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Benita is a senior editor for FoodService Director and covers K-12 foodservice. She has been with the publication since 2016. In her spare time, Benita is an avid restaurant-goer and loves to travel extensively.

Reyna Estrada is an editor at FoodService Director. Previously, she served as an associate editor. Reyna's coverage is wide-ranging but with a focus on college and university foodservice and sustainability throughout all segments.

Reyna has been with FoodService Director for about three years. She holds a Journalism and Media Studies degree from Roosevelt University. She also has a degree in Political Science. Reyna is based in Michigan, where she lives with her two cats. Reyna enjoys everything related to reading, writing, art and true crime.

Tara Fitzpatrick is editor-in-chief of FoodService Director. She previously served as senior editor for Food Management magazine.

At the start of her career, Tara was a reporter for the daily newspaper in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she still resides. She holds a journalism degree from Kent State University. She's also a mom, a pretty good home cook and a fan of ghost stories, folklore, architecture, retro recipes, cheese of all kinds and cats of all kinds.