$779 million Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a hotel real estate investor and the nation's largest independent management company, has hired Michele Reing as senior vice president and corporate controller.

In this new role, she will be responsible for corporate and joint venture accounting, financial reporting including SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate budgeting, forecasting and corporate audits, as well as act as being the key liaison with the board of directors audit committee. She will report to CFO Bruce Riggins.

Prior to joining Interstate, Reing was CFO and vice president of finance for CapStar Hotel Company, a hotel investment company. Previously, she was vice president and corporate controller for Analex Corporation. She held senior management positions with homebuilder company NVR, and MeriStar Hospitality Corporation after beginning her career with public accounting firm Deloitte & Touche.