Keziah Calmese
Marketing Content Lead
With a lifetime of experience in hospitality, Keziah Calmese’s work focuses on shaping organizational culture and achieving customer-focused business goals through strategic stakeholder engagement; reflective servant leadership; and a systems-thinking approach to operational execution. She is a collaborative champion of teams and projects, with experience in services marketing; communications; people leadership; and food, hotel, and retail operations. She has worked and consulted in the K-12 foodservice industry specifically for over a decade, including leading marketing, menu innovation, and supply chain for Chicago Public Schools Nutrition Services and supporting strategy and branding efforts at Oakland Unified School District through the Eat.Learn.Play Foundation.
Keziah holds a bachelor’s degree in hospitality administration and an executive certificate in brand management (both from Cornell University), as well as a master’s degree in Communications from Northwestern. She also holds an executive certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Northwestern. She is dedicated to leading hospitality professionals through strategic planning, change, and operational excellence with compassion and enthusiasm.
Keziah Calmese
Marketing Content Lead
With a lifetime of experience in hospitality, Keziah Calmese’s work focuses on shaping organizational culture and achieving customer-focused business goals through strategic stakeholder engagement; reflective servant leadership; and a systems-thinking approach to operational execution. She is a collaborative champion of teams and projects, with experience in services marketing; communications; people leadership; and food, hotel, and retail operations. She has worked and consulted in the K-12 foodservice industry specifically for over a decade, including leading marketing, menu innovation, and supply chain for Chicago Public Schools Nutrition Services and supporting strategy and branding efforts at Oakland Unified School District through the Eat.Learn.Play Foundation.
Keziah holds a bachelor’s degree in hospitality administration and an executive certificate in brand management (both from Cornell University), as well as a master’s degree in Communications from Northwestern. She also holds an executive certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Northwestern. She is dedicated to leading hospitality professionals through strategic planning, change, and operational excellence with compassion and enthusiasm.
