Simone Wu — Senior VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Choice Hotels

Ms. Simone Wu has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Choice Hotels International Inc. since February 2012 and serves as its Corporate Secretary & External Affairs. Ms. Wu served as Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary at Choice Hotels International Inc. since February 2012. She has more than 20 years of legal and regulatory experience, including expertise in corporate matters, mergers & acquisitions, international & domestic commercial transactions, joint ventures, litigation, employment law and technology & intellectual property issues. Ms. Wu served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of XO Holdings, Inc. since April 21, 2006 and its Secretary since October 25, 2005. She joined XO Holdings, Inc in 2001. She served as Vice President, Acting General Counsel and Secretary of XO Holdings Inc. and XO LLC since October 25, 2005 and XO Inc. from June 2005 to February 2006. She joined XO Inc. in October 2001 as Senior Corporate Counsel and served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of XO Inc. from March 2004 to June 2005. She served as Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs at LightSource Telecom from January 2001 to October 2001. Ms. Wu served in Legal and Business Executive roles at MCI and AOL. She also practiced corporate transactional and communications law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she counted large media and technology companies among her clients. She serves as a Director of the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and The Inkwell. Ms. Wu received Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with high honors from the University of Michigan and Juris Doctorate from Columbia University School of Law where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.