Win was born and raised in Shorewood, Minnesota. At the age of 22 he relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota and began his proud career in the restaurant industry. He began this journey as a host and quickly advanced to management. Win has worked for some of the top James Beard award winning chefs and quickly became…

Brandon grew up in a small town in East Texas, where he was a decorated multi-sport athlete. He’s also a former college athlete who fell in love with the hospitality world. After a 15 Year career in the Hospitality Industry working with companies such as Texas Roadhouse and 151 Coffee, in roles ranging from Server…

Chelsea has been in the restaurant industry since she was 15 years old, working her first job at Cold Stone Creamery for 3 years in high school. She then worked for Panera Bread and Patxi’s Pizza, before finding Noodles & Company, where her career truly blossomed. Over almost a decade, she worked her way up…

Brenda was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She holds a business administration degree with a minor in Marketing. Brenda’s passion for hospitality began when she was 13 and helped her grandmother as a housekeeper. She gained hands-on experience across all hotel departments, steadily working her way up until she reached the sales department—where she…

Bruce has been living the dream in the people business that runs Restaurants for the last 30 years. He started working in restaurants at the young age of 16 as a busboy in the clubhouse of a horse racing track and has never looked back from there. Throughout his career, Bruce has worked in every…

Jolie brings over 30 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, working in various roles from Food and Beverage to Sales and Marketing to Operations. She worked for larger, corporate brand hotels from sunny south Florida to the trendy boutique hotels of New York City and Martha’s Vineyard. Jolie has had the opportunity to travel internationally…

Shawn Murray has worked in the hospitality, operations, and the recruiting industry for more than three decades and specializes in local and national talent acquisition. With a background that includes owning, building and operating some of the busiest restaurants in the Twin Cities, Mr. Murray brings a rare combination of hands-on operational expertise and talent…

Born and raised in California, Michael started working right out of high school.  His first job was selling vacuums. But with a sense of adventure, heknew it was time to spread his wings and at the age of 19, he packed up and moved to Nashville, TN. It is here in, Music City, that he…

Michael started his career in the restaurant industry while on summer break from UNLV, where he was a busser at eighteen with Sheraton at the Twenty20 Bar and Grill. After this, he worked in support roles throughout restaurants while finally interning at the UNLV campus restaurant as an instructor. After graduating college, Michael became the…

Growing up outside of Annapolis, Noah has fond memories of sailing the Chesapeake Bay, hiking the Appalachians, and camping on Chincoteague Island. After working just about every hourly restaurant role growing up, he became a Restaurant Manager and moved to California. He has a wide range of experience in Operations, Culinary, Event, and Beverage Management.…