Jim Lopolito is a long-term professional in the hospitality industry. Jim's experience includes: General Operations Management, Executive Chef credentials, and he is a professional industry trainer. Jim's experience additionally includes 10 years Stage and Theater Production Management.

Considerations in consulting include but are not limited to restaurants, caterers, hotels, cafés, nightclubs, theaters, and the private club industry.

Jim has 45 years hospitality experience and has been an owner operator of his consulting company in New York since 2014 developing businesses and providing support to organizations.  During this time Lopolito has formulated and administered multi-million dollar budgets for many businesses, hired, trained and lead teams between 10 and 150 staff, overseen renovation and construction, further enhanced food and beverage services, coordinated and advised on golf and pool programs, created and managed dynamic multi-faceted events requiring controlled and demanding logistics, managed stage and concert productions, film & TV shoots, maintained buildings and facility upkeep, and protected people and property.
 
Lopolito has budget administration & financial acumen abilities, provides expense loss assessment, has Health-Building & Fire Department Code compliance knowledge, offers Request for Proposal and contract writing development, provides extensive directional expertise, and is computer technology capable.

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Jim is a Board of Director with Dining Safety Alliance www.diningsafetyalliance.com
​DSA is a 501 (c) (3) Not-for-Profit, working to standardize Health Department inspections and offer sanitation and pathogen training programs throughout the United States.

EXPERIENCE PROFILE
 
Private Clubs – 19 years: General Manager-Executive Chef-Interim Consulting Manager
The Country Club at Otterkill, Campbell Hall, NY       
Rye Golf Club, Rye, NY 
Tamarac Country Club, Greenwich, NY                                              
Larchmont Shore Club, Larchmont, NY                       
Rolling Hills Country Club, Wilton, CT                         
Griffis CUMC-NYPH, NYC, NY                                   

Restaurants – 14 years: General Manager-Executive Chef-Interim Manager-Sous Chef-Butcher-Interim Consulting Manager
Whiskey River, NY                                                        
Delanceys, Goshen, NY                                               
Tavern on the Green, NYC, NY                                   
Victoria Station Restaurant, Yonkers, NY                     
Joanne Restaurant, NYC, NY                                     
Brussels Restaurant, NYC, NY                                   
The River Café, Brooklyn, NY                                     
The Eastchester Inn, Bronx, NY                                 

Catering and Concert Production  – 15 years: General Manager/Facility Manager- Director of Corporate Sales
The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY                       
LIFE..the place to be                                                   

Management Skills
Operations Manager--Startup and Turnaround Experience--Golf Course and Pool Operations--Golf Tournament Management--Concert Production and Stage Management--Accounting & Budget Administration--Menu Building and Costing--Facility Management & Repair and Maintenance

Board Experience – 11 Years City of New York Club Managers Association, Board of Directors
Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, Membership Chair, Public Affairs Chair, 8 years Golf Tournament Chair
 
Current Board of Director with Dining Safety: Alliance https://diningsafetyalliance.org/
 
Public Relations
Speaker, Press Conferences, TV Shoots, Movie Shoots, Commercial Shoots
 
Stage Production & Management
10 Years Stage and Concert Production Management, Talent Procurement, Audio/Visual, Lighting, Sound & P/A, Draping/Masking, Rigging & Electrical Supervision.
 
Political Experience
Worked with Vice President of the United States Al Gore, First Lady Nancy Regan, Senators, Governors, Mayors, and other notable officials.