Distinguished Restaurants of North America
2011-12 Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Chair
Karen Olson
Metropolitan
Salt Lake City, UT
Vice Chair
Joseph DiSalvo
DiSalvo’s Station Restaurant
Latrobe, PA
Immediate Past Chair
William L. Hyde, Jr.
Kent Rathbun Concepts
Dallas, TX
DIRECTORS
Jim Chamberlain
Ecolab Inc.
Priscilla Cretier
Le Vichyssois
Jordi Escofet
LaCava
Vincenzo Gabriele
Vincenzo’s Inc
Regina Keever
Bayona Restaurant
Panchito Morales
Pancho’s Backyard
Neil Jones
360, The Restaurant at the CN Tower
Hermann Schaefer
Acqua
Hans Schuler
Schuler's Restaurant & Pub
Dawn Ouanesavanh
August E's
John Castro
Winston's
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Paul Athanas*
Anthony’s Pier 4
John J. Arena*
Ted J. Balestreri*
The Sardine Factory
Reinhard Barthel, Sr.
Café 36 – Restaurant Consultant
Vincent Bommarito
Tony’s
Ella Brennan
Commander’s Palace
Vincent J. Catania
Dan’l Webster Inn
Gerard Centioli
ICON, LLC
Bert Cutino*
The Sardine Factory
Ralph Evans
John Folse*
Chef John Folse & Co. / Lafitte’s Landing
Giovanni Dominic Galati
Dominic’s Restaurant
Victor Gotti
Kurt Knowles, Sr.*
Knowles Family Restaurants
Tom Margittai*
The Four Seasons
Richard Marriott
Host Marriott Corp.
Charles B. “Chick” Marshall*
Mr. Stox Restaurant
John Metz*
Aqua Blue
Leonard Mirabile
Jasper's
Craig Peterson
Ringside Steakhouse / Ringside Downtown
Rick Powers*
Beverly’s
Margo Provost
Log Haven Restaurant
Gunter Preuss
Broussard's
Christianne Ricchi*
i Ricchi
Bob Spivak
The Grill
David Stockman*
Lawry's Restaurant, Inc.
Larry Work*
Sam & Harry’s & The Caucus Room
Alon Yu
Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise
Ernest Zingg
* Indicates Emeritus members with voting privileges.
