Experience

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  The Optimum Group

  • Principal

    • Mar 2001 - Present

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  Trade Center Management Associates/Ronald Reagan Building

  • Consultant to

    • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

    Coko Moka Café- Opening, Training and Operations Consulting

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  Cornell Hotel Society

  • Past President

    • 2006 - 2009

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  U.S House of Representatives

  • Director of Food Service

    • Sep 1993 - Oct 1994

    Operated the Restaurants at the U.S. House of Representatives.

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  Movable Feast Caterers

  • Owner

    • Oct 1986 - Oct 1993

    Partner in small, upscale catering company in Washington D.C.

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  Ridgewells Caterers

  • General Manager

    • Dec 1983 - Sep 1986

    General Manager for the largest off-premises caterer in Washington, D.C.

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  Ridgewells

  • General Manager

    • 1983 - 1986

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  United States Senate

  • Director- Food Service

    • Jul 1975 - Sep 1983

    Operated the 13 restaurants and other foodservice facilities at the U.S. Senate

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  Pan American World Airways

  • Senior Director-In-Flight Service

    • Jul 1963 - Jul 1975

    Starting at Pan Am in 1959, as a steward, while in college at Cornell, I rose in the ranks, first to supervisor of cost control in the in-flight service department; I went on to become in charge of the in-flight food and beverage operation, with 18 flight kitchens, 3 frozen food kitchens and a tight working relationship with Maxim's of Paris.Later, we developed the in-flight program for the B-747 and I was made the person in charge of the department.