National Board of Directors

Richard Grausman

FOUNDER & CHAIR EMERITUS

Marcus Samuelsson

CO-CHAIR

Jeffrey B. Samuels

CO-CHAIR
Partner, Paul Weiss

I.D. Aruede

CO-VICE-CHAIR
Deputy Director, Whitney Museum of American Art

Maria Castro Vainer

CO-VICE CHAIR & TREASURER
Managing Director, Head of Business and Community Integration, JP Morgan

Barbara Fairchild

SECRETARY
Food & Travel Writer, Editor, & Consultant

Ed Brown

CEO, Restaurant Associates

Marco De Feo

Vice President of Marketing, Filippo Berio USA

Danyelle Freeman

Founder and Editor RestaurantGirl.com

Beatriz Garcia

Managing Director, Teneo

Diana Getchius

Vice President of Human Resources, Union Square Hospitality Group

Deborah Grausman

Actor/Singer/Voice-Over Artist

Doug Hsieh

CEO, Avero

Patty Intrator

Independent Consultant

Gaurav Misra

President & Chief Marketing Officer, RxSense, SingleCare & FamilyWize

Heather Molin

Managing Director – Investments, Wells Fargo Advisors

Smita Reddy

Global Chair, Food & Beverage, Edelman

Alexandra Shapiro

Former Executive Vice President, NBCUnviersal

Mark Tarbell

Chef, Tarbell's

National Associate Board

The C-CAP Associate Board is a dynamic group of young professionals who promote C-CAP’s fundraising efforts and help raise its visibility in the community. Email hello@ccapinc.org for more information.

Catherine Silver Smith

Chair

Casey Hyken

Vice President

Kavi Bansal

Valentine Lysikatos Carey

Ben Davison

Jordon Ferber

Logan Horowitz

Jennifer Grausman

Thomas Isaacs

Samantha Kaczmarek

Katherine Milgram

National Advisory Council

Jeffrey S. Barba

Director, Food & Beverage The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa

Will Blunt

Managing Editor and Partner StarChefs.com

Philip DeMaiolo

Executive Chef CEO PK Hospitality Consultants

Jeffrey Dryfoos

Publisher Dessert Professional

Gale Gand

James Beard Award-winning Pastry Chef, Teacher, and Author

Cary E. Neff

Vice President Corporate Culinary Services Morrison Management Specialists

Jacques Pépin

President Jacques Pépin, Inc.

Rena Pocrass

Consultant, Dobla USA

Judith A. Rizzo, Ed. D.

Executive Director and CEO James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy

Al Roker

Al Roker Entertainment, Inc

Rick Smilow

President & CEO, Institute of Culinary Education

Scott Uehlein

Culinary Excellence and Innovation, MOD Pizza

National Apprenticeship Advisory Council

Matt Stein, Chair

Chief Operating Officer, Blueprint Ventures

Nick Guerrieri

Founder, CHELLY - Modernized Limoncello

Andrew Helmandollar

Executive Chef, Casino Arizona

JoAnn Holland

Chief Executive Officer, Central Phoenix Women

Jim Janosik

Managing Partner, J. Paul Partners LLC

Adam Laor

Chief Executive Officer, Sinatra

Randall McNamara, EdD

Director of Special Projects, Rouxbe Online Culinary School

Patricia Nadzieja

Culinary Arts Instructor, Paradise Valley High School

Jason Schwartz

Director of Safety & Risk Management, Southwest Foodservice Excellence

Louis Shaban

Manager, Chef Works Inc.

Rebecca Tillman

Executive Chef, The Ritz-Carlton Bacara

James Valentino

Retired

Regional Advisory Councils

C-CAP Arizona Council

Mark Tarbell

Owner/Chef, Tarbell's

Dina Altieri

Director of Membership Development, American Culinary Federation

Christopher Gross

Owner/Chef, Christopher's

Lenard Rubin

Director of Food & Beverage/Executive Chef, Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak

Louis Shaban

Manager, Chef Works Inc.

Lonnie Shatz

Director of Sales, Cult Coffee Roaster

Walter Sterling

Chef & Restaurant Owner, Ocotillo, Starlite BBQ, Chantico

Armando Suarez

Desert Peak Marketing LLC

Khari Towns

Global Operations-Digital Client Services, Discover

C-CAP Chicago Council

Angila Faison

Director, Community Engagement, Aramark Hospitality

Robin Bauer

Independent Financial Advisor

Chef Morgan Bellalves

Executive Chef, Aramark Hospitality

Perry Hendrix

Chef, Avec

C-CAP DC Council

Charles Bluemle

Concessions International, LLC

Kareem "Mr. Bake" Queeman

Baker, Entrepreneur

Franz Corrales

Well Done Catering

Nicholas Tang

Personal Chef

Jerome Grant

Jackie

Sarah Tucker

Compass Group

Ellis McCue

Territory Foods

Mykel Winterstine

Punjab Grill DC

C-CAP Los Angeles Council

Barbara Fairchild

Council Chair
Food/travel writer, speaker, consultant

Matthew Allnatt

Jonathan Club LA and Beach

Eric Boardman

Food TV Personality

Caryl Chinn

Caryl Chinn Culinary Consulting

Terrie Cooper

Former C-CAP LA Staff Member

Gina Christian

SoCalGas

Andrew Harris

SoCal Restaurant Show

Elissa Phillips

Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc.

Jayne Portnoy

JP Consulting

Art Sezgin

Bedoian Restaurant Group Inc.

Caitlin Smith

Modernist Cuisine

C-CAP Miami Council

Marco de Ceglie

Former CEO, Filippo Berio

Michael Cheng

Dean, FIU's Chaplin School of Hospitality

Chef Haydee Collado

C-CAP Alum, Personal Chef

Marcela Guzman Galan

Associate Dean, San Ignacio University

Victoria Pesce Elliott

Food & Travel Writer, Former Miami Herald Restaurant Critic

Chef Norman Van Aken

Norman’s Orlando, Norman’s Florida Kitchen

C-CAP Philadelphia Councils

C-CAP Philadelphia Advisory Council Members

Tom Hunton

C-CAP Philadelphia Advisory Council Chair
Shake Shack

Jennifer Cho

Barclays US Consumer Bank

Charisse McGill

Lokal Artisan Foods LLC

Qamara Edwards

Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association

Kelly Roses

Grupo Bimbo

Dr. Dean Hammer

Franklin and Marshall College

Dr. Carol Scheffner Hammer

Columbia University

David Kipphut

Educational Consultant

Kriti Sehgal

Pure Fare

Andy Marin

Community College of Philadelphia

Scott Swiger

JBH Advisory Group

Amy Zitelman

Soom Foods

C-CAP Philadelphia Chef Council Members

Andrew Boxer

Aramark

Angelina Branca

Sate Kampar

Dr. Jonathan Deutsch

Drexel University

Adam Diltz

ELWOOD

Tova Du Plessis

Essen Bakery

Elijah Milligan

Cooking 4 the Culture

Keith Pretlow

Upper Moreland Township School District

Joy Parham-Thomas

Community College of Philadelphia