MELISSA S. SMITH
April 6, 2023
Melissa S. Smith, MSM, established Island Delight Caribbean LLC, the first Caribbean restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2002.
Melissa S. Smith, MSM, established Island Delight Caribbean LLC, the first Caribbean restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2002.
Mary Kay DeBenedetti is the president and owner of F.H. Steinbart Co., a Portland-based brewing supply store that she has led for more than 20 years.
In 2002, Penny L. Rodriguez had the good fortune to be able to purchase Penny’s All American Café while retaining all of the existing staff.
Combining her passions for gin and entrepreneurship, Sara Sergent co-owns Alpine Distilling alongside her husband.
For the past 19 years, Chrysoula Christodoulou has excelled as the co-owner of Parker House of Pizza, a popular local restaurant.
In 2017, Rita Cave became the manager of multi-unit national accounts for the Performance Food Group, where she manages an eight-person department.
In 2018, Marina Genel established Mishka SoHo in New York City, a restaurant specializing in Eastern European cuisines.
Though retired, Dr. Louise Elizabeth Goggans continues to participate in the annual Diabetes Conference sponsored by the Indiana Minority Health Coalition.
In 2018, Nancy Lee Bentley established The Food Circle, LLC, where she offers her expertise as a food and holistic health expert.
Barbara S. Correll, MS, RDN, established Dietetic Consulting Services, Inc, in 1988 and began seeing private patients in 1991.
Leslie R. Lester currently excels as the HACCP coordinator and vice president of Ray’s Sausage Company Inc., a family business going back three generations.
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Involved in the meat industry for over 35 years, Debra Joyce Sam has been the owner and operator of Sam’s Meats since 1982.
Sheila Dedenbach founded Heavenly Sweet, a cannabis-edible manufacturing company, in 2008 and SD Pantry Inc., a similar company, in 2014.
In 2019, Griselda Basile joined Saint Thomas Sur LLC, a produce importing company now based in Connecticut.
In 2011, Marie Stephens established her two businesses, Bake My Day LLC and a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchise in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Char Barrie is the founder of Char’s Kitchen, where she sells homemade jams, jellies, syrups, salsas and pickles.
In 2016, Sandra Rogers established Sandi’s SoulBites, a Southern soul food restaurant, alongside her five adult children.
Victoria R. Shoemaker established Lefevre Street Bakery and Cafe in Medical Lake, Washington in January 2020.
Frances A. Murillo opened Murillo’s Mexican Food, a bar-style Mexican restaurant, in Vacaville, California, in 1971.
Carline A. Bengtsson is a chef, philanthropist, cookbook author, and the founder of Dine4Dinners, which supports charities combating food insecurity.
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