Kristen Bailey Email & Phone Number

Kristen Bailey is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sweets & Meats BBQ, which launched as a roadside BBQ pit stop in 2014 and has grown to operating a brick & mortar restaurant, 3 award winning food trucks, and full service catering business. Prior to launching her business, Kristen spent 15 years working in the financial services industry and has worked for a diverse range of organizations, including US Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Vantiv, Key Bank and BB&T. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Wittenberg University, where she graduated in 2003. She and her partner Anton Gaffney were featured on the 11th season of the Emmy nominated show STARTUP (season 11, episode 5) in 2023 and Cincinnati Icons Project with Go Daddy in 2022.Kristen was selected to be a Champion for the second class of Queen City Game Changers, a leadership program for women entrepreneurs and leaders in the corporate sector in Cincinnati. Kristen graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program at Cincinnati State in 2023 and serves as an Alumni Ambassador. Kristen graduated from WE Lead, a 10-month women's leadership program with the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce. Kristen participated in the SBA Emerging Leaders Program in Cincinnati in 2018. Kristen graduated from MORTAR, a business accelerator in Cincinnati, in 2015 and serves as a mentor to several of her peers, having served as the Food Liaison for MORTAR foodpreneurs in 2023 and winning the Equity Award in 2018. From 2021 - 2023, Kristen has been voted Best Female Entrepreneur by Cincy Chic Magazine readers. In 2019, Kristen was recognized as the Ohio Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. during National Small Business Week. In 2018 she was awarded the SCORE Cincinnati Client of the Year & Ohio SBDC Client with Most Growth awards. She was also inducted into the 2018 Cincinnati Business Courier Forty Under 40 class.Kristen began serving on the Cincinnati Animal CARE Board in 2023 where she leads the marketing committee. Kristen serves as the Vice-President of the Purcell Marian High School Alumni Association, where she graduated in 1999. She has served on the National SBDC Advisory Board since 2020 and has been the Vice-Chair of the board since 2022. She is passionate about entrepreneurship, education, animals and loves to travel when she is not building her business, mentoring other entrepreneurs or volunteering in her community.

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