Smitha Haneef
Harvard University Dining Services, Managing Director
Smitha Haneef, Managing Director for Harvard University Dining Services, a division of Campus Services, joined Harvard in April 2021. At Harvard, Haneef oversees hospitality and dining for Harvard College’s residential living and learning experience, as well as University professional schools and campus catering. Harvard University Dining Services serves almost 5 million meals annually through more than 30 different campus operations.
Smitha Haneef
Harvard University Dining Services, Managing Director
Smitha Haneef, Managing Director for Harvard University Dining Services, a division of Campus Services, joined Harvard in April 2021. At Harvard, Haneef oversees hospitality and dining for Harvard College’s residential living and learning experience, as well as University professional schools and campus catering. Harvard University Dining Services serves almost 5 million meals annually through more than 30 different campus operations.
For Harvard University Dining Services, Haneef has shared a strategic framework with seven intersecting areas of work: student and community engagement; food and agriculture; student advocacy; diversity and inclusion; food systems, climate change, health and environmental impact; operations strategy and innovation; and quality assurance, safety, risk assessment
and mitigation. With continued inputs from every facet of the community, Haneef is shaping a food program that prioritizes health and wellness, cultural sensitivity, religious sensitivity, and community life. The goal is to build a shared vision for the future of hospitality and dining in service of Harvard community.
She finds Chef Ann Foundation’s work compelling and connected to the global food systems efforts and believes that connecting, experimenting new programs, and scaling with in the USA for the health and well-being of our next generation is an imperative that everyone in the food service segment could be engaged in, to serve at scale for impact.
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