Episode 12 Colleen Vincent

Colleen Vincent, Director of Culinary Community Initiatives for the James Beard Foundation, has been a vocal champion for diverse leadership in all sectors of the hospitality industry, for over a decade. She has been featured on panels at the Food Book Fair and the Minority Chef Summit and also represented the Foundation as a member of the High Road Restaurant Roundtable. She has been involved in the Iconoclast Dinner Experience, a fundraiser for Spelman College which celebrates notable chefs of color, since its inception. Vincent created a book drive to build a culinary library in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She sat on the James Beard Foundation Food Conference steering committee and is presently a member of the House Programming Committee. She is a member the West Indian Chefs Alliance and sits on the Women in Hospitality United Advisory Board. Colleen has curated panels for the Black Urban Growers Conference, Food n Grooves, and the In My Mind Conference.