Alice Sherman
Chief Executive Officer
Alice Sherman is the Chief Executive Officer of HVS Executive Search, where she leads the firm’s global practice from Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and oversees a world-class team serving the hospitality, restaurant, and private equity sectors.
With a career that began in fine dining restaurants and boutique hotels, Alice brings hands-on operational experience across recruitment, training, openings, development, and brand communications. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, she led the Americas practice where she drove transformative growth, expanded the firm’s sector influence, and built long-standing partnerships with global hospitality brands, emerging concepts, and private equity investors.
Under her leadership, HVS Executive Search has strengthened its reputation for precision, discretion, and industry-specific intelligence - pairing companies with executives who accelerate growth, elevate culture, and deliver meaningful long-term value. Alice is known for her strategic, relationship-driven approach and her ability to advise ownership groups, C-suites, and boards on leadership architecture, succession planning, and organizational design.
Alice also serves as President of the Board for Jewish National Fund’s YPLA chapter and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Miami.
Immigration Policy and the Hospitality Workforce: Navigating Labor Challenges with Strategic Resilience
Immigration policy is reshaping how hotels find and keep talent. This article explores why U.S. hospitality’s heavy reliance on foreign-born workers makes visa caps, enforcement shifts, and processing delays critical business issues – and shows how forward-thinking operators are diversifying recruitment, strengthening internal pipelines, and building resilience to protect service quality and profitability.
Future-Proofing Hospitality: Rethinking Succession Planning
Succession planning is too often reactive in hospitality — but it doesn’t have to be. Drawing on firsthand experience with CEO succession, this article explores how to build internal leadership pipelines and when to look outside for talent. It makes the case for treating succession as a long-term investment, and outlines how executive search partners can support pivotal leadership transitions.
The Evolving Workplace
In this article we explore how companies in the hospitality industry are attracting and retaining talent by creating a progressive culture and evolved workspace.
Alice Sherman
Chief Executive Officer
Alice Sherman is the Chief Executive Officer of HVS Executive Search, where she leads the firm’s global practice from Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and oversees a world-class team serving the hospitality, restaurant, and private equity sectors.
With a career that began in fine dining restaurants and boutique hotels, Alice brings hands-on operational experience across recruitment, training, openings, development, and brand communications. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, she led the Americas practice where she drove transformative growth, expanded the firm’s sector influence, and built long-standing partnerships with global hospitality brands, emerging concepts, and private equity investors.
Under her leadership, HVS Executive Search has strengthened its reputation for precision, discretion, and industry-specific intelligence - pairing companies with executives who accelerate growth, elevate culture, and deliver meaningful long-term value. Alice is known for her strategic, relationship-driven approach and her ability to advise ownership groups, C-suites, and boards on leadership architecture, succession planning, and organizational design.
Alice also serves as President of the Board for Jewish National Fund’s YPLA chapter and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Miami.
Immigration Policy and the Hospitality Workforce: Navigating Labor Challenges with Strategic Resilience
Immigration policy is reshaping how hotels find and keep talent. This article explores why U.S. hospitality’s heavy reliance on foreign-born workers makes visa caps, enforcement shifts, and processing delays critical business issues – and shows how forward-thinking operators are diversifying recruitment, strengthening internal pipelines, and building resilience to protect service quality and profitability.
Future-Proofing Hospitality: Rethinking Succession Planning
Succession planning is too often reactive in hospitality — but it doesn’t have to be. Drawing on firsthand experience with CEO succession, this article explores how to build internal leadership pipelines and when to look outside for talent. It makes the case for treating succession as a long-term investment, and outlines how executive search partners can support pivotal leadership transitions.
The Evolving Workplace
In this article we explore how companies in the hospitality industry are attracting and retaining talent by creating a progressive culture and evolved workspace.