Mahendra Z. Patel, (MZ) CHA, is a business entrepreneur with owner of multiple hotel franchise in the U.S. and involved in local community and at various national organizations to include New Jersey Restaurant Association, New Jersey and American Hotel & Motel Associations, Asian American Hotel Owners Association and Hotel Motel Engineers Association.
He currently holds positions of Sardar Patel University Alumni Board of Trustees, South Brunswick Public Library Foundation, Economic Development Committee of South Brunswick and Bordentown and AAHOA education and professional development committee. In the past, MZ was Board of Director and President of Econo Lodge of America and Howard Johnson Association.
He achieved his BS in Electrical Engineering from the State College of New Jersey in 1985 and also Certified Hotel Administrator. MZ is in the business for more than 30 plus years.