Business Positions
La Quinta Inns, Inc.
Hotel chain, agreed to be acquired by Wyndham Worldwide Corp in January 2018 for $1.95 billion
Keith Cline served as La Quinta Holdings Inc.’s President and CEO from September 2015 until May 2018 prior to his appointment as CorePoint’s CEO. Mr. Cline previously served as La Quinta’s EVP, CFO from 2013 until 2015. Before joining La Quinta, Mr. Cline served as Chief Administrative Officer and CFO at Charming Charlie, Inc. and prior to that as Senior Vice President of Finance at Express, Inc. Mr. Cline began his career at Arthur Andersen & Company, and held financial leadership roles at The J.M. Smucker Company, FedEx Custom Critical and Limited Brands. Mr. Cline graduated summa cum laude from the University of Akron with a B.S. in Accounting and a M.B.A. in Finance.