Senior Marketing Specialist, OpenTable; San Francisco, CA

Jacquelyn Chi, MA is a senior marketing specialist at OpenTable, where she focuses on B2B events and advocacy initiatives for the U.S. and Canada. Previously, she served as director of programs and special projects for the Strategic Initiatives Group, the thought leadership arm of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). In 2013, Jacquelyn project-managed the CIA’s first mobile app for its flagship Worlds of Flavor® International Conference & Festival, which won the 2013 Cvent Plannie Award for Best Use of a Mobile App. Jacquelyn earned her bachelor’s degree in radio-television-film from Northwestern University, and her master’s degree in international communication from American University, where she researched food as a tool of public diplomacy, and the social construction of authenticity in foreign eating experiences. She has also served as photographer and videographer for a Turkish coffee truck diplomacy project; managed social media for a CPG start-up, and worked in a chocolate factory. (San Francisco, CA) @jaxiecracks; @opentable