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  • CIA Online Master’s Faculty Bios

    From business to branding to distribution to innovation, CIA faculty members bring a broad array of experience and expertise to our online master’s programs. They’re successful restaurateurs, attorneys, marketers, beverage managers, entrepreneurs, and more—and they’ve seen it all. Meet these accomplished teachers who will guide you along the way to your CIA master’s degree and beyond...


  • Food Business


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    Don Buder
    Faculty
    Capstone Project (Food Business Playbook)
    Philip Colicchio - CIA faculty - SM
    Philip M. Colicchio, Esq.
    Faculty
    Legal Strategies and Challenges for the Restaurateur; Real Estate, Capitalization and Partnership Strategies for the Restaurateur
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    Chris Cornyn
    Faculty
    Sales, Marketing, and Distribution
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    Dr. Bruce German
    Guest Lecturer
    Food Systems
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    Brooke Golden
    Faculty
    Differentiation, Branding, and Packaging
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    Jean Hagan
    Faculty
    Restaurant Operations and Management Strategies; Business Fundamentals
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    Cathy Jörin
    Senior Director—School of Graduate and Professional Studies and Director—The Food Business School
    Residency Experiences; Capstone Projects
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    Jen Paragallo
    Faculty
    Building, Proving, and Prototyping
    Dustin Rogge
    Dustin Rogge ’00
    Professor—Hospitality and Service Management
    Advanced Beverage Management; Ethical Leadership in the Food Business
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    Andi Sciacca
    Instructional and Program Designer, Faculty
    Residency Experiences; Capstone Projects
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    Kyleigh Wawak
    Faculty
    Design Thinking for Food
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    Helene York
    Faculty
    Manufacturing, Co-Packing, Supply Chain, and Legal Contracts

  • Sustainable Food Systems


  • Dr. Scott Barton
    Dr. Scott Alves Barton
    Faculty
    Race, Class, and Justice from the Field to the Table; Food Movement Voices: How to Create Change
    Dr. Deirdre Murphy, CIA Professor—Liberal Arts
    Dr. Deirdre Murphy
    Professor—Liberal Arts
    Sustainability and Climate Change
    Robert A. Perillo, CIA Assistant Professor—Culinary Arts
    Robert A. Perillo ’86
    Professor—Culinary Arts
    Local, Regional, and Global Food Systems
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    Dr. Taylor Reid
    Assistant Professor—Liberal Arts
    Sustainable Agriculture; Residency Experiences; Capstone Project
    Allison C. Righter
    Allison C. Righter
    Director of Health and Sustainability Programs
    Sustainable Diets and Public Health
    Gerard Viverito, CIA Associate Professor—Culinary Arts
    Gerard Viverito ’20
    Associate Professor—Culinary Arts
    Culinary Strategy and Food Systems Innovation

  • Sustainable Food Systems Advisory Council Contributors >


  • Wine and Beverage Management


  • Timothy Buzinski
    Timothy Buzinski ’97
    Assistant Professor—Wine Studies
    Global Wine Business Operations; The New World—Southern Hemisphere; Entrepreneurial Innovation and Business for Wine and Beverage
    Christie Dufault, CIA Instructor—Wine and Beverage Studies
    Christie Dufault
    Professor—Wine and Beverage Studies
    Viticulture and Viniculture/Tasting; The New World—Northern Hemisphere; Global Wine Summit and Framing of Capstone Project; The Old World—Northern Wine Countries of Europe; Capstone Presentation Residency
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    Alan M. Murray
    Faculty
    The Old World—Southern and Eastern Europe
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    Keith Rada
    Assistant Professor—Hospitality and Service Management
    Spirits, Fermented, and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
    Dustin Rogge
    Dustin Rogge ’00
    Professor—Hospitality and Service Management
    Advanced Beverage Management; Ethical Leadership in the Food Business
    Andi Sciacca-th
    Andi Sciacca
    Instructional and Program Designer, Faculty
    Residency Experiences; Capstone Projects
    Michael Wolf, CIA Assistant Professor—Hospitality and Service Management, California campus.
    Michael Wolf
    Associate Professor—Hospitality and Service Management
    Spirits, Fermented, and Non-Alcoholic Beverages