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About

A nationwide Executive Search firm based in Washington, D.C., The Whyte Group Executive Search Consultants is dedicated to identifying, evaluating, recruiting and delivering the highest caliber management professional.

TWG recruits mid to senior level professionals in a wide range of industries including, Hospitality, Advertising, Public Relations, Communications, Finance, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and Telecommunications.

The Whyte Group has been serving organizations both large and small around the country for over twenty five years. Our goal is to find locate and attract quality individuals who deliver results in a quick and cost effective manner. Give us a call so we can show you the service and professionalism we have been delivering to our clients for over a quarter of a century.

How We Do It

It is TWG's policy to conduct each assignment in a professional and confidential manner in order to identify and attract individuals who meet or exceed the client's needs. This is accomplished by learning the client's culture, management style, strategic goals and actual job needs.

Our recruiting experts conduct in-depth candidate reviews to evaluate the competency and quality of each candidate we recommend to our clients. We conduct extensive background and reference checks. When we send you a candidate, we do so with the utmost confidence that the candidate meets the client's criteria, and would be an asset to your organization.

Our process is thorough and we appreciate the confidentiality of the search process. The methodology is based on several steps to conduct a search assignment. These steps include:

  • Understanding the Uniqueness of the clients organization.
  • Working with senior management to develop a working position specification.
  • Conducting original research in order to identify qualified candidates who meet or exceed the job specification.
  • Presenting to senior management the most qualified candidates.
  • Conducting a reference review of qualified candidates.
  • Assisting in salary negotiations and finalizing the offer.

The Whyte Group is a results-oriented firm whose goal is to provide the highest quality executive search work for its clients. The firm has a proven track record for success and will not conclude an assignment until the client is completely satisfied.

Current Searches
Theme Park Regional Vice President

Theme Park Company
Western United States

Theme Park Vice President and General Manager

Theme Park
Alabama

Amusement Park Park President

Amusement Park
Indiana

Director of Sales

Indiana Lake Amusement Park
Indiana

General Manager

Hilton Garden Inn
Hilton Worldwide, Mississippi

History

ROGER J. WHYTE is the President of The Whyte Group, Inc., Executive Search Consultants. With over eighteen years in executive search and 25 years of hospitality industry management and senior government experience, his background and hundreds of senior level relationships allow him to lead a successful and growing executive search practice.

Prior to forming The Whyte Group, Inc., Mr. Whyte was the Chief Executive Officer of the Jefferson Group Executive Search, Inc.  Before joining the Jefferson Group, he was the Managing Director of the Hospitality Industry Practice of the sixth largest executive search company in the United States. Previously Mr. Whyte served as the Presidential appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism. There he directed the day-to-day operations of the $15 million U.S. Government agency.

Earlier Mr. Whyte served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor for International Affairs.  Mr. Whyte represented the Secretary of Labor at numerous international conferences as well as overseeing a $2 billion Human Resources Development Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Previously he was a Director of Marketing for Marriott Hotels and Resorts, managing the marketing and sales efforts at numerous Marriott Hotels.

During the 1980 campaign, Mr. Whyte served as the Director of Operations for the Vice Presidential Campaign of then Ambassador George Bush. Earlier, Mr. Whyte served as the Director of Advance for the Office of Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Mr. Whyte is a former Presidential appointed Commissioner on the National Commission for Employment Policy and a member of the Board of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Service Industry to the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative.  He was also a member of the Advisory Board to the U.S. House of Representatives Tourism Caucus.

Mr. Whyte's undergraduate education was at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York and at The American University in Washington, D.C. He attended Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government for the Governmental Management Program.

Clients

  • Anheuser-Busch Corporation
  • Busch Entertainment Corporation
  • Choice Hotels
  • Coca-Cola Company
  • Filk International Conference Center Management
  • Great Wolf Resorts
  • Hilton Worldwide Corporation
  • Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
  • Interstate Hotels and Resorts
  • Loews Hotels and Resorts
  • Manor Health Care, Inc.
  • Morgan RV Resorts
  • National Amusements
  • Palace Entertainment
  • Potomac Hospitality
  • Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP
  • Six Flags Corporation
  • St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Urgo Hotels and Resorts
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Staff

Roger J. Whyte
President



Debbie M. McCarthy
Senior Vice President

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The Whyte Group, Inc.
5214 Parkway Drive
Suite 100
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Telephone: 301-657-3970

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