Inspired through Story
Story is the great motivator.
And we have an industry full of individuals with amazing stories. Each week the Foodservice Powerplant Network sits down for a conversation with industry leaders who have dared to dream big and turn their dreams into reality. We hear of the challenges overcome, the detours on their road to success, all the reasons why they do what they do. It’s in listening to another person, who’s willing to be genuine with their story, that we come to realize we’re all really quite similar, and all equally capable of.
“Jason Wange is the Oprah Winfrey of the foodservice industry.”
— Maureen Slocum, CEO & Publisher, Zoomba Group
Rich Malachy – FEDD / Malachy Parts & Service
Rich Malachy is a POWERPLANT in every sense of the word. He is the LEADER in helping foodservice organizations build their digital platforms. He's...
Marty Monnat – Arbor Private Investment & Steelite USA
Marty Monnat is one of the most well respected people in foodservice. He has helped lead and guide many of the most well known organizations in our...
Chris East – Chrane
Chris East makes it his mission to attend as many Oktoberfest's in Germany as possible. With every industry accolade he receives, he goes out of his...
Deirdre Flynn & Rob Connelly – The Nafem Show
There are times when leaders need to make tough decisions. This week, as the landscape evolved quickly regarding the NAFEM Show, two of our...
Tim Irey – Bargreen Ellingson
Tim Irey is one of the most respected leaders in all of foodservice (and has been for over two decades). As VP of Sales & Marketing for Bargreen...
Bryan O’Rourke – Oneida Hospitality
Bryan O'Rourke is the CEO & President of the recently created Oneida Hospitality Group, a collection of some of the industry’s most well-known...
Dave Taplin – Chick-fil-A
Dave Taplin is one of the strongest people I know (and someone I've known for over 20 years). He has had an incredible journey within Chick-fil-A,...
Chris Jeens – W.D. Colledge
Chris Jeens might just be the coolest person in foodservice. In addition to his role as a partner in an incredibly successful rep firm in Canada,...
Patricia Bible – KaTom
Patricia Bible is the charismatic Founder & CEO of KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc., one of the fastest growing dealers in foodservice. Coupling...
David Richman – Cheforward
David Richman is the founder of Cheforward LLC, a trend-forward melamine tabletop company created to give back. After years creating, designing and...
Morgan Tucker (Singer) & Chef Jamie Simpson (CVI)
Morgan Tucker is the VP of Marketing at Singer Equipment Company. She also leads a team of creative visionaries with their LMT Provisions line of...
Shannon Solomon – Aurora Public Schools
Shannon Solomon is the passionate Foodservice Director at Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. She and her team serve 41,000 meals daily. During...
Maureen Slocum – Zoomba Group
It's all about the people for Maureen Slocum. The day she decided to create the company that she always wanted to work for, the founder & CEO of...
Taz Sutherland – Walmart
Taz Sutherland is a facilities project manager at Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas and also an original Foodservice Powerplant (we call him our...
Brian Wood – RABCO
By anyone's standards, Brian Wood had experienced a successful foodservice career running manufacturers and buying groups when on the morning of...
Jen “Bolt” Bolton – Avanti
If you know her, call her a friend or a colleague, it's no surprise that Jen (Bolt) Bolton goes by BOLT. The 2020 FE&S DSR of the Year, she...
Louise O’Sullivan – Lo’s Consulting
Louise O'Sullivan is a pioneer in every sense of the word. As the first female President in the history of the Dover Corporation, first female...
Reframing Mental Health – Neil Inverso & Jason Wange
We've all experienced highs and lows this past year in both our physical and mental health. Yet many feel less comfortable discussing the ways they...
Tom Stritch – Positivity Legend
Tom Stritch has a story, and it not might be the story you expect. During some challenges in his youth, he recognized that he had choices. He could...
Wade Koehler – FCSI/Forte
Wade Koehler, CAE is an open book. As the Executive Director of FCSI The Americas, he is the ultimate connector and brings together the industry's...
Rachael Weaver – SEFA
Rachael Weaver loves to build and create. She's an industry veteran whose progressive insight and leadership, at both WebstaurantStore and now with...
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FSPN Culinary Academy
Chefs create meals which both fill us and inspire. Yet, it’s the stories of their lives which have the capacity to provide the greatest inspiration. Join Jason and some of the Foodservice Powerplant’s best Chefs as they prepare an amazing meal together, and talk through both the passions of each Chef and lessons learned along the way.