David Brown

David S. Brown is Co-President of Grand Pacific Resorts and its affiliated companies. Mr. Brown oversees resort operations, and co-manages development and sales and marketing functions with his business partner Timothy Stripe. Together, Mr. Brown and Mr. Stripe have developed and manage vacation ownership properties and resort hotels comprising over 1,900 units, serving over 80,000 timeshare owners. Prior to co-found ing Grand Pacific Resorts in 1989, Mr. Brown was COO of Shell/Winners Circle Resorts International, Inc. in California and was Vice President and General Counsel of Vistana Resort in Florida. Mr. Brown has served on the Board of Directors of ARDA, the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the timeshare industry, assisting in legislation and regu lation of the timeshare industry at the state and federal levels. He has been an Adjunct Professor at a Southern California-based university since 1998, teaching a Timeshare and Resort Hotel Development class in the Master’s Real Estate Development Program. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).