Wendy Bower is the Food Service Director at Rochester Community School Corporation. She has been there for 14 years.
Starting her 1st year as Director, Wendy spent a lot of time working through audits and reviews. She has also been reviewing and reorganizing costs that would benefit the department and the staff within the department. Another area that Wendy has focused in is fully staffing the department, which they have struggled with for a few years. Lastly, she has been reevaluating menus, trying new items and new recipes.
We asked Wendy to share some future goals for Rochester. She said, “To continue to reach more and more students each break we have to ensure if they need the added support we can do that. Would love to work towards acquiring a food vehicle specifically for stops around our county so we can come to the students that cannot make it to our locations during breaks. “
Wendy really enjoys interacting with students, parents, faculty, and the staff in her department. She also enjoys finding ways to be as cost efficient as possible to benefit the students at Rochester.
In her spare time, Wendy likes to spend time with her husband, children, and granddaughter. She likes to work on puzzles and she has been a genealogist since her early 20’s. She is finally realizing sometimes just taking things slow so you don’t miss out on anything is a hobby.
