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JAY SMr. Patel’s primary focus has been to own and operate over half a dozen franchised hotels in the Gulf Coast. He has been an active member of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) for more then two and a half decades. His tireless contribution to Aahoa in bringing thousands of Asian Hoteliers from his community together and speak as one voice has led AAHOA to evolving into the world’s largest Hotel Association with 22,000 hotels and 14,000 members. He has served two terms as the Chairman of the Franchise & Industry Relations Committee, which undertook major Industry issues relating to franchisors Good Faith Fair Dealing practices that significantly led to major changes in their business practices. PATEL CHAIRMAN/CEO Jay SMr. Patel, CHA is Chairman the author of Franchising Is It Fair? How to Negotiate an Equitable Franchise Agreement! and CEO of LHS COMPANIES is a Hotel Company recognized expert in the Hospitality Franchised Industry. He realized at an early stage that owns franchising had many pitfalls. He felt the need to communicate and operates multiple hotel properties with 580 rooms within educate these pitfalls to the FloridaFranchisees thus protecting many first time franchisees life savings investments and their borrowed loans while many time mortgaging their homes and other assets. For his passion to simply teach, Alabama pan-handle area. Mr. Patel along with authored the companies represents owns book and operates seven franchised hotels with flags of such brands as La Quinta, Comfort, Ramada, Dayshas donated over 15, 000 hard copies to educate current and prospective Franchisees & University and EconoCollege students all over the country. www.FranchisingIsItFair.com  Mr. Patel also brings 20 co-founded the National Association Of Black Hotel Owners, Operator and Developers (NABHOOD). Within a few short years of hotel experience to LHS CompaniesNABHOOD had successfully helped African Americans educate and gain almost six hundred ownerships in the Hotel Industry. Mr. Jay is also one of the principles who have created LHSPatel and his co-EV developers at Nabhood bought hope and inspiration to introduce to America many African Americans prospective inventors and developers who never thought they could operate let alone own hotels. Mr. Patel helped create a platform where prospective owners can learn the Electric car for the future. Its unique qualities provide three objectivesABC’s of owning, greatly reduce green house emission caused by traffic congestionpartnering, Reduce overall fuel consumption developing and managing hotels thus by reducing Americas dependency on foreign oilproviding access to all the necessary resources that is needed to become a successful hotel entrepreneur including Franchising, capital funding resources, construction and help reduce Americas carbon footprintprofessional management skills. Additionally In 2010, the company has created the first ever Plug National Board of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in America Infrastructure by manufacturing 1957 unanimously elected Mr. Patel to serve on its Board. Mr. Patel was chosen and installing EV plugs across America elected to thousands serve on the National Board to preserve and enhance the civil and human rights through non-violence and apply such principles of Hotels, Restaurants, Shopping centers Dr. Martin Luther King JR. and Gas Stations Mahatma Gandhi to allow the consumers to charge its plug-in Hybrid vehicleshospitality industry. Today Mr. This PlugPatel is credited for his focus on helping preserve civil and human rights through none-violence principles in-America program will allow America to quickly reduce America’s dependency on foreign oilthe Hospitality Industry. During Mr. Patel also shares his tenure he has actively participated unique understanding of both franchisees and franchisors interests with the Asian-American Hotel Owners Association Franchise Mediation Program (AAHOAFMP). A Steering Committee of Franchisors, Franchisees, aahoaand other influential participants in the Franchise community.com in past years he has served on The mission of the program was to encourage the Board mediation or other non-judicial management of Directorsdisputes arising between Franchisors and Franchisees. In 2008, the Committee committed to refocusing the program’s mission towards advocacy and served on education. Early in 2009, the Industry Relations Committeepublished the book Managing Franchise Relationships Through Mediation. AdditionallyThis volume proposes and explains a fair, just, impartial and expeditious way of resolving disputes in the Franchise community.  Mr. Patel in his early years has also served on the Board of Directors of the American Franchisee Association (AFA), Indo- American Hospitality Association (IAHA), Board of Directors and Small Business Administration (SBA) Northern Florida District Advisory Council. Jay is also was one of the very few Asian Indians who was many delegates elected as a 1996 Delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business (WHCSB). The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (“AAHOA") is THE voice AFA advocated for and provided testimony in favor of owners in changing the rules and laws that govern franchising on both the hospitality industrystate and federal level. Founded in 1989In 1995 the AFA organized its franchisee and dealer membership nationwide, AAHOA is now one attaining the election of 137 delegates from 27 different chains to attend the fastest-growing organizations White House Conference on Small Business in Washington, DC where franchisee legal issues were among the industry, with over 8,800 members owning more than 22,000 hotels that total $final 60 billion in property valuerecommendations presented to the President and Congress for immediate action. Currently he also serves as a Board of Directors for In 1996 franchisees from 30 different chains worked to develop the National AFA’s Model Responsible Franchise Mediation Program Practices Act (NFMP"Model Act") on a national level who encourages Franchise Company . The purpose of the Model Act is to mediate rather then litigate its franchise disputes; today many large fortune 500 companies have join promote the NFMP such as Holiday Inns, Wyndham Worldwide, MacDonaldgrowth of franchising through a uniform set of standards. The national franchise mediation program For many of his accomplishments Mr. Patel was designed recognized and honored with an Honorary Doctorate in Theology for his accomplishments in providing selfless education & his vision to help franchises resolve conflict without better the cost and public relations hassle of litigationindustry. While hopefully you will never need their servicesOver the years, Mr. Patel has been the recipient of multiple industry-recognized awards from various national organizations including the NFMP is a great organization that can help you minimize costprestigious Outstanding Service Award, The Award of Excellence, The Spirit Award, expense and bad image. Work with a WSI consultant to not only prevent bad thingsStrategic Partnership Award, but encourage good things to happen with your franchise image. The National Franchise Mediation 1Program provides a specific step-by-step approach to dispute resolution for both franchisors Chairman’s Award and franchisees. (Franchise relations: one communitymost recently, one goalThe Hispanic Industry Leadership Award from the International Hispanic Meeting Professional. Mr. Patel is also currently has a Gubernatorial appointment from Florida's Govornor to the co-founder and current Board of Directors for Trustees to the National Association University of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers (NABHOOD), nabhood.comWest Florida. This organization has been exclusively created by Mr. Patel, and several well recognized members serves as the Chairman of the African American Lodging Community Owners Student Affairs Committee and Developers to represent African American Hotel Owners and Developers to encourage and promote professional growth and create a forum for also is the exchange Vice Chairman of ideas within the Lodging IndustryUWF's Direct Service organization UWF Business Enterprise Inc. (BEI). NABHOOD’s mission, to increase Mr. Patel emphasizes on the number fact that franchising is one of Africanthe most powerful global industries and with great powers comes great responsibilities. Mr. Patel is co-Americans developing, managing, operating and owning hotels; increase vendor opportunities & executive level jobs for minoritiesProject Green Leaf, thereby creating wealth within the African(PGL) a 501c3 not-American community. Designed for interested people within profit organization for the hospitality industryworlds first free wireless electric vehicle charging network through local Cities, Counties and want to work with people that will help them realize their dreams and make a differenceUniversities. Jay also is actively involved in his community The goal and mission by currently serving as the Chairman for PGL team of professional experts from around the Wedgwood School Advisory Council for globe Mr. Patel has the past two years and prior privilege to this position, he served leads as Chairman for two years for the School Advisory Council for Longleaf Elementary. After realizing the , is humbly to address severe Global Warming concerns franchisees are experiencing which increases in franchising today, Jay has also written a book entitled: FRANCHISING: Is It Fair? A Guide on How Earth's average surface temperature due to Negotiate an Equitable Franchise Agreement. Franchise industry experts have hailed Patel’s book as rising levels of greenhouse gases and Climate Change issues which is a breakthrough long-term change in Franchise workthe Earth's climate. In 1998 a special award was created and awarded This is partially subsidized from the transportation industry, which contributes to Mrmore than 27% of all emissions on the Planet. Patel, known as the Outstanding Service Award presented by Over the AAHOA for his bold efforts past five years, through research PGL’s team has developed a disruptive business model in tackling the private sector of reducing a tough issue in significant amount of C02 Emissions and reduces a straight forward candid mannersignificant amount of Dependency on Foreign and Domestic Oil. The book teaches franchisees on how general consumers have been slow to adapt to negotiate specific contract previsions that are one sided and in favor of Electric Vehicles therefore this free infrastructure will ease the franchisors only, Patel wrote the original AAHOA 12 Points of friar franchising that are now an industry Jay believes in the importance overall consumers anxiety range of supporting equitable franchise industry issues with emphasis on the future of Franchising where to second generation hotelierscharge. Jay Patel has accepted worked tirelessly to convinced local and national franchise companies to join in setting up the responsibility free wireless charging network though a customer retention tool of encouraging and educating both Franchisees and Franchisorsoffering free charging while the consumer do business with them. Jay Mr. Patel has lives in Pensacola Florida with his wife, two children and his mother. To contact Mr. Jay S. Patel LHS Companies Contact@LHS.cc6919 Pensacola Blvd. Suite 100 Pensacola, Florida. 32526Telephone (850) 944 4900 Facsimile (850) 476-5594