Name: Jerry Fellows
Age: 57
Position: Area vice president, West Maui, Aston Hotels & Resorts
First job: Short order cook, Rochester, N.Y.
Favorite pastime: Travel

Managing a wider area for Aston

After 15 years at Aston Hotels & Resorts, Jerry Fellows has taken on an expanded management role looking after West Maui properties.

One of these, the Aston Kaanapali Shores, is in the middle of a $5 million interior renovation being done for condominium owners who are part of Aston's rental program.

"It's an upgrade of a 17-year-old building," he said. "We're also doing feasibility/architectural studies for the exterior."

He will continue as general manager of Aston Kaanapali Shores where has been responsible for more than 400 units and 200 employees for more than eight years. Fellows also oversees management of the Maui Kaanapali Villas, Aston at Papakea Resort and Mahana at Kaanapali.

Fellows earned a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management from Michigan State University.

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By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin