Ep 29 - Clarity is kind with Elizabeth Meltz

Elizabeth has a long journey in the hospitality industry starting off in kitchens. She soon started to fall in love with operations and the safety of people in and out of kitchens. Elizabeth is now focused on researching and coaching teams how we handle conflict in the workplace to improve culture. She asked herself often: how can we hold space for two things to exist at once? To find the answer, she’s gone down a rabbit hole of educating herself on reparative justice that encourages us to heal together. Elizabeth’s view on conflict resolution and mediation is honest and welcoming. I’m excited for you all to learn more from her!

About Elizabeth: 

Elizabeth is a lifelong advocate for a safe, sustainable, and equitable food system. Most recently, She was the COO of Poppy's, a woman-owned Cafe and Catering company in based in Brooklyn. Before that ,Elizabeth served as the VP of Operations for a multi-unit taqueria, Tacombi. Positions prior to those include the COO of Genuine Foods, a mission-driven school food service company, and Sr. Director of Environmental Health at Dig Food Group, where she oversaw environmental health and safety for the 32-restaurant food group, as well as led the diversity, inclusion, and belonging work.

Up until her time at Dig, she spent 11 years as the Director of Food Safety and Sustainability at both Eataly and B&BHG. She's also the co-founder of Women in Hospitality United (WIHU), a non-profit committed to creating safe(r) spaces to gather, foster leadership, develop solutions, and provide policies that set new standards for equity, accountability, and transparency in the industry. In 2023 she started EM PATH to empower founders, leaders, and teams to overcome internal conflicts, enhance communications, and cultivate a positive workplace culture

For more resources on leadership and eliminating the sticky energy from team culture, visit The School of Hospitality from Within