Stephen Sutton
Vice President, Client Relations
Long Beach, California

As Vice President, Client Relations, Stephen helps Sodexo's local and regional teams to better understand customer and client expectations.

Like many of Sodexo's most talented leaders, Stephen began his career in catering and dining operations as a student manager and then continued for many years as an integral member of Sodexo's dynamic campus services marketing team. When combining his extensive marketing and operations experience with his education, Stephen's resulting superlative skills give him a deep understanding of how to ask the right questions to ensure that programs and services are creating relevant value for all our long-term business partnerships. Stephen's finger is always on the pulse of higher education trends of today and tomorrow. In fact, he is a two-time Sodexo innovation-award winner.

"Our goal is really quite simple: We strive to make our clients more competitive in the marketplace in which they compete. All of our actions at the local level must be focused on helping our higher-education partners achieve their institutional goals and objectives."

Residing in Long Beach, California, Stephen is an avid organic gardener and devoted world traveler, as well as a wine and food enthusiast. His current passion is domestic red varietals. However his broad knowledge extends to renowned wine-growing regions around the world.