I build and run hospitality and experiential businesses across stages—from launch through sustained operation.
My work centers on translating vision into operational reality: setting culture, building teams, designing systems, and holding complexity across brand, people, and execution.
I'm most valuable in environments where ambiguity is high, systems are incomplete, and brand must be made real through lived experience". "I step into gaps instinctively, take responsibility for outcomes, and function at an executive level regardless of title.
I've served as a CEO, an embedded general manager, interim COO and an independent founder, operating across private social clubs, wellness studios, experiential venues, and curated travel.
• Leader with 12+ years of hospitality and experiential industry expertise.
• Built and operated ventures across NYC and the Hudson Valley.
• Proven operator turning early traction into multi-million-dollar recurring revenue.
• People-first leader driving both operational excellence and individual development.
After a decade of running Lightbox, I've spent recent years embedded across hospitality and lifestyle projects in New York's Hudson Valley, stabilizing early-stage ventures and leading operational buildouts.
ABOUT
DAPHNÉ JOUANNETEAU