February 4, 2021

Keith Bethel has been named a distinguished non-resident fellow of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation. Bethel’s appointment comes upon his retirement after 30-years of service at Aramark, the Philadelphia-based, global foodservice, facilities, and uniform services provider to education, healthcare, business, and other clients. Aramark is the 27^th largest employer on the Fortune 500 list.

Bethel served most recently as Aramark’s chief growth officer, responsible for leading overall growth strategies for the company’s food, facilities, and uniform services businesses in 19 countries – where he led the sales, marketing, account retention, pricing, and field activation functions of this $17 billion multinational support services provider. 

Prior to being appointed chief growth officer, Bethel served as executive vice president, Growth, for Aramark’s Higher Education, Healthcare, and Facilities sector. In this position, Bethel was responsible for continuing to develop and drive Aramark’s growth strategy and support client business objectives while leading the sales and retention, strategic development, channel, and marketing teams.

Bethel had previously held a variety of positions throughout the Education, Healthcare, Clinical Technology, and Facilities sectors including regional vice president, vice president of Operation, and vice president of Corporate Compliance where he was responsible for the oversight and advancement of compliance to all Federal and State regulatory standards for U.S. and Canadian operations.

A native of West Philadelphia, Bethel earned his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration degrees from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Bethel currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Philadelphia Urban League.  He and his wife Nichole have four adult children and reside in Havertown, PA.