Jay Johnson has made the jump from one leading Bethesda, MD-based hospitality REIT to another after the former senior vice president and treasurer of Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST) accepted an offer to join DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (NYSE: DRH) as its new executive vice president and CFO.
Johnson spent the last eight years with Host Hotels & Resorts, joining the firm in 2000 as senior director of corporate finance before working his way up…