Micajah Sturdivant

CEO of MMI Hospitality

As President of MMI Hotel Group, Micajah works with the existing portfolio to optimize the relevancy of and experience in each of MMI’s hotels while also considering how additional properties through third party management contracts fit best into the family of franchised and unique offerings.

Micajah became the third generation in the Sturdivant family to assume the role as president in June 2013.

Outside of MMI, he serves commits a great deal of time to professional and civic causes.  Within the industry, he has served on the global Board of Directors for IHG’s Owners Association while chairing the Crowne Plaza committee.  He has volunteered for this organization for many years in various capacities focused on brands as well as the Distribution-Reservation channels, but his greatest engagement with IHGOA has been the creation of the Emerging Leaders Council, an under-40 body of above-property leaders who have committed themselves to the industry.  Micajah has also worked closely with the AH&LA Hotel Management Council.  Prior banking and real estate experience includes time spent in lending and leadership for regional and national office, residential and hospitality firms. He holds a MBA from Harvard University and a BBA from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi.

Micajah and his wife, Grace, live in Jackson, MS where they have three daughters – Eleanor, Garnett and Sykes.