Biography
Navin Dimond is chairman and founder of Stonebridge Companies, a privately owned hospitality firm founded in 1991. The company owns and operates a portfolio of 64 hotel properties in the United States, totaling approximately 12,000 rooms.
He has received numerous awards in the hospitality industry, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Award of Excellence from the Asian American Hotel Owners Association. A strong advocate for community engagement,
Dimond serves on the University of Denver Board of Trustees and the board of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He previously served as chairman of Visit Denver, the city’s convention and visitors bureau and was appointed to the Kansas City board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
He also serves in advisory roles for several organizations, including Washington State University’s College of Engineering and Architecture Executive Leadership Board and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration.
Dimond earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration and a Bachelor of Science in construction management from Washington State University. He also holds an MBA in real estate and construction management from the University of Denver.