Andrew C. Kerin
Executive Vice President, ARAMARK Corporation
Group President, Global Food, Hospitality and Facility Services, ARAMARK Corporation
Andrew Kerin is Executive Vice President, ARAMARK Corporation and Group President, Global Food, Hospitality and Facility Services. He was named to his current position in 2009.
Under his leadership are all of the company’s U.S. and the company’s International-based food, hospitality, and facilities businesses, which include the management of professional services in healthcare institutions, universities, schools, business locations, entertainment and sports venues, correctional facilities, and hospitality venues.
Kerin was elected as an executive officer of ARAMARK Corporation in November 2004. Prior to his appointment to his current role in 2009 as President, Global Food, Hospitality and Facility Services, from April 2006 to June 2009, he served as President, North America Food, Hospitality and Facility Services where he managed the company’s U.S. and Canadian-based operations.
From January, 2004 through April, 2006, Kerin served as President, ARAMARK Healthcare and Education where he led a team that managed ARAMARK Healthcare Management Services and ARAMARK’s Education group serving the higher education market and the K-12 segment with both food and facility services.
Prior to this, Kerin was President, ARAMARK Facilities and Healthcare Group. In that capacity, he led the company’s healthcare support services and facility services businesses, including ARAMARK ServiceMaster Facility Services, which provided food and nutrition, laundry and linen, plant operations and maintenance, clinical equipment maintenance, energy and technical services, housekeeping, grounds keeping and other services for clients in the business, sports and entertainment, education and healthcare sectors.
Kerin is a former president of ARAMARK’s Correctional Services business and Facility Services group. He joined ARAMARK in 1995 as vice president of facility support services.
Prior to joining ARAMARK, Kerin was vice president with the Ogden Corporation, where his responsibilities included the leadership of Ogden’s education business and strategic planning for the facility services division throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Kerin is also a member of the President’s Council at Fordham University and a member of the University of Delaware’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management Advisory Board. He is on the Board of Trustees for City Year, Inc. and was named the 2008 Hospitality Executive of the Year by the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society.
Kerin completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 2010, and received his Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in 1985.