Todd is a 31-year-old Master of Public Administration with experience as a strategy and organizational development consultant for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organizations, and local governments. He also has experience as a restaurant host, server, cashier, line cook, prep cook, dishwasher, and busboy.

Todd first had a vision of this venture in 2000; he has been iterating the concept and developing the skills, experience and relationship

Jing started her career in investment banking with Bear Stearns, then joined the Corporate Strategy team at the firm prior to its acquisition by JPMorgan. In addition to working on The New American Tavern, Jing is currently a VP in the Strategic Investments group, focusing on early stage investing in financial technology companies, industry consortium transactions, internal strategy and business development.

Designing his first service training program for Dennis Max's Unique Restaurant Concepts in 1998, Damon went on to work with Danny Meyer's Union Square Café and Mario Batali's Babbo. He has managed for Batali in Las Vegas and Los Angeles and for Michael White's AltaMarea Group in NY. He subsequently managed service training and organizational development for Soho House in London, Berlin, and Los Angeles and is currently managing the same in NY.