Lisa Feldman ‘91

Director of Culinary Services, Sodexo; Germantown, MD

Lisa Feldman ’91 is director of culinary services at Sodexo Culinary Solutions. She brings to this role extensive experience in research and development, menu development, facilities management, culinary training, database management, and cost control. Lisa joined Sodexo in 2001 as a corporate research and development chef. In that position, she created and assembled recipes and training material to support Sodexo North America’s branded programs and divisional products for over 6,000 national accounts. From there she became the executive chef/district chef at Loyola College in Maryland, overseeing all facets of the culinary program for two full-service retail outlets and catering. Subsequently, Lisa served as the manager of nutrition and menu services for Sodexo’s college and university (C&U) division, where she oversaw the design and development of the national and regional customer menus. She also assisted with the development of new resident dining signature programs and contributed to the Sodexo Best of Cookbook Series. Most recently, Lisa held the position of director of culinary for Sodexo’s schools division, where she became an industry-recognized subject matter expert in supply chain management and culinary development and training. Prior to joining Sodexo, she was a consultant to Ashman Manufacturing and Distributing in Virginia and a corporate research and development chef at Sutton Place Gourmet in Maryland. Lisa earned an associate in occupational studies (AOS) degree in culinary arts from The Culinary Institute of America, and she is a Certified Research Chef. (Germantown, MD) @sodexoUSA