Restaurant industry trade association for advocacy, training and events
The National Restaurant Association is a Washington, DC trade body whose current hiring tilts toward public affairs, with grassroots advocacy run through Quorum and CRM on Salesforce. A .NET/SQL Server stack paired with eLearning authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, Lectora, SCORM, xAPI) points to in-house development of training products like ServSafe. Hiring is accelerating, with a Partnerships Director role tied to national-state partnership work.
Notable leadership hires: Partnerships Director
The National Restaurant Association is a nonprofit business association representing the US restaurant and foodservice industry, founded in 1919 and headquartered in Washington, DC. It serves member restaurants and operators through government relations, marketing, industry education and large-scale trade events. The organization employs 201–500 people and hires in the United States. Its operations span policy advocacy at federal and state levels, partnerships with state associations, training and certification programs, and sales of products to franchise communities.
It uses Salesforce, NetSuite and Quorum, a .NET stack (C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, SQL Server) with Angular, React and Vue, plus eLearning tools like Articulate Storyline, Lectora, SCORM and xAPI.
Yes, hiring is accelerating in the United States, concentrated in public affairs, with marketing, operations and sales roles and a Partnerships Director leadership opening.
Current initiatives include a Hill runner program, a digital grassroots strategy via Quorum, a public affairs conference fly-in, a unified partnership agreement with state partners, and sales of risk mitigation products.
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