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WHO WE ARE
MONICA S. DIGILIO
Founder & CEO, Compass Advisors
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With over three decades of C-Suite leadership across global hospitality, gaming, entertainment, and real estate sectors, Monica Digilio is one of the most respected voices in strategic human capital and corporate governance.
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A transformational executive, Monica has led large-scale growth initiatives, executive transitions, labor strategies, financial restructurings, and complex M&A transactions for some of the world’s most recognized organizations. Her expertise spans public and private company leadership, private equity partnerships, and board service across multiple industries.
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Monica has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Caesars Entertainment (Fortune 500), Montage International, and Kerzner International, guiding organizations through pivotal periods of expansion, acquisition, and transition. She began her career at ITT Sheraton, playing a key leadership role during its landmark $13B merger with Starwood.
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Today, as Founder and CEO of Compass Advisors, Monica advises boards, investors, and executive teams on human capital strategy, leadership optimization, governance, and organizational transformation.​
She currently serves as an Independent Director for Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE: SHO), CopperPoint Insurance Companies, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas (Apollo Global Management), and Seaport Entertainment Group (NYSE: SEG), and is an advisory board member for Cornell University’s Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship.​Monica holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Communications from Ithaca College.
WHAT WE DO
GUIDE. SUPPORT. ACHIEVE.
Founded in 2021, Compass Advisors, provides strategic advisory support to a wide array of senior-level executives, private equity investors, and boards of directors.
With a focus on human capital strategy and management, business leadership, talent development, and organizational planning, Compass Advisors guides companies from the inside out.
STAY THE COURSE
​Guiding public and private companies through growth and transition, Compass Advisors serves as the chief strategist for global executives as they navigate challenges, develop and maintain sustainable and thriving organizations, cultivate and grow top talent, and shape positive, high-performing workplace cultures.
MERGER & ACQUISITION SUPPORT
ORGANIZATION & TALENT DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGY & SUPPORT
BOARD POSITIONS
SEAPORT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Sunstone Hotel Investors - Montage Healdsburg
Venetian Resort, Las Vegas - Apollo Group
COPPERPOINT INSURANCE COMPANIES
The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
"I have had the pleasure of working closely with Monica Digilio for many years. She was instrumental in creating Human Resources policies, procedures and systems as I was growing Montage International, and her legacy remains with us well into the future.
Monica is a charismatic and knowledgeable subject-matter expert and executive who’s versatile capabilities extend from the boardroom to the associate training room and everywhere in between."
ALAN J. FUERSTMAN
FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN & CEO,
MONTAGE INTERNATIONAL