Kildow is a driven manager with a real passion for delivering first-rate service to guests and maintaining excellent relation­ships with them to encourage repeat business. With 11 years of higher education hospitality management experience and working for three different universities, she possesses the experience and initiative to further bolster a university’s reputation.

Kildow started her management career with Ar­amark at Florida State University as a student manager. After five years and many roles at FSU, she accepted a position at the University of Tennessee. There, she held positions in both retail and residential, ending her career there as the Retail Food Service Director and Campus Labor Cham­pion. After four years at UT, Kildow was asked to transfer to the University of Florida as the Senior Residential Food Service Director. 

Kildow had the privilege to join the team at the University of South Carolina as the Director of Operations most recently. In the role, she hopes to showcase her unrivaled ability to drive performance and growth through strategic planning and tactical implementation, advancing the University’s goals and inspiring everyone around her to bring their best every day.