Jessica Verde Tracey

Biography

Jessica V. Tracey is a lecturer at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration in the Services Management area. Jessica teaches courses in accounting and hotel development and management.

Prior to joining Nolan, Jessica was a visiting lecturer in the Sloan Program in Health Administration in the Brooks School of Public Policy teaching graduate-level courses in accounting and finance. She has also been an instructor for eCornell from 2008 to 2024, specializing in hospitality, real estate, and financial management.

Outside of Cornell, Jessica is the Founder and Principal of JVT Hospitality, which provides financial, strategic, and operational advisory services to hotel operators, developers and investors. Her expertise encompasses the entire lifecycle of hotel development and combines deep industry knowledge with sophisticated analytic capabilities to inform strategic and operational decision making. She has a track record of anticipating market trends and providing value-adding insights, particularly in project feasibility, due diligence and valuation.

Jessica has completed projects for several developers, hotel companies and investment firms, including Turnberry Associates, Brookfield Properties, Ian Schrager Company, and Windsor Capital Group in several markets, including New York, Miami, and Nashville. She also has considerable advisory experience in Mexico and the Caribbean. Jessica previously worked for Jones Lang LaSalle, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Lehman Brothers.

Jessica earned her BS with distinction from the Nolan School of Hotel Administration, and her MBA with distinction from the Johnson Graduate School of Management. She also holds a Graduate Minor in Real Estate.

Academic Degrees

• MBA S.C. Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, 2017
• BS Nolan School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, 2005