SAGE Dining Services History

She attended and worked at the school when SAGE first started serving students in 1990.

Gary began his career in food service in 1992, working in roles that ranged from executive chef to the owner/general manager of a 250-seat restaurant.

Tom came to SAGE in 2005 as a Culinary Support Team Member and later became the Food Service Director at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Florida.

In 2006, Jim started his contract food service career as an operations manager for a large hospitality company and was eventually promoted to a district manager position.

Rutgers Prep is proud to announce that SAGE Dining Services will be regularly serving products from Happy Valley Meat Co., a farm-to-plate purveyor of locally and ethically sourced meat, co-founded by RPS alum Dan Honig, Class of 2007.

James Leachman joined SAGE in 2008 as the sales account executive for the Southeast.

Brandon joined SAGE in 2011 as Food Service Director at Fort Worth Country Day in Texas.

Before joining SAGE in 2014, Lesley spent 20 years in clinical practice, first providing care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and later educating corporate clients, families, and students through a community-based practice.

In 2015 he was part of the Culinary Support Team and later became District Manager in Texas.

In 2020, Tina was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by The Daily Record, as well as one of The Daily Record’s Influential Marylanders.

She and her husband Paco were awarded the 2021 Sarah Daignault Outstanding Support of Independent Schools Award by the National Business Officers Association.