Peter C. Yesawich, Ph.D.

Chairman, Hospitable Healthcare Partners, LLC
Founder, MMGY Global, Inc.

Peter C. Yesawich is Chairman of Hospitable Healthcare Partners, LLC, and a Founder of MMGY Global.

Hospitable Healthcare Partners, LLC, is a marketing consultancy serving hospitality and healthcare industry clients. MMGY Global is the world’s leading marketing communications agency serving travel, leisure, and entertainment industry clients. The agency is renowned for its strategic thinking, breakthrough creativity, and innovation in marketing practice.

Yesawich has contributed to the development of marketing programs for some of the industry’s most admired brands and popular destinations including Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hilton International, The Leading Hotels of the World, Atlantis, Baha Mar, The Breakers, The Broadmoor, CanyonRanch, Sandals Resorts, Sensei, Wynn Las Vegas, Interval International, Marriott Vacation Club International, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Bermuda Tourist Board, Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, Mexico Tourism Board, Disney Parks & Resorts, Universal Studios, the U.S. Olympic Committee and .travel.

From 2010 to 2020, Yesawich served as a member of the board of directors and as Chief Growth Officer (CGO) of Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), a national network of specialty hospitals and outpatient clinics treating adults diagnosed with complex or advanced-stage cancer. CTCA became the most recognized national cancer care provider in the U.S. and third most positively perceived hospital system in the country during his tenure as CGO.

Yesawich has been a frequent commentator on service marketing trends in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, on the CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and BBC World television networks, and on National Public Radio (npr).

Yesawich received the World Travel Award from the American Association of Travel Editors, the Albert E. Koehl Award from the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), the Silver Medal from the American Advertising Federation, and the Spirit of Hospitality Award from the Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI). He is a former Visiting Associate Professor at Cornell University and member of the board of directors of the Travel Industry Association of America. A frequent contributor to trade and professional journals, he is co-author of Marketing Leadership in Hospitality and Tourism, and Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered!

Yesawich received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell; postgraduate studies at Yale and Stanford.