{"id":2587,"date":"2026-05-21T18:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=2587"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:34:57","slug":"cifbm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/cifbm\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head>\n<\/head><body><p>The Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management (CIFBM) connects students, faculty, alumni, and industry partners across the restaurant, foodservice and beverage management spaces. CIFBM is aligned with the Nolan&rsquo;s School focus on the hospitality industry, yet closely tied to the food industry research and activities across the&nbsp;Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.<\/p>\n\n\n  <section class=\"featured-profiles featured-profiles--condensed  section-heading--wrap bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                          <h2>Advisory board<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container text-margin-reset global-spacing--4x\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SusanHarrisonEmbed.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"A headshot of Susan (Guerin) Harrison.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/susan-guerin\/\">Susan Guerin '83<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>President and CEO, Word Finer Foods<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taylor-Hardy-website.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Headshot of Taylor Hardy '19.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/taylor-hardy\/\">Taylor Hardy '19<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Chief Executive Officer, Hardy World<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/barry-moullet-400x400-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Headshot of Barry Moullet.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/barry-moullet\/\">Barry Moullet<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>President, Executive Insights, LLC <\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skip-burton-400x400-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Headshot of Burton &quot;Skip&quot; Sack '61\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/burton-skip-sack\/\">Burton \"Skip\" Sack '61<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Partner and Chairman, Classic Restaurant Concepts<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section-heading--wrap max-across--three span--red background--white bg--clear\">\n      <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n            <h2>Corporate relations<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"section-heading__intro\">\n      <div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n        <p>A focus of the institute is to bring food and beverage industry alumni and executives into our learning environment. We rely on these leaders to provide the institute with intellectual and financial capital to enhance the its programming and elevate its industry contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our corporate members for their support.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n    <section class=\"list-column-component column-set text-margin-reset stats-section\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n                                                <div class=\"cell small-auto\">\n                <article>\n                                                            <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 600\/800\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/world_finer_foods_logo_800x600-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"World Finer Foods logo\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                      <\/figure>\n                                      \n                  \n                  \n                                  <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"cell small-auto\">\n                <article>\n                                                            <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 600\/800\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/hardy_world_800x600.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Hardy World logo\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                      <\/figure>\n                                      \n                  \n                  \n                                  <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"sock-cta global-padding--10x bg--tone\">\n  <div class=\"grid-container\">\n    <div class=\"sock-cta__text text-margin-reset\">\n      \n      <h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n\n              <div class=\"global-spacing--1x intro-text\">\n          <p>If you or your company is interested in becoming a corporate member, please&nbsp;contact the director, Alex Susskind, below.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"global-spacing--3x\">\n          <ul class=\"btn-row\">\n                          <li><a href=\"mailto:ams76@cornell.edu\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn\">Email Alex<\/a><\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management (CIFBM) connects students, faculty, alumni, and industry partners across the restaurant, foodservice and beverage management spaces. 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