Rik Blyth is the Vice President and General Manager of La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the current President of the Santa Fe Lodgers’ Association. Blyth has many years of domestic and international luxury resort and hotel top management experience. He has served as General Manager for world-class resort properties across the Caribbean, including Rose Hall in Jamaica, Biras Creek in the British Virgin Islands, and Caneel Bay, a Rosewood Resort in the US Virgin Islands. He has also served as President of the U.S. Virgin Islands Hotel and Tourism Association. In addition, he has managed numerous major market hotels coast-to-coast for both the Hyatt Hotel Corporation and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Originally from Wisconsin, Blyth earned a B.A. in hotel and restaurant management from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He is a Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, and Chicago Cubs fan.