When Courtney Dahl came to Hilton Worldwide in 2010, it represented a change in direction for her. Having spent eight years doing agency work in account management roles at HZDC, History Factory, and Siddall, she moved into a position at Hilton, where her job in the company's food and beverage group entailed working with agencies and third-parties. Despite her shift to the client side, she never got over her love of agency work. And, not one to shy away from a challenge, she acted on it.
"I got this big, pie in the sky idea," says Dahl, who's now the...