Mark Bartholomay has more than 25 years of experience transforming companies in the hospitality and finance sectors. He joined Nath Companies as a consultant and transitioned into his most recent role as President.
After a start in public accounting, Mark transitioned into investment banking where he grew divisions for multiple firms managing successful public offerings, private placements and strategic transactions for public and private companies. Mark also was the CFO of a publicly held retail and wholesale company that he helped stabilize in a time of transition after rapid growth. In 1997, Mark entered the restaurant industry as Senior Vice President of International Development and Operations and after success he moved on to various development and operations roles in other successful restaurants. These roles, including COO and interim CEO titles, provided experience in all areas of administration, operations, finance and development in both growth and turnaround environments. Prior to joining Nath Companies Inc., Mark was Managing Director of an advisory firm specializing in the representation of small to mid-sized businesses providing improvements in daily and strategic systems, business planning, real estate transactions, financial modeling and analysis.
Mark has a Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration, Accounting from the University of North Dakota.

Dean Schreiner began his career in the real estate and property management industry and has been in the hospitality industry for more than 13 years. He worked for three property management companies. The companies provided service for shopping centers and office/warehouse properties. He shifted into public accounting where he worked for eight years. From there, Dean transitioned into the hospitality industry as the CFO of a country club. There, he was responsible for the accounting, financial reporting, HR, IT, and administration functions. Since then, Dean has held roles with a leading manufacturer and distributor in the hydraulic, pneumatic, and assembly industry and with a family owned, leading retailer and wholesaler in the plant/floral industry.

As Vice President of Finance/Controller, Dean has overall Accounting and Finance responsibility for all of Nath Companies divisions, which includes the hotel division.

Dean has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and received his CPA from the Minnesota State Board of Accountancy.

Scott Henning has been in the hospitality industry for over 26 years. He has successfully worked in a number of hotel management positions working his way up to the VP of Operations. He was responsible for the overall operations, including the sales and marketing of the American Inn hotels, Best Western Inn, Marriott Courtyard Hotels, Radisson Hotels and the development of the Le Meridien Hotel, Minneapolis.

In 2000, Scott joined Nath Companies as the General Manager of the Radisson Hotel St. Paul/Minneapolis North.  In 2015, he completed an extensive renovation of the Radisson Hotel and was awarded the Carlson Renovation of the Year Award (2015). Scott has been awarded the Presidential Award several times. In 2009 he became the District Manager for Nath’s hotel division, managing the Radisson Hotels; a Hampton Inn and a Holiday Inn (both in Nashville, TN).  Today he leads our Hospitality Division managing full-service hotels representing the brands of Hilton and IHG.

Scott has a Bachelor of Science Degree from St. Cloud State University and has received his Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) certificate from the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.

Liz began her career in the academic field and in the staffing industry at the University of San Diego while earning her degrees. She relocated back to Minnesota to work for a technology professional services firm and remained with them through numerous acquisitions and mergers. From there, she worked for an international human resources consulting firm specializing in organizational development and outplacement. Liz has been an executive career coach at the U of M Carlson School of Management’s Graduate Business Career Center. In 2012, she was selected to join an elite team of Executive Talent Management Consultants at Best Buy.

Liz has over 20 years of broad experience in Human Resources and Real Estate. Her focus has been in Leadership & Organizational Development, Talent Acquisition & Retention and Executive Search & Coaching. Her efforts have supported the healthy transformation and evolution of a number of organizations

Liz has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Business and a Master’s degree in Education with emphases in Career Development and Human Resources from the University of San Diego.

Shalini Nath-Walia is the Vice President and Treasurer of Nath Companies and has over 28 years experience in financial management, wealth strategies, projection evaluation, M&A activities and overall corporate strategic planning. She has worked at all levels within the organization. She joined Nath Companies in 1992 after working for Coopers & Lybrand where she was an Auditor.  Shalini started at the bottom of the corporate ladder as an Assistant General Manager at a Burger King restaurant in the Minnesota market.

In 1994, she was promoted to Restaurant Manager. One year later, She was promoted from the restaurant division  to become Project Manager responsible for the research, development and integration of new franchise businesses as a secondary diversification for the franchise groups. Through financial analysis and market demographic evaluations, she launched the company’s co-branding of Burger King Restaurants with new complementary concepts, including three TCBY’s. From 1995 through 2006 she led the M&A activities for all acquisitions and divestitures of the franchise groups. In 2007, she became the President of the Nath Family Foundation as well as taking the leadership role in managing the company’s real estate ownership and management divisions.

Shalini has a B.S. in accounting from Boston College and obtained her MBA in New Venture Management from the University of St. Thomas in 1999.

Dave Walia has more than 20 years of experience growing entrepreneurial companies. He joined Nath Companies in 1994 and assisted in growing the Burger King Division from 42 restaurants to 146 in four years.

In 1998, he led the diversification of the company into hotel ownership and management. His role with Nath Companies has been to identify under-performing assets, acquire them and build successful management teams to turn around the operations. He has coordinated the acquisition and divestiture of assets, including commercial real estate, hospitality and restaurant concepts. In 2008, he led the acquisition of Axel’s and Bonfire casual dining restaurants. In 2016, he identified and acquired two new hotels with two more in 2018.

Before joining Nath, he was an Engineering & Construction consultant for both Brown & Root and M.W. Kellogg for clients such as Proctor & Gamble, Phillip Morris, AECI and NASA. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1990 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and has an MBA in New Venture Management from the University of St. Thomas in 2000.

Deepak Nath graduated from Babson College in 1995 with a B.S. degree in
Entrepreneurial Studies.

Deepak has a true passion and skill set for developing scalable opportunities and understanding the importance of all
functional areas of an organization with growth always in the forefront.

Over the last 26 years, he has worked in various positions throughout Nath Companies and started multiple businesses in the real estate,
entertainment, and food service industries.

With Deepak’s focus being President of Systainable, his dedication for growth and business development serves the company with valuable experience, insight and leadership.

Robin has over 15 years of experience in the property management field across multiple states. She started her career as a property caretaker and quickly advanced into property leasing and property management roles at both small and large properties. She then moved from on-site management roles to corporate level regional management and director roles.

Robin has extensive experience in management of a multitude of housing types including affordable housing, student housing and market rate housing. She has earned numerous honors, awards, and designations throughout her career, including: 2013 Best in the West Portfolio Manager, Best Area Property Manager, Property Manager of the Year, 6 property MADACS awards including Property of Excellence, and Certified Occupancy Specialist.

Robin joined Nath Companies as a Regional Property Manager and quickly moved into the Operations Director role. Robin has an Associate of Applied Science degree from Rasmussen College.

Keith Slocum has been involved in apartment management and maintenance for more than twenty-five years across multiple states. He has successfully managed up to 365 units, supervised teams and traveled the tri-state area assisting and educating managers and maintenance personnel on various HUD and tax credit programs.

Keith is licensed as a public drinking water operator, waste-water operator as well as certified with multiple HUD and tax credit programs. He also has multiple maintenance certifications, including Housing Quality Standards (HQS) inspector.