Culinary Institute of America and Prosper Company Team Up to Support F&B Leaders in Advancing Personal and Planetary Health
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) today announced a pilot partnership with Prosper Company to help connect Prosper’s quick-service and fast-casual restaurant and foodservice membership with the CIA’s Center for Food & Beverage Leadership health and sustainability initiatives, helping to drive positive food system change—at scale—across these sectors. The partnership will kick off at the Prosper Accelerator Mixer Friday, May 15, during the National Restaurant Association Show.
“We are excited to embark on this collaboration with Prosper Company,” said CIA’s Robert E. Jones, vice president—Strategic Partnerships, Industry Leadership, and Impact. “The food, beverage, and hospitality industries are sitting on a precipice of great change. The actions we take over the next 10 years will have tremendous impact on personal and planetary health. By engaging Prosper’s membership—C-suite executives and emerging leaders across high-volume foodservice—the CIA is taking one more step in driving change at scale and creating a better future of food.”
Additional elements in this pilot include CIA leadership speaking at Prosper Company’s flagship event—Prosper Forum—in August, and the CIA’s Healthy Menus R&D Collaborative hosting its fall member meeting in Dallas, adjacent to Prosper Accelerate at the Omni Hotel in Dallas in October. Prosper Accelerate is an annual leadership experience designed to provide intensive education, meaningful engagement, and high-level exposure that accelerates the careers of emerging and established leaders across the restaurant, foodservice, and hospitality industries.
In addition, during the Accelerate conference, there will be joint CIA/Prosper programming (and networking time) and a Think Tank on leadership in healthy menus led by Healthy Menus R&D Collaborative members.
“The collaboration with CIA seemed a natural expansion of what Prosper is already offering its Accelerate Conference attendees—education, mentorship, and networking,” said Meredith James, executive vice president of Business Development at Prosper Company. “Arming our community of influential leaders with the tools they need to effect change in their businesses is just one more way we are helping foster growth and purpose in the workplace.”
Culinary, nutrition, and sustainability leaders across the foodservice industry are invited to be part of this effort to shape the future of healthier, more sustainable menus. Visit www.ciahealthymenus.com for more information.
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