Leading with Resilience in Ever-Changing Collegiate Dining Operations

Includes a Live Web Event on 04/21/2026 at 11:00 AM (EDT)

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Leading with resilience amid constant dining changes -- including challenges related to recruitment, retention, and decline -- requires adopting a "quick pause" moment, where managers take a step back to make proactive decisions rather than reacting in a knee-jerk manner. Key strategies include prioritizing well-being, embracing emotional intelligence, being transparent, and identifying a mental safe space

Learning Session + Live Q & A

Undrey Bostic

Director, Residential Dining

Georgia Tech

Undrey Bostic is a collegiate dining director, innovator, leadership strategist, mentor, and 21-year military veteran with an extensive background in leadership, policy, and community engagement. He has served since 2013 in collegiate dining leadership across various universities including Georgia State University, Emory University, University of Georgia/4-H, and currently Georgia Institute of Technology where he oversees Residential Dining.

A native of Georgia, Undrey previously served almost 22 years in the Army and Army National Guard having deployed twice to the middle east (Iraq and Kuwait), served in Europe and the Caribbean, and served on stateside assignments in multiple states.

Undrey is active in both the professional and larger community. He has mentored with Newton Mentoring Inc with Newton County Schools since 2021. He serves as an elected member of the Staff Council at Georgia Tech, volunteering on the Employee Health & Wellness and the Compensation & Benefits committees. Since 2018, he has also been a Master Resilience and professional development trainer.

Undrey holds an Educational Specialist (Ed.S) in Adult Education & Leadership from Regent University, a Master of Arts in Leadership from Luther Rice College & Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Safety from Mercer University. He is currently a Doctoral student in Adult Education and holds multiple certifications in leadership, human resources, logistics, and food service management.