Rick Billings
Chief Culinary Officer
Chris DeSaye
Chief Technology Officer
Ron Parker
President and Chief Operations Officer
Kyle Logue
Director, Investor Relations & Financial Reporting
Suzanne Blezard
Senior Director, Event Sales
Peter Johnson
Senior Director, DC Operations
Richard Wolffe
Managing Director
José Andrés Media
William Woodson
Senior Director, Operations
FastGood
Eden Kanowitz
Senior Director, Digital Marketing
Ann McCarthy
Publishing Director
José Andrés Media
Nico Lopez
Concept Chef Partner
Mercado Little Spain
Sam Bakhshandehpour
President, Board Member
José Andrés
CEO & Co-Founder
Rob Wilder
Co-Founder, Executive Vice Chairman
Jordi Paronella
Wine Director
Alyssa Caputo
Director, Marketing
Michael Costa
Concept Chef Partner
Zaytinya
Tina Lavelle
Senior Director, Training & Development
Sam Chapple-Sokol
Editorial Director
José Andrés Media
Nestor Nova
Chief Financial Officer
Jordan Korn
Director, Partnerships
Ramon Martinez
Concept Chef Partner
Jaleo
Manuel Echeverri
Culinary Director
Bazaar
Ellen Kaplan
Senior Director, Content & Social Media
Kendall Tamny
VP, Partnerships
Our Team
To drive and execute the vision of José Andrés and José Andrés Group, the company is led by a team of seasoned executives in finance, operations, culinary, human resources, development, brand design, and marketing. With a keen eye for talent, José and José Andrés Group’s leadership have curated a world-class corporate team as well as a deep bench of talented managers, chefs, servers, bartenders and beyond.
The shared mission of José Andrés Group runs throughout the entire organization and every employee, inspiring deep devotion – and years of dedication – to the company as it grows and continues to offer new opportunities to its team.
