Melissa Baldwin

Liz Baldwin has been part of the Bon Appétit story from the beginning; in fact, before the beginning: she was an officer of the original Bon Appétit Catering Company, which CEO Fedele Bauccio purchased in 1987 and relaunched as an onsite food service provider, Bon Appétit Management Company. Liz is our most senior employee, the primary financial steward of the company and a keeper of much of the corporate lore and history. Many of her team have been with the company for more than a decade, some since they were student workers in college.

Prior to joining Bon Appétit, Liz spent several years in banking, serving in management roles in operations as well as commercial lending. Today, Liz directs our business in the areas of finance, accounting, human resources, information systems, payroll, audit and administration. Balancing the needs of our clientele and operations teams while maintaining our compliance in an ever-increasing regulatory environment remain Liz’s primary responsibilities and her central focus. In keeping with the company’s ongoing commitment to the community, Liz has served on the advisory board of La Cocina, a small incubator for Latino food-service entrepreneurs; the Board of Directors of Servo Dynamics, Inc.; and the Community Advisory Board of the Everest Charter High School. She is involved with Slow Money, which helps people/companies invest in food and farms in their local communities. In 2009 she was honored by the San Francisco Aids Emergency Fund as its “Person of the Year.” Liz graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.A. in English and additional studies in economics and accounting at University of California, Berkeley.