Career
Ryan also traveled to France to gain experience in several French restaurants. While in France, he was approached by the CIA to join the faculty, and returned to the school as a chef-instructor in 1982. [3] Later that year, he became part of the team that developed the school's American Bounty Restaurant. He worked his way up through the ranks at the college serving a number of roles, including department head for culinary education, director of culinary education, vice president of education, and executive vice president.
President of CIA
In 2001, the school's president Ferdinand Metz stepped down to become president emeritus. [4] After searching to fill the vacancy, the college's board of trustees elected Tim Ryan from a group of finalists at its meeting in New York City on October 11, 2001. On November 1, 2001, Ryan began his tenure as the fifth president of the college. [5]
Highlights of Ryan's presidency include expansion of student housing facilities and a new admissions center on the Hyde Park campus, the launch of associate degree programs at the school's California campus, and the 2008 opening of the college's second branch campus, the Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio. [6]
On April 23, 2008, the school faculty voted no confidence in his presidency, by a vote of 85 to 9. [7] The board subsequently unanimously confirmed their confidence in him and extended his contract. [7]
Honors, awards, and affiliations
In 2010, Ryan was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America, a group that the foundation lists as the most accomplished food and beverage workers in the United States. [8] He was also presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Foodservice Educators Network International in 2012, and the UCLA Extension presented him with its 2013 Innovation Award. [9] In 2014, Ryan was named one of the 50 most powerful people in the restaurant industry on the Nation's Restaurant News Power List.
He is a member of the American Culinary Federation, a past member and chairman of the National Culinary Review, and an editorial advisory committee member for Cheers, Seafood Business, and Take Out Business magazines. He also has served as keynote speaker at a number of industry events, including the 2009 International Foodservice Congress in Madrid, Spain and the 2010 Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education Leadership Conference. [10]
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