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Maria Ruiz Margenot
Senior Vice President Sales Development, Recruiting & Training
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
As Senior Vice President of Sales Development, Recruiting and Training, Maria Ruiz Margenot is responsible for leading all sales development, talent transformation and talent acquisition efforts for Wyndham Vacation Ownership brands. She is based at the company’s headquarters in Orlando, Fla.
A vacation ownership industry veteran with more than 34 years of experience, Maria is a highly strategic and results driven business executive and sales leader with extensive vacation ownership experience. She has played a key role in developing and implementing a myriad of industry leading training and talent acquisition programs. Maria began her illustrious Wyndham Vacation Ownership career in 1991 and has been actively involved in nearly every sales and marketing aspect of the organization. Maria is know as a leader with a success history that includes maximizing immediate performance of people, business economics and profits. In her roles she has been a leader, developing marketing strategies, creating and implementing sales systems, and managing multiple sales and marketing lines.
Maria is a member of several organizations committed to diversity and inclusion including, the Hispanic Chamber of Congress of Metro Orlando, the Human Rights Campaign, Equality Florida and Equality Means Business. She is also the founding executive sponsor of FUERTE!, Wyndham Worldwide’s Hispanic Associate Business Group, which now boasts almost 1000 members. She also enjoys giving her time to community efforts such as Libby’s Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation, and is a board member with Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando.
