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J. Mitchell Collins joined Parkway as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on March 1, 2008. Mitch previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Equity Inns, Inc., a public hotel REIT previously located in Memphis, TN. He served Equity Inns from January 2004 to December 2007 during a period of rapid expansion, helping the company grow from approximately $800 million to over $2.2 billion in total enterprise value. Equity Inns was sold in late 2007 to the Whitehall Street Global Real Estate Partnership 2007, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Equity Inns, Mitch served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ResortQuest International, Inc. from March 2000 through January 2004 and as a senior manager in the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP from August 1990 to March 2000.
Mitch graduated with honors from both the University of Mississippi (B.S. Accountancy) and Vanderbilt University (Master of Business Administration). While working with Equity Inns in Memphis, Tennessee, his civic contributions included serving on the Board of Directors of the Memphis Zoo, the Board of Trustees of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens and the Board of Directors of The Orpheum Theatre. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mitch Collins is married to Julie Dyer Collins and has three children, Ana, Taylor and Mitchell. | 