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Gray Ferguson

Chief Operating Officer at <span class="not-italic font-text_font lg:text-[18px] text-[16px] font-bold claimed">Palmetto Bluff</span>
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Seasoned hospitality executive with 30+ years of experience in food and beverage, resorts, hotels, and hospitality management.
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  • Food And Beverage
  • Hospitality
  • Resorts
  • Restaurants
  • Hospitality Management
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Gray Ferguson is a seasoned hospitality executive with 30+ years of experience in food and beverage, resorts, hotels, and hospitality management. He has held various leadership positions, including General Manager of Park Lane Restaurant, Food and Beverage Director at The Lodge at Vail, and Vice President of Operations at Reynolds Plantation. Ferguson is a graduate of Rutgers University - Newark with a degree in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. Ferguson has expertise in team building, customer service, and operational management. He has managed multiple amenities, including golf courses, restaurants, and marinas, and has experience with budgeting, forecasting, and staff training. Ferguson is certified in unconscious bias, leading your team through change, and how to use LinkedIn Learning.

Credentials

  • Unconscious Bias
    LinkedIn
    Jun, 2021
    - May, 2026
  • Leading Your Team Through Change
    LinkedIn
    May, 2020
    - May, 2026
  • How to Use LinkedIn Learning
    LinkedIn
    Jan, 2020
    - May, 2026

Experience

  • Palmetto Bluff
    • Chief Operating Officer
  • Palmetto Bluff
    • United States
    • Real Estate
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Chief Operating Officer
      • Feb 2024 - Present

    • Palmetto Bluff, Vice President, Operations
      • Nov 2021 - Feb 2024

  • Montage International
    • Bluffton, South Carolina
    • Palmetto Bluff Club General Manager
      • Sep 2015 - Nov 2021
      • Bluffton, South Carolina

      Palmetto Bluff is located in the low country of South Carolina consisting of 20,000 acres with just over 1,000 members. Manage multiple amenities including an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course and short game practice facility; 170 acre Equestrian Center including a 24-stall main barn, 1...

  • Reynolds Plantation
    • Greensboro, Georgia
    • SVP of Operations | VP of Club Operations | General Manager of Club and Cotta...
      • 2000 - Sep 2015
      • Greensboro, Georgia

      Promoted through a series of increasingly responsible positions culminating in Senior Vice President of Operations in 2006. With full P&amp;L responsibility for $15M operation, manage all amenity and operational areas in an 11,000-acre premier residential/club/resort development community. Respon...

  • Park Lane Restaurant - Start up Company
    • General Manager
      • 1999 - 2000
  • The Boulders Resort
    • Carefree, Arizona
    • Food and Beverage Director
      • 1995 - 2000
      • Carefree, Arizona

      Brought on board to improve and manage operations of world-renowned golf and spa resort complex with 5 restaurants and in-room dining program. Served as integral member of Executive Committee. Generated all budget and forecasting information for each outlet. Established and facilitated training p...

  • The Lodge at Vail - An Orient Express Hotel
    • Vail, Colorado
    • Food and Beverage Director
      • 1985 - 1995
      • Vail, Colorado

      Organized a successful annual guest chef and winemaker program, &quot;The Lodge at Vail Food and Wine Festival&quot;.Led the start up of new restaurant with great acclaim and long lasting reputation.Food and beverage revenue of 6 million annually.Established a recruiting program for this seas...

  • Tante Louise
    • Denver, Colorado
    • Restaurant Manager
      • 1981 - 1985
      • Denver, Colorado

      Directed day-to-day operations of 130-seat French/American restaurant, including floor management, staff training, POS programming, and wine ordering.  Implemented a sommelier wine program that resulted in wine sales volume increase of 55%.

  • L'Espresso
    • Cherry Creek, Colorado
    • Restaurant Manager
      • 1980 - 1981
      • Cherry Creek, Colorado

      Day to day operations of French brasserie and formal dining room. Staff training, floor management, tableside preparation.

Education

  • Rutgers University - Newark

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