage. Stoudenmire blends a unique combination of skills in finance, strategy and technology gained from more than 15 years in consulting with Accenture/Andersen. Prior to entering the timeshare industry, he was an associate partner with Accenture, consulting for Global 1000 clients in the U.S., European Union and Latin America, including The Walt Disney Company, Best Buy, UnumProvident Insurance, CIBC, British Telecom and Gaylord Entertainment.

 
President of Island One Foundation & Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations

A leader in the philanthropic community for over 20 years, Gould has served as an advocate for improving healthcare and medical research as well as a producer of performing arts. She directs the Foundation and ShareForce, the company's team member volunteer program, to support the concerns of company employees and vacation owner families as well as the communities surrounding the company's properties. In 2009, the Foundation received the ARDA Ace Community Service Award in recognition of its many philanthropic accomplishments since attaining charitable status in June 2007. She coordinates community partnership projects and oversees the creative and communications divisions. She leads the IOR University, supporting staff and leadership development through Brilliant Service. She transformed the human resources, payroll and benefits departments into the Human Resources Solution Center, focusing upon proactive services. Previously, as President of the Health Central Foundation and VP of Community Relations, she developed the entities into dynamic components of the medical center's operation.

 
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

An accomplished senior financial executive with more than 30 years  experience in operating and managing complex international businesses, Christenson joined the company in 2008. He recently served as a Director and CFO of LNG Holdings, SA, the parent company of LambdaNet Communications, a pan-European supplier of network-related telecommunications services. Among his achievements was the successful turnaround of the company, concluding with a transfer of ownership by its private equity holders to a U.S. public ISP network operator. Previous positions include Director and CFO of Precell Solutions, Inc.; Chairman of the Board and CFO of Octagon, Inc; and Director, COO, CFO and Executive VP of Penril DataComm Networks. He began his career at General Electric in the Financial Management Program. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Fairfield University and a M.A. from the University of New Haven, Connecticut.

 


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