About InnWorks

Management Team

Teresa Matsui Sanders CHA, President & Founder

Ms. Sanders is an accomplished leader who approaches business challenges with a decidedly holistic and strategic perspective honed by over twenty years as an entrepreneur. In founding InnWorks, she assembled a team of experienced hospitality professionals to assume the management of hotels that had previously been managed by third-party contract management companies. Under her leadership, the InnWorks team has restored profitability at distressed hotels, established policies, controls and operating consistency, and developed a loyal and diverse workforce. She is also the creative force behind a number of new hotel projects. Ms. Sanders serves on the Advisory Board of Americas Best Value Inn, the fastest-growing hotel chain in the US in recent years.

Ms. Sanders also has extensive experience in raising capital through public and private equity offerings, as well as in SEC reporting and investor relations. Prior to InnWorks, Ms. Sanders worked in commercial banking and equipment leasing. Ms. Sanders earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

In 2007, Ms. Sanders founded Pinewell Capital, a real estate investment and development firm which is currently engaged in the development of a 22,000-acre tract in southeastern North Carolina. Ms. Sanders also serves as a Director of Matsui Nursery, the world's largest commercial orchid producer, and Director of the Matsui Foundation, a private non-profit organization that awards college scholarships to graduating seniors in the Salinas Valley (California).

Ms. Sanders is also a strong small business advocate, particularly of minority- and family-owned enterprises.

James E. Moon, VP Finance and Controller

Mr. Moon oversees the accounting and financial functions for all InnWorks portfolio properties. He and his staff are well-versed in providing accounting services for multiple properties owned by multiple entities. Mr. Moon is particularly adept at utilizing accounting data to generate management tools to improve hotel operations and to create financial forecasts to evaluate ROI. These skills come from his ability to integrate the accounting function with property operations. Mr. Moon is experienced in structuring financing arrangements for new construction projects as well as in supervising property divestitures.

Mr. Moon's prior experience includes leadership roles at major regional and national retail, food service, and hospitality chains. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Nebraska.

James Clements CHA, VP Operations

As InnWorks' VP Operations, Mr. Clements oversees all aspects of day-to-day operations at InnWorks portfolio properties. These duties include supervision of hotel staff, oversight of property P&Ls, establishment and maintenance of vendor relationships, and compliance with multiple hotel brand requirements.

Over the years, Mr. Clements has been involved in all phases of development, construction and operation of hotels and dining establishments across a wide spectrum of market segments. His prior assignments include management of all non-gaming operations for a Native American-owned casino and resort complex, including the initial design of all food & beverage operations and oversight of over 400 employees; General Manager of an upscale restaurant, dinner theatre and inn specializing in weddings and banquets; establishment of an in-house management arm for a major national hotel chain; and various operations management positions in both the lodging and food service industries. Mr. Clements was also a Guest Lecturer at New Mexico State University and Instructor at El Paso Community College. Mr. Clements holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse.