Christopher Cosenza

Vice President | Tutor Perini Building Corporation

Chris Cosenza brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across hospitality, gaming, real estate and development, with a career spanning the ownership, operations, development and construction sides of the industry. He currently serves as Vice President of Business Development for Tutor Perini Building Corp., where he focuses on hospitality, gaming and Tribal development opportunities nationwide. Earlier in his career, Chris spent more than a decade with Ameristar Casinos, holding a number of corporate leadership positions prior to the company’s acquisition by Pinnacle Entertainment, and later served as the SVP of Development at JC Hospitality, a private-equity-backed ownership group led by Juniper Capital Partners, where he helped lead the $350+ million transformation of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino into Virgin Hotels Las Vegas while also evaluating potential acquisitions of distressed hotel assets for Juniper. He subsequently co-founded Ridgeline Hospitality Group, a boutique hotel development and advisory firm, before serving as Chief Strategy Officer of Evening Entertainment Group, one of the nation’s largest hospitality groups. Chris holds a B.S. from Boston College, an MBA from Northeastern University, and a certification in Hotel Real Estate and Asset Management from Cornell University.