Team

Greg Kowalski is President and CEO of The RK Group, a San Antonio-headquartered hospitality leader spanning nearly 80 years of premier event, culinary, and contingency services. This legacy includes over five decades as the food and beverage provider at the Henry B. González Convention Center and where he served as its first General Manager.

With a lifelong perspective of client-centric operations, Greg has directed innovative business development efforts that now number 15 collaborative brands with an active presence in Texas and multiple U.S. and international markets. His dedication to excellence underlies his efforts in assembling a leadership team and employee force of more than 1,000 to implement the company’s comprehensive services approach.

Equally committed to the wellbeing of the community The RK Group shares, Greg has historically supported numerous charitable, arts, civic, and veterans-dedicated organizations. These include K9s for Warriors, the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Friends Foundation, the San Antonio Zoo, the Briscoe Museum, and others. Additionally, he serves on the 2025-2026 Board of Trustees for The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA, and is a Board Member and Trustee of The University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio TX.

As Chief Financial Officer for The RK Group, Brian Colton provides the organizational oversight for all related financial administration activities, including: strategic planning; funding (debt and capital); financial reporting; cash flow management; budgeting and internal controls; value alignment; risk management; and business acquisition financing. Colton has over 20 years of executive management experience in the hospitality industry, having served as chief operating officer for a Dallas-based restaurant group where he directed the company’s growth from a small startup business to a multi-million dollar concern. In his current role with The RK Group, he is additionally responsible for relevant contributions to the company’s special projects such as municipal RFPs and RFQs and supervising all accounting personnel team members and their day-today efforts. Colton holds a bachelor of business administration in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

Ken Holtzinger has more than 30 years of culinary and management experience. His reputation for orchestrating exact and flawless events of all styles and sizes is part of what makes The RK Group so successful. Currently Senior Vice President, Ken began his career as a sous chef with the company in 1991. His creativity, dedication and local of the business helped him quickly climb the ranks into a leadership position.

Hailing from the food-centric city of New Orleans, Neil Fuselier began his career there in hospitality service as Director of Sales and Production for the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. His responsibilities for corporate events, exhibit openings, related receptions and involvement with citywide events hosting over 20,000 attendees more than prepared him for his role with The RK Group, Austin, Texas. Overseeing all operations for Rosemary's Catering Austin,

Jeffrey Magatagan graduated Magna Cum Laude from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, RI and returned to his hometown of San Antonio to pursue his career in the culinary arts. From his position as Executive Chef at the Plaza San Antonio Hotel, Magatagan first joined the The RK Group, LLC in 2000 as Executive Chef, and later became the Director of Operations at the Facility.

Growing up in the midst of a legacy enterprise, Travis Kowalski experienced firsthand the highest levels of commitment to a job more than well done. As a third-generation member of The RK Group’s founding family, Kowalski also discovered that working hard and a dedication for service to others went beyond a guiding principle or mission. It also reflected the company’s commitment to exemplary quality and redefining the hospitality industry standards, all of which are applied in his daily activities.  Kowalski has been and will continue to be instrumental in supporting numerous activities to broaden and diversify The RK Group’s service as well as its presence in current and new markets through expanded programs and activities. Recognizing the benefit to clients of providing total event capabilities, he has been integral to developing the “one-stop philosophy” that distinguishes the company’s programs and its history of hospitality innovations.

Representing the third generation of The RK Group, Jennifer K. Heinz has since 2016 been integrally responsible for facilitating the company’s efforts in emergency and mobile contingency solutions that reflect diverse applications nationwide as well as in identified international markets. In keeping with planned strategic growth objectives, she directs the turnkey response efforts for deployments requiring global mass-volume, culinary and hospitality programs. Additionally, she oversees destination management services provided through the company’s Circa brand that have afforded clients with premier event facilitation as well as the opportunity to attain their own corporate objectives and enhanced employee engagement.