Island One Resorts
Our Senior Team
 
 
Deborah L. Linden
Deborah L. Linden
Cary J. Erfurth
Cary J. Erfurth
Sulyn M. Stumbras
Sulyn M. Stumbras
Kenneth J. Campbell
Kenneth J. Campbell
Karen S. Holbrook
Karen S. Holbrook
Thomas M. Linden
Thomas M. Linden
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 950 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.

 
Executive Vice President, Director and Secretary

With the company since 1996, Erfurth oversees the development, new construction and refurbishment of the company's properties, as well as sales and in-house marketing operations in Orlando and Daytona Beach. He is also a co-founder and Chairman of the Island One Foundation Board of Directors.

Major projects during his tenure include: The Cove On Ormond Beach's renovation of the North Tower and the 2006 addition of the 58-villa South Tower and oceanfront activity deck; the 2005 purpose-built 55,500 sq. ft. corporate headquarters; the addition of one 50 villa mid-rise building per year at Liki Tiki Village; and the planning for the additional 300 villas and new amenities at Liki Tiki Village. He oversaw the creation of the purpose-built Orlando Sales Center, including a movie theater, children's room and multi-media gallery, which opened in 2009. In 1998, he designed and supervised the construction of Liki Tiki Lagoon Water Adventure, the first of its kind in the industry.  

In 2006, he received the ARDA Circle of Excellence Philanthropic Award. Erfurth's development and execution of two relief effort trips to Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina were the focus of this award and the inspiration for the creation of the Foundation.  In 2009, he lead the Foundation as a principal partner in building the first Habitat for Humanity home for a disabled veteran, earning Island One Resorts the ARDA Circle of Excellence Community Service Award.

He is president of the Orange County Sheriff's Office's Police Athletic League. He is president of the South Park Owners Association, which controls over 750 acres of commercial real estate, with tenants including Wal-Mart, Lowes and Marriott. Previously, he directed development projects including condo conversions, commercial properties, town homes and custom homes in the Chicago area.

 
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 Sales

With the company since 1993, Campbell is a proven sales leader in the highly-competitive Florida markets. He possesses bottom line accountability for the company's sales and marketing programs in traditional line, in-house, trial programs and conversions at on-site and off-site sales centers in Orlando, Daytona Beach, St. Croix and Naples. He is instrumental in evaluating sales and marketing programs and developing methods to increase sales. He liaisons with partner companies to maximize business synergies. He develops incentive programs tailored to site prospect demographics. He conceptualizes and oversees development of sales messages so that each consumer interaction provides an experience with impact and high touch feel. He ensures consistent brand messaging of company products in sales presentations. He possesses keen analytical abilities in all facets of personnel, programs and statistics. He focuses on bottom-line productivity, striving to maintain low sales costs concurrently with high closing ratios and cost effective marketing. He has received numerous recognitions including ARDA Silver Awards for Senior Sales Executive, Large Project and Project Team.

 
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.

 
Senior Vice President of Marketing

With over 25 years experience in all facets of direct marketing and real estate sales, Linden leads indirect marketing programs, overseeing initiatives for further growth. With a strong financial and accounting background, he focuses upon fiscal responsibility and bottom-line results. He was instrumental in the design of marketing systems for Club Navigo, including trial programs, web-based marketing, referral programs, telemarketing, multi-state programs, lead generation and field marketing. He has established partnerships throughout Florida, the Caribbean and South America for marketing and off-site sales.  He began his career as an industrial real estate broker, marketing several major business parks and urban redevelopment projects in Chicago. He holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Chicago State University.

 
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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