Meet the Team

Kristin Ridgway
Kristin is a Colorado native and studied restaurant resort management at Colorado State University. Upon graduation, she lived in Boston for seven years and worked in restaurants, hotels, business dining,...
Curtis Werner
Curtis went to school at Colorado State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in restaurant and resort management. He started his Compass Group career in 2011 in Seattle, Washington....
Juwanza Thomas
Chef Juwanza was born and raised in central Arkansas and began his culinary career at the Arkansas Culinary School in 2008. A year later he moved to Dallas, Texas to...
Taylor Love
Taylor was raised on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He began his hospitality career while he was a student at The Art Institute of Seattle and his tenure with Bon...
Nick Black
Nick is a Colorado local and joined Bon Appétit in 2011. He utilizes his positive attitude and outgoing personality to fuel his culinary talent and work all aspects of the...
Brad Garcia
Brad joined Bon Appétit in August 2015 as a dishwasher/omelet cook, worked his way to chef manager, and now oversees the Bemis Kitchen and all of operations at Preserve. He...
Linda Densmore
Linda was born and raised in the small west Texas town of Abernathy. She began her food service career in 1998 as a dishwasher at her small college. Throughout her...
Jasmine Jeffcoat
Jasmine was born in Dallas, Texas and moved around until she landed in Colorado, where she remained from high school throughout college. She loves Bon Appétit’s determination to create an...
Cassidy Schnell
After graduating from St. Olaf College with a double degree in environmental studies and film/media studies, Cassidy’s passion for sustainable food systems was ignited while volunteering on organic farms abroad....
Marina Fella
Marina received her undergraduate degree in nutrition from West Chester University, and continued her education at Rutgers University where she received her master’s in clinical nutrition. She has always had...
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