In the days leading up to the recent PGA Championship in Charlotte, Patina Group managers and leadership support from throughout the company came together for a pre-event dinner. Patina Group’s leadership team for PGA of America events recognized the core group of 17 managers who have been a part of each of the five PGA Championships that Patina Group has catered. Pictured are Steve Toftum, Brittni Browne, Ed Milan, Eric Babcook, Colleen Zielinski, Kendall Fossand-Murray, Stephanie Edens, Suzanne Federline, Austin Simmons, Jem Rein, Nick Taber, Chris Harada, Ellie Nistler, Molly Moretti, Hannah Nelson, Matt Etterman and Ali DenDanto.
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Patina Group team members in Orlando supported Special Olympics Florida, which hosted its State Summer Games May 16-17 at Walt Disney World Resort’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Space 220, operated by Patina Group at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT, donated 1,295 boxed lunches to the amazing event volunteers.
Pictured above, at left, preparing the boxed lunches from left to right are Yanira Rivera, kitchen supervisor; Ashley Alli, sous chef and emerging culinarian; Maria Castellanos, cook; Marc Kusche, executive chef; Jason Petrina, general manager; Lizeth Delgado, baker; Rafael Maceira, executive sous chef; and Michael Gabriel, executive pastry chef. Pictured at right are Gabriel and Seth Rose, vice president of strategic partnerships for Patina Group.
Delaware North launched a new WOW program for corporate team members in March, allowing peers and leaders to recognize corporate team members who go above and beyond their regular job responsibilities.
Five corporate team members who received WOW submissions and two team members who shared nominees were randomly selected to receive a prize during a May 13 WOW celebration at corporate headquarters.
At left: randomly selected WOW nominees (left to right) are Da’Shawn Hines, recruitment marketing coordinator; Molly Fitzgerald, Law Department administrator; Janice Heckt, building services manager; and Lucia Getman, finance analyst. Not pictured is WOW nominee Chris Zelak, digital workspace manager. At right: randomly selected WOW nominators Brittany Gloss (left) and Austin Ihle (right), both senior accounting managers.
In early May, Delaware North’s team at Shenandoah National Park hosted the United States Composting Council (USCC) for an onsite tour of the property’s composting program. Nathan Shaner, general manager for Delaware North at Skyland Resort, led the USCC team around the company’s operations, viewing areas such as the kitchen, stables, dining room, Starbucks and EarthFlow in-vessel composting system.
Pictured above at left is Shaner (second from left) and members of the U.S. Composting Council standing near the EarthFlow composting system during their tour of Delaware North’s operations at Shenandoah National Park.