Erica Qualls-Battey On Leadership

When Erica Qualls-Battey applied for a position at Marriott in 1993, she was just looking for a part-time job. More than 30 years later, she is Area General Manager for Marriott International’s Atlanta market, overseeing the company’s properties in the metro area. She is also GM at Atlanta’s largest hotel—the Atlanta Marriott Marquis which has 1,663 rooms and more than 125,000 square feet of meeting space.