Real People

Real Solutions

Real People, Everyday

At Sodexo we believe in the difference a day makes. As such, we focus on people’s essential needs: we see them as key to improve the quality of life. That’s why our TX+CO family, powered by Sodexo, is proud to provide localized support where we can better focus on the tangible, the real, the concrete improvements, day after day, for thousands of people across our region. We use real people with real solutions, to have a big impact not only on individuals but also on society and the planet.

TX + CO Family

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Michael Langlais

TX + CO Director

Regional

Jerry Brownlee

Ambassador

Dallas Fort Worth

bill shier

Ambassador

Colorado

Michael Flores

Ambassador

San Antonio

Tia Johnson

Ambassador

Colorado

Lynda Gregory

Financial Advisor

Regional

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Robyn Freeburg

Financial Advisor

Regional

Nathalie Woods

Marketing Director

Regional

Michelle Edmond

Chief Engagement Officer

Regional

MICHAEL LANGLAIS

TX+CO Director - Regional

As an accomplished leader with more than 20 years of extensive food service management experience, Michael has been with Sodexo for the last 12 years. He joined the team as a Resident District Manager in USAA Headquarters, trailblazed as a 7-year District Manager overseeing an account portfolio throughout Texas, and most recently as VP of Operations for the Texas 5 Region; inclusive of Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso.

Michael totes an education background from the Northeast consisting of a master’s degree in Hotel and Food Management at New York University in NYC and a bachelor’s degree in Marketing at Assumption College in Worcester, MA  

Jerry Brownlee

Ambassador - Dallas Fort Worth

Jerry Brownlee attended Florida State University for business and Keiser University where he received his culinary degree. After an intensive internship in NYC, he moved to Texas where he started his career in contract food service with Eurest and later with Guckenheimer. He climbed the ranks from line cook, to executive chef, to catering director, and then to GM. As a GM he joined Sodexo in 2015 through the Right Start program, traveling the country opening new units. He settled at Alcon HQ in Fort Worth TX, where he was promoted to AGM. Overseeing more than $15M TMV, Jerry has enjoyed mentoring a leadership team that has helped shaped the success of the TX5 in DFW.

Bill Shier

Ambassador - Colorado

Bill Shier attended Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island and received a Bachelor of Science in business. From here he moved to California and started his career as the Food and Beverage Manager at the Hyatt Newporter in Newport Beach. Bill then joined UMASS Boston as the Catering Manager. With his success at UMASS he was then offered the position of the Catering Manager at UCI Irvine, CA. He transitioned into corporate services as an Operations Manager which quickly lead him to become the GM and then the AGM in the southern California market. In 2005 he relocated to Colorado as the Senior Area General Manager overseeing more than $8M TMV. With 26 years of service with Sodexo, Bill has enjoyed leading a diverse team, continually driving innovation, and focusing on delivering favorable financials which results in the success of the Colorado market.

Kayla Johnston

Social Media Specialist

Kayla is Fort Worth native with a background in fine arts. Currently working on a degree in visual arts and communications, she is the MIL’s Social Media specialist, working with various social media platforms for the TX5+CO3 region internally as well as with campus accounts, she integrates her creativity into connecting customers with Sodexo campaigns and unit-specific communications. In addition to building the MIL’s social media presence, she is also the ‘Boots on the Ground’ Retail & Merch specialist. Kayla has supported major unit openings using her digital marketing and merchandising skills to help train unit marketers to communicate best with their customers.

Michael Flores

Ambassador - San Antonio

Michael Flores began his corporate services career with Sodexo in 2010 at USAA. Prior to that, he was employed with Aramark for 5 years and Eurest for 5 years. In his time with Sodexo, he has had the opportunity to work in many rolls; Retail Manager, General Manager, and his most current role, AGM for the Texas 5 region. To better integrate himself into the culture of Sodexo, Michael has organized our STOP Hunger service campaign multiple years in a row, completed the manager mentor pilot and joined the Sol Diversity group.

Tia Johnson

Ambassador - Colorado

Tia Johnson attend Johnson & Wales University where she received a associates degrees in Baking & Pastry and Bachelors in Food Service Management. She moved to Colorado after graduating college and began working for ARAMARK in Sports & Entertainment as a Management Intern. She would eventually make the transition to Campus Services with Aramark as a Catering Manager. Tia spent 10 years with ARAMARK before being offered a position with Sodexo as the Catering Director a Georgia State University. In 2011, she transferred to Colorado School Mines in Golden as the Resident Dining Manager. Tia held multiple positions at Mines until she transferred to the Corporate Segment in 2017 as the General Manager at Woodward in Fort Collins, CO. She was recently appointed the  co-SME for Safety for the Colorado District.

Robyn Freeburg

Ambassador - Michigan

Robyn Freeburg joins us from the Sports & Leisure Division, Sodexo Live! unit at the University of Michigan.  She held that position as unit controller for 7 years. She was part of the transition team when Sodexo purchased Centerplate and S&L units were brought over to a new accounting system.  She assisted in capital asset transitions, staff retention and HR, plus monthly transfers between the two vastly different systems.  Prior to joining the Sports & Leisure division she held multi-unit controller positions with the Healthcare Division and School Services Division. Robyn started her career journey with Sodexo where it all started…with Marriott Mgmt Service. She became part of the transition to Sodexho Marriott, then Sodexho Services and now Sodexo Inc.  As she likes to say, her resume looks like War & Peace but never left the company! During her career she has held many positions starting with the bookkeeper position at Michigan Bell HQ with Marriott and moving to the Catering Director with Sodexho Marriott at Blue Cross Blue Shield HQ in Detroit.

When the position of Exec Admin became open in School Services, she jumped at the chance to learn about another division and business.  She spent 20 years in School Services and opened just about every new school district in Michigan for Sodexo during her tenure!

Currently, she has enjoyed many aspects of being in Sports & Leisure – starting at unit controller and moving into training others to all aspects of HR duties plus running a cash room during football season generating over $650,000.00 in cash deposits from each game.

She is looking forward and excited to be coming full circle in her career and joining the team at TXCO in Corporate Services. Having the opportunities that Sodexo gives her, enables her to grow and learn different types of businesses.

Carlton Brown

Web & Graphic Artist

Carlton Brown attended Florida A&M University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design. His design background includes corporate, agency and freelance graphic design with a history of leading print, interactive and digital design projects. With over 10 years of  design experience he has had the opportunity to work on nationwide and international campaigns; as well as a host of startup and mid-size businesses. As one of the newest members of the Sodexo family he is excited to collaborate with clients and creative teams across Sodexo to deliver design solutions that will help lead to more success. 

NATHALIE WOODS

Marketing Director - Regional

Born in Hollywood and raised in Southern Cal, most of Nathalie’s career was based in the Music and Television industries.  She honed her skills working for industry giants such as Virgin Records, Sony Pictures and Warner Brothers both in the states as well as Europe, South Africa and South America.  In search of a much-needed life change, Nathalie moved to Texas where she met her husband and settled down.  Starting completely fresh, she landed at Sodexo and literally worked through the ranks from the kitchen to retail and finally in marketing where she has been able to utilize all of her skills in project management, PR and communications.  As Marketing Specialist for TX5+CO3 and Lead of the MIL (Marketing Innovations Lab), Nathalie has had a major role in landing key accounts, concept creation, unit openings and spearheading marketing innovations throughout the TX5+CO3 region.

Michelle Edmond

Chief Engagement Officer - Regional

Michelle Edmond knows that food is such an important part of our existence because it brings people together and is important in relationships. This was enough for her to want to pursue some aspect of food on a professional level. She worked for the casual dining guru and co-founder of Chili’s, Larry Levine and served as General Manager for a concept based out of California, JoJo’s and Coco’s. Opening the School Nutrition Program for ARAMARK in Newark, New Jersey as a Director proved to be challenging, enlightening and the experience of a lifetime. She learned that a pie means pizza, in the East they use the words stuffing and dressing interchangeably, and no one knew what Frito Pie was. The operational experience prepared her for Human Resources because those transferable skills; problem solving, flexibility, diligence and the importance of being customer centric all are a part of People Operations.

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