Karen Goodlad

Karen Goodlad, CSW, is the chairperson of the Department of Hospitality Management at New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York where she also is an associate professor. Specializing in beverage management, she teaches an array of courses that prepare students to become leaders in the hospitality industry. As a proud and active member of Les Dames d’Escoffier New York, she moderated the inaugural wine trends conference, The Next Big Sip. She was named by Total Food Service as a Top Woman in Metro New York Foodservice & Hospitality in 2019 and 2020. She is a Certified Specialist of Wine with the Society of Wine Educators. Her academic publications highlight her work as an educator and cover topics such as place- based learning, the first-year transition to college and wine education.