Amber Birkeland serves as the Regional Director of Sales and Marketing with Lodgestar Investments Ltd. She assumed this position following a successful tenure as the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Westmont Hospitality Group's Doubletree by Hilton in Modesto, California. After establishing the hotel as the company's top-performing property a year after joining the company, Amber Birkeland secured Westmont's Most Improved Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) Index and Index Growth Award.

Amber Birkeland previously served as the General Manager for RIM Hospitality, and before that as the Director of Sales and Marketing for White Lodging Services Corporation's Courtyard by Marriott at the Grand Wayne. She played a key role in a number of hotel openings, including the opening of the Courtyard by Marriott and Champions Sports Bar and Restaurant in Fort Wayne, which reached 100 percent RevPAR within a month of launch. While with White Lodging, Amber Birkeland was invited to serve on several task forces, including one charged with writing operating procedures for the company's nationwide sales team.

Amber Birkeland served a total of five years with White Lodging Services Corporation, during which time she was the Director of Sales for both Hilton Garden Inn and the Residence Inn & Courtyard by Marriott. Also a former Director of Sales for Extended Stay Hotels, she holds a bachelor of science in marketing from Metropolitan State University of Denver.