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Kimberly Rosenbaum earned her B.A. in Food Service Management from �鶹���� and her M.H.A. from University of Nevada Las Vegas. She joined the �鶹���� faculty in 2003 at the Norfolk Campus. Her career highlights prior to �鶹���� include food and beverage manager of a private country club in Virginia and service director for a fine dining southern bistro in Georgia.

She also spent 10 years at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Rosenbaum started her career in the college internship program and worked her way up to restaurant guest services manager. She worked at various locations throughout her career at Disney — The Grand Floridian Resort, EPCOT’s Living Seas and The United Kingdom are some of the most memorable. Her focus was and still is on training and development, service excellence, and hospitality management. Her areas of expertise at �鶹���� include special event management, human resource management and food service management.

It is important to Rosenbaum to bring her experiences and those of industry leaders into the classroom. She encourages and assists students in seeking professional experiences that are relevant to their current career interests. Rosenbaum facilitates several on campus events that are student run, events that the Charlotte �鶹���� community are invited to be a part of. Two of the more popular student centric events are Project Gingerbread and �鶹���� & Wales and Tails.

Education

• M.H.A., Hospitality Administration, University of Las Vegas
• B.S., Food Service Management, �鶹���� & Wales University

Teaching Interests

Special Event Management
Event Planning
Wedding Production
Human Resource Management
Food Service Management
First Year Experience

Scholarly Interests

Event Management
Event Planning
Wedding Production
Human Resource Management
Food Service Management
First Year Seminar

Courses

• EVNT2020 The Business of Event Management
• HOSP1001 Orientation to Hospitality
• FYS1020 First Year Seminar
• HOSP2040 Human Resources Management in Service Organizations