Antoinette Bruno Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Bronxville, New York, Us

As a board advisor for the Ceres Food Film Festival, I leverage my expertise in sponsorship and marketing to drive impactful partnerships and elevate the festival's mission.

New York, Ny, Us

The HBS Women's Association is a charitable organization founded by and for alumnae of Harvard Business School. Our mission is to empower women in leadership and support the education of future female leaders. Through our programs, we facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experiences, tools, guidance, and support to help HBS alumnae at all stages of their lives and careers achieve their personal and professional goals.

dba Regrained, a b2b start-up with a patented technology developing novel food ingredients from waste streams (upcycling) with the backing of Molson Coors, Griffith Foods and Barilla. Responsible for developing and executing the company's commercial strategy, building relationships with strategic partners, and driving growth. Currently fundraising for the latest round. Spearheading the culinary efforts including product ideation and development with chefs, food manufacturers and foodservice operators. Cultivating an “influencer chef” strategy focused on building relationships resulting in authentic ambassadorship and exposure for the Company’s upcycled products. Establish co-branding standards and generate co-marketing opportunities with other brands.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Business Strategy, Audit, Corporate Governance

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Led transformation of start-up and first-ever on-line magazine into a culinary industry media powerhouse through thoughtfully curated original culinary content. Industry change agent revolutionizing image of chefs from Back of House to Front of House rock stars.• Defined StarChefs vision and mission statement to catalyze food and beverage professionals' success by providing tools and resources to overcome challenges.• Transformed traditional publishing advertising model into long-term strategic partnerships. Conducted market research, sampling, product testing , focus groups, and social media campaigns to launch advertiser's new products and build brands including Jade Range, Steelite, Breville Polyscience, Vitamix, Rational, Wines from Spain and Mushroom Council.• Grew sponsorship base $2.5 million while maintaining editorial integrity and independence.• Established most sought after industry awards, Rising Stars, recognizing young culinary professionals representingvanguard of contemporary dining scene, became a major quarterly event series across USA.• Produced renowned International Chefs Congress annual industry trends symposium for 15 years, gathering thoughtleaders to present inspiring ideas to 2,000 peers.• Raised $4 million Series A Preferred Capital round of funding.• Published profitable highly acclaimed independent quarterly StarChefs Rising Stars print magazine.

New York, New York , Us

As a board advisor for Seeds in the Middle, I coach, mentor, and organize fundraising and sponsorship outreach, including planning and executing the first Tastes Bed Stuy and Tastes of Williamsburg food crawls, managing everything from restaurant sign-ups to social media outreach and volunteer coordination.

Strategy, Risk and Capital Allocation, Corporate Governance, Audit

Growing up at Trimper’s, Bruno's first job was running Pitch a Quarter on a Plate. Antoinette took charge as President of Maryland’s iconic Trimper’s Rides of Ocean City in 2020 to restore the legacy and profitability of her family’s 128-year-old business. As with many family businesses, she fought to eliminate personal gain, whereby all shareholders could profit from the company’s performance. Bruno took back revenue producing assets, cleaned up the park, removed cash, created systems for accountability, found staff in a challenging labor market and creatively marketed the iconic landmark her team returned to its former glory. She returned company to profitability and changed visitor's perceptions by guiding the digital transformation and customer experience solutions, creating end to end accountability, re-aligning the business model, re-envisioning the New American Amusement Park, focusing on families. Responsible for the modernization of the 130,000 sq ft Amusement Park, 2 Family Entertainment Centers, 12 Games, 4 F&B outlets, and Property Management of boardwalk shops, shopping center and 36 apartments. • Outperformed highest year in 128 year history increasing Net Income from 7% to 30%.• Modernized amusement park while keeping nostalgia, introduced technology, created transparency and accountability. Installed an innovative POS system to remove cash eliminating 90% of theft.• Launched e-commerce, bolstered social media, introduced pay-one -price, demand and flexible pricing boosting revenue 20%.• Slashed expenses by $1 million, $660k in payroll, insurance, utilities and workman's comp.• Restructured $4 million in corporate debt, reducing annual interest by 40% ($300k) annually.• Launched Trimper's F&B division: BBQ, Hot chicken, Water store, Artisan chocolate shop building new revenue stream.• Repurposed underperforming assets, redeveloping a shopping center.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Association promoting the education, advancement, and connection of women in the culinary industry. Part of the Board team transforming image and organization's culture. Instrumental in restoring financial stability.• Introduced strategic partnership alliances ushering in $1mm in new revenue to reduce association's cost structure.• Established policies and procedures for fundraising. Developed sponsorship brochure, curated list of 50 sponsorship targets, trained and coached 6 marketing staff for reach out. Led sponsorship integration at events.

Tokyo, Jp

Invited by former Salomon director to change image of stodgy foreign bank to sharp Institutional High Yield trading desk.• Hired sales staff, secured prestigious book of a dozen institutional clients including Fidelity and SunAmerica.• Sold $1 billion CMBS and CDO to High Yield fund managers as Ethan Pennar's Commercial Real Estate Liaison.

London, England, Gb

Billion dollar beauty retailer, pioneer in green entrepreneurship and social responsibility.Recommended by HBS Professor Len Schlesinger. Appointed by Anita Roddick to analyze disappointing US performance.• Diagnosed and constructed a plan to halt growing 18 million in excess inventory. Established first-ever Body Shop Outlet to dispose of aging inventory. Identified sites and roll-out of new outlet shops across the USA.• Developed billion dollar global retailer's first ever marketing strategy aligned with its mission of social responsibility to capitalize on its history of volunteerism.• Launched The Body Shop Hotel Amenities Program and Mama Toto creating new million dollar revenue streams.

Shanghai, Cn

Investment advisory and venture capital doing business in China5 month project 1991• Hired to assess VC's $3 million investment into Hong Kong based women's wear manufacturer. Took over as Interim GM. ◦ Reviewed on-site operations and marketing procedures on three continents to establish viability of maintaining presence in each market.◦ Formulated action plan, implemented store closures, personnel cuts and re-organized production with goal of returning business to profitability within 12 months.

Chef apprentice for the premier caterer Jean Pierre Callaud on the French Riviera.Studied patisserie, charcuterie, and cuisine in order to attend the professional Chefs course at The Ritz Escoffier in Paris.

Wall Street investment bank with a reputation for high-risk, high-reward fixed income trading.Youngest ever recruit and one of 5 women hired in Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker training class.• Mortgage Specialist, Total Rate of Return Sales. Under Lewis Ranier, at birth of the CMBS market, conceptualizing new securities, customer appeal, and market impact. Increased client revenue by 35%.• Generalist, Insurance Group. Managed major insurance accounts including Aetna, Cigna, Hartford Life. Increased client business 65% within two and a half years. Regained a $90 billion client relationship. Trained junior sales staff.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Diploma

Culinary Arts Professional Chef Program

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba