TEAM Board Member Profile - Kevin Tedesco, Training Committee Chair -

04/12/2021

“As a longtime member of TEAM Coalition, Aramark is committed to working together to support responsible fan behavior through trainings and fan programing. As fans return to stadiums and venues need to train their staff, it’s great to see TEAM recognized for being an industry leader in alcohol management training.”

— Kevin Tedesco

Resident District Manager/General Manager
Citizens Bank Park
Aramark

Kevin’s Mission Moment with TEAM

With over 20 years in the stadium & arena business, Kevin relates extremely well to the front line employee needs, training expectations and client perspectives, making him uniquely qualified to lead the training committee. With the new online training portal launching, Kevin’s ability to connect with managers, employees & clients across the country will allow for feedback to be registered, considered and implemented.

Kevin’s association with TEAM Coalition goes back over 20 years, when he participated in his first TEAM Training class. A recent mission moment for Kevin occurred in February 2021 when TEAM Coalition was brought up on an Aramark conference call. Another Aramark General Manager for a football stadium shared their success with TEAM’s online employee certification product. With fans returning to stadiums, venues need to train their staff. To date, ten Aramark components have successfully utilized TEAM’s online employee certification product.

Serving on TEAM Coalition’s Board of Directors

Kevin Tedesco chose to serve on TEAM Coalition’s Board of Directors in 2020 as the Training Committee Chair. Kevin chose to serve on the Board because he recognized the importance of TEAM Training. Using his experience and expertise, alongside board members and TEAM staff, the training program has experienced tremendous growth.

See the complete TEAM Coalition Board of Directors

TEAM Coalition

TEAM Coalition is an alliance of professional and collegiate sports, entertainment facilities, concessionaires, stadium service providers, the beer industry, distillers, broadcasters, traffic safety experts and others working together to promote responsible drinking and positive fan behavior at sports and entertainment facilities. TEAM Coalition members and supporters include Anheuser-Busch Companies, Live Nation, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Aramark, Delaware North Sportservice, Legends, Spectra, Beer Institute, National Beer Wholesalers Association, Constellation Brands, Molson Coors, Brown-Forman, Lyft, National Association of Broadcasters, International Association of Venue Managers, Stadium Managers Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For more information visit TEAMCoalition.org.

US DOT / NHTSA 2019 NATIONAL DATA:

In 2019, 10,142 people were killed as a result of alcohol-related (BAC > 0.08) car crashes, a decrease of 5.3% from the 10,710 fatalities in 2018.
Many, if not most of those lives would have been saved if people did not drive when they were impaired by alcohol or if they used sober, designated drivers or if they simply wore their seat belts.
Statistics and research clearly show that 21-34 year old males are the demographic most likely to be involved in an automobile crash, drive when impaired by alcohol and fail to buckle up.

Author: elizabethteamcoalition