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Erin Fairbanks
GROUT Consulting
Erin is a co-founder of Women in Hospitality United. Currently, she is the Chief Operator at GROUT Consulting, a social impact firm based in Brooklyn, NY. She cut her chops in hospitality serving as the Executive Director of Heritage Radio Network, working as a line cook at Gramercy Tavern, a manager at Zingerman’s Deli and a farmer for Flying Pigs Farm in Shushan, NY. She sits on the advisory council for the Julia Child Foundation and for Equity Advocates a nonprofit that prepares and trains food movement leaders to be powerful advocates. She is passionate about palliative care, female empowerment, and social justice.