A leader in restaurant and hospitality design, construction, and development, Jill Schmidt Ventura serves as an expert resource to Core States Group’s growth team. Responsible for augmenting this market across Core States Group’s in-house services, she works with new and existing clients to provide turn-key solutions for their quick-serve, fast casual, casual, and fine dining rollout programs, and specialty projects.

Over her 30-year career, Jill maintains leading edge awareness of market trends and opportunities to expand accounts. She has cultivated project teams and carried responsibility of strategic growth in several leadership roles for firms including Corner Bakery Café, Le Duff America, and Wasserstrom.