May 21, 2006
The Field Museum, Chicago

2005 Ivy Award Dinner Attendees

• Rick Blount, chief executive officer, Antoine’s, New Orleans
• Arun Sampanthavivat, chef-owner, Arun’s, Chicago
• Joseph Bastianich, owner, Babbo, New York City
• Paul Kahan, chef-owner, Blackbird, Chicago
• Dean Wright, director of dining services, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
• Carlos Nieto, owner, Carlos’ Restaurant, Highland Park, Ill.
• Colleen Wright-Riva, director of dining and retail services, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
• Mary Niven, vice president food and beverage, Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, Calif.
• Martin Breslin, director for culinary operations, Harvard University Dining Services, Cambridge, Mass.
• Jamie Coulter, chief executive officer, Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Wichita, Kan.
• Mary Keysor, director of nutrition services, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
• Gary Gunderson, director of dining and hospitality services, MBNA America Bank, Wilmington, Del.
• Sharon Cox, director of food and nutrition services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York City
• Carol Sherman, senior network director, foodservice, NYU Medical Center, New York City
• Micheline Piekarski, foodservice director, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, Ill.
• Alfred Thimm, president and chief operating officer, The Palm Restaurants, Washington, D.C.
• Sarah Johnson, director of dining services, Purdue University Residences, West Lafayette, Ind.
• John Peukert, assistant superintendent, San Bernadino City Unified School District, San Bernadino, Calif.
• Ted Balestreri, president and chief executive officer, Sardine Factory, Monterey, Calif.
• Rafi Taherian, executive director, Stanford Dining, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
• Kris Schroeder, director of nutrition services, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
• Paul Fisherkeller, president and chief executive officer, Taco John’s, Cheyenne, Wyo.
• Todd Slossberg, executive chef, Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colo.
• Julaine Kiehn, director of campus dining services, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo.
• Michael Gratz, director, hospitality services, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Patti Dollarhide, director of nutrition services, Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kan.
• Mary Kimbrough, corporate director of nutrition and hospitality services, Zale Lipshy University Hospital, Dallas, Texas