Marcie L. Thrailkill

Marcie L. Thrailkill
President
Ms. Thrailkill is the President of M. Thrailkill & Associates, a management and executive search firm founded in January 1999. Specializing in the hospitality industry, M. Thrailkill & Associates provides service nationwide to both hospitality corporations and the hospitality workforce.

Ms. Thrailkill has twenty years experience in corporate executive and field management recruiting. She joined American Service Management Resources, Inc. in 1989 as a hospitality recruiter and was promoted to Manager of Recruiting in 1995. In that role Marcie developed and maintained client relations, providing the highest level of support for both companies and individuals in their respective growth and careers. Over the past seven years she has expanded the services offered by M. Thrailkill & Associates to include senior level and executive recruiting across all disciplines with in the hospitality industry.
 
Marcie began her career in 1980 with Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. By 1986 she was Training Manager for forty units in the Western Division of North Central Food Systems (NCFS), an eighty-unit franchisee of Hardee’s. As a member of NCFS “Presidents Council” Marcie contributed to the evaluation processes for marketing, concept development, menu promotions, employee relations and retention. Following NCFS, Marcie was Manager for the Lory Center Dining Services of Colorado State University. In this position Marcie managed the main student dining service facility.
 
Marcie is involved in church and community service activities revolving around her family, the Alzheimer’s Association, outreach organization HOPE, and a local Military support group. Marcie is a supporter of Pro Start, a school to career program developed by the Education Foundation of the NRA, and a member of the Women’s Foodservice Forum and the Multi Cultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance.