Resort Vacations Promotes Key Executive To Senior Role

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Longtime Timeshare Executive Team Member Bettejean “Bj” Kelly Was Promoted To Senior Vice President/Operations of Resort Vacations

by Heather Cassell

Resort Vacations, Inc. announced the promotion of longtime executive team member Bettejean “Bj” Kelly to the position of senior vice president/operations February 5 news release from the company.

The California real estate brokerage company which markets and sells memberships in Global Exchange Vacation Club has been rapidly growing.

Last year, sales figures broke all company projections with more than $33 million in sales. This year, the company projected targets are more than $45 million, according to the release.

In the past five years, the company has grown from 150 employees to over 500.

The Club sales offices have expanded from locations in Southern California to Texas. Additionally, the company has two contact centers, one in Santa Ana, California and the other in Bedford, Texas.

“I’ve enjoyed watching our company grow,” said Bj, who has been a member of Resort Vacation’s executive team for a decade, acknowledging that the new role is an “acknowledgement of the increased responsibilities of this constantly growing operation.”

Bettejean “Bj” Kelly
Bettejean “Bj” Kelly, senior vice president/operations of Resort Vacations, Inc (Photo: Courtesy of Resort Vacations, Inc.)

As senior vice president/operations, Bj’s responsibilities encompass human resources, accounting, loan portfolio management, loan and maintenance fee collections and servicing as well as, member services and escrow closing of sales contracts, according to the release.

Our success is due to Rick’s vision, the popularity of our RCI point-based product, and the hard work of our entire team,” she added praising Rick Sargent, president and CEO of Resort Vacations.

Rick responded with reciprocal admiration for Bj.

“With our recent expansion to other market areas and with our plans for product growth within the Club, Bj’s role has become increasingly important over the years,” said Rick who became acquainted with Bj before she joined the company when she was vice president of Winners Circle Resorts International, Inc. “Her knowledge of the timeshare industry and ability to tackle complex components of the business and make them run smoothly is hard to top.”

Bj reiterated Resort Vacations commitment to vacationers.

“We are committed to putting our members on vacation,” she continued, “it continues to bring us satisfaction when we hear from members who’ve enjoyed their holidays because of the care GEVC maintains in supporting the membership journey at each step of the way.”

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