Mark This!

Mark This! Explores Aramark’s Healthcare+ community — a group that moves beyond business to true care. Healthcare+ espouses a philosophy that makes a tangible difference in patient healing, recovery, and satisfaction. Our guests, Bart Kaericher, President of Aramark Healthcare+, and Jeff Moreland, CEO of P.E.A. or Patient Engagement Advisors, are working together to change the way patient care is delivered. 

It is officially summer vacation season, and that means that our teams across the United States are gearing up to provide the perfect balance of the familiar and the unexpected to make your destination hospitality experience unforgettable. In this episode, Mark This! explores our Destinations business, which provides activities, experiences, and places to stay within some of America’s greatest national parks and protected lands.

Mark This! explores the hard food service work behind the country’s favorite pastime. Aramark Sports + Entertainment is the award-winning partner of 10 MLB stadiums, and for the 2023 MLB season, Aramark Sports + Entertainment introduced a variety of brand-new ballpark-menu offerings and chef collaborations across its portfolio of clients in addition to launching "Seasons Inning Stretch," a limited-time food and beverage program that will introduce new seasonally inspired culinary options in the spring, summer, and fall

Mark This! has a one-on-one conversation with Jami Leveen, Vice President for Community Partnerships, exploring community relations at Aramark. In her daily life, she oversees strategic partnerships with nonprofits, year-round volunteer opportunities, and charitable contributions. Our 10th annual day of service also known as Aramark Building Community Day, is scheduled for April 27, near the end of National Volunteer Month.  

Mark This! explores the history and advice of two Aramark leaders who happen to be women. Barbara Flanagan is the President of Student Nutrition, our line of business that serves K-12 institutions across the United States, and Brisbane Vaillancourt is a regional vice president in our collegiate hospitality business. We asked the two of them to share their leadership paths, vision, and motivation with all of you today as we embark on this month that celebrates trailblazing women.

Mark This! talks to Collegiate Hospitality leadership – CEO and President Jack Donovan and Chief Growth Officer Sasha Day – to learn more about their guiding philosophy, the Hospitality Ecosystem. This driving vision allows the business to be so much more than a food provider on campus.

Mark This! explores responsible sourcing at Aramark, the unit that drives local procurement, supplier diversity, and sustainable sourcing across the enterprise. Responsible sourcing is a shared priority with the enterprise and with our partners as clients and customers want the bigger story behind the products and services we provide. They want to know where their food comes from and how we are supporting local communities and economies. In this episode, we focus on supplier diversity and speak with three guests who seek to expand the footprint of our local, sustainable, and diverse supply chain every day.

Mark This! explores Aramark’s Employee Resource Groups, more commonly referred to as ERGs. Our 11 ERGs are voluntary, employee-led groups made up of individuals who come together based on common interests, backgrounds, or demographic factors. Each ERG is open to all Aramark employees regardless of their background, and provides opportunities for networking, outreach, professional development, and more. In this episode, we speak with three guests who represent Amplify and Rising Sun, ERGs that embrace Pan-Asian culture and communities and are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace for indigenous peoples, respectively.

This episode of Mark This! explores Aramark’s Correctional Services business, specifically its In2Work program, which has provided a path for incarcerated individuals to gain nationally recognized educational certificates to help them reclaim their lives post-release. Tim Barttrum, President and CEO of Aramark Correctional Services, and Nicole McVaugh, Director of In2Work, joined us to give insight into this innovative, difference-making, and life-changing program.

Join members of the enterprise safety team while we explore why Safety Matters to the Aramark community. On this episode of Mark This, we explore Aramark's safety culture, the backbone of a company that delivers ultimate hospitality to millions of people every day. Safety is not a reactionary process consisting only of a team or procedures to be deployed when things go wrong; it is truly a constant heartbeat and a mindset within the company culture with which to conduct business, anticipate and prevent issues before they occur, and to improve functions in ever-evolving partnerships.