Brian McDonough Senior Vice President - Hospitality, Arts & Leisure Sector Faithful+Gould
Name: Brian McDonough
Title: Senior Vice President - Hospitality, Arts & Leisure Sector
Company: Faithful+Gould
Location: New York
Birthplace and year: San Antonio, Tex., 1960
Family: Married with children
College: Dartmouth
First job outside of real estate: Landscaping for High End homes while in high school
First job in real estate or allied field: Arena & Company, a construction consulting firm in Philadelphia
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I am responsible for the growth of the Hospitality, Arts & Leisure sector on a national basis and I am planning for continued and measured growth in this sector.
Hobbies: Family, photography and the outdoors
Favorite book: "The Tipping Point"
Favorite movie: "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): All of those persons who have helped me create successful projects.
Keys to success: Perseverance and asking questions
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Astronaut
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