ATLANTA Buckhead America Corp. has promoted Bill Bausser to svp/administration. Bausser, who has been with Buckhead for nearly a decade, will oversee risk management programs, employee benefits, planning and analysis and real estate sales. In addition, he will work with the company s operations department to develop franchising options for Buckhead America. His initiatives for 2001 focus on administrative efficiency, coupled with a more centralized business focus for all of Buckhead America s subsidiaries, including Country Hearth Inns and the Lodge Keeper Group.
Bausser joined Buckhead America as vp/finance and administration in 1993, with only five employees. He has since grown with the company, which now has more than 750 employees and more than $30 million in revenues. (2/1/01)