2022 Conference Speakers

Margie Butler

Co-owner
Perry's Restaurants
Ask an Expert: Retention Hiring & Building your Best Team
Mary Ellen Carroll

Executive Director
San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
Safe & Clean Streets
Andy Chun

Managing Partner
Sidecar Hospitality
Show Me the Money: Options for Restaurant Financing
Amy Cleary

Director of Public Policy & Media Relations
GGRA
What's Now and What's Next
Doug Collister

Partner, Director of Marketing
China Live Ventures, LP
Increase Your Revenue Streams
Cassie Corless

Senior Director of Business Operations
Tastes on the Fly
Making the Numbers Work
Roberta Economidis

Attorney
Georgopoulos & Economidis
Show Me the Money: Options for Restaurant Financing
Bryce Fenster

President
Genet Western
To Go Done Right: Reusables & Sustainability
Steven Grant

Director of Food & Beverage
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Making the Numbers Work
Michael Hearn

Business Development Manager, SF Bay Area
Qwick
Gina Helvie

Manager
Che Fico Alimentari
Staying Sane: Mental Health & Improving Quality of Life
Jason Himber

President
MINA Group
Show Me the Money: Options for Restaurant Financing
Eva Holman

Executive Director
Plastic Free Fridays
Hillary Holmes

Strategic Partnerships Manager
SpotOn
Making the Numbers Work: Navigating Ever-Rising Costs
Yuka Ioroi

General Manager/Beverage Director
Cassava
Mental Health & Improving Quality of Life
Adam Jed

Co-Owner
Bluestem Restaurant
Increase Your Revenue Streams & Repeat Customers
Jenna Johnson

Client Executive
NFP
Ask an Expert: Retention Hiring & Building your Best Team
Carolyn Kenady

Chair, DHIC
RescueSF
Safe & Clean Streets for our Employees & Guests: What's Being Done?
Evan Kidera

CEO
Señor Sisig
To Go Done Right: Reusables & Sustainability
Dan Kling

Waste Zero Coordinator
Recology
To Go Done Right: Reusables & Sustainability
Hillary Kunins, MD

MPH Director of Behavioral Health Services and Mental Health
San Francisco
Mental Health
Alistair Levine

Partner, Business Development
KitchenSync
Making the Numbers Work
Hanson Li

CEO
Lazy Susan
Dylan MacNiven

Managing Partner
MacNiven Group
Tech Solutions for Your Restaurant’s Bottom Line
Supervisor
Rafael Mandelman

Supervisor, District 8
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Amanda Nguyen

Co-founder and CEO
Pastel
Increase Your Revenue Streams & Repeat Customers
Aaron Noveshen

Founder & CEO Starbird / Founder & Chairman, The Culinary Edge
What’s Now and What’s Next
Bob Partrite

Chief Operating Officer
Simco Restaurants
Making the Numbers Work
Chris Porter

President and Chief Marketing Officer
FCE Benefits
Ask an Expert
Justin Richardson

President
The City POS
Tech Solutions for Your Restaurant’s Bottom Line
Mat Schuster

Chef/Owner
Canela Bistro & Wine Bar
Safe & Clean Streets Safe & Clean Streets
Marisa Rodriguez

Executive Director
Union Square Alliance
Bringing San Francisco Back
Vivien Sin

CEO and Co-founder
The Third Place
Increase Your Revenue Streams & Repeat Customers
Pete Sittnick

Managing Partner
Waterbar/EPIC Steak
Kate Sofis

Executive Director
Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Bringing San Francisco Bac
Leith Steel

Senior Strategist
Carbonate
What’s Now and What’s Next: Trends in the Industry
Katy Tang

Executive Director
San Francisco Office of Small Business
Bringing San Francisco Back
Laurie Thomas

Executive Director
Golden Gate Restaurant Association
Joaquín Torres

San Francisco’s Assessor-Recorder
Closing Remarks
Marie Trimble Holvick

Managing Partner of SF Bay Area Offices
Gordon & Rees
Bryan Tublin

Owner & Co-Founder
Kitava
What’s Now and What’s Next: Trends in the Industry
Jonathan Verhoef

Energy Efficiency Analyst
California State Treasurer's Office
Show Me the Money
Benson Wang

Co-Founder and Chief
Palm House Hospitality