Tarah brings over twenty years of experience in foodservice, design, visioning, and project oversight to Ricca Design Studios.  Tarah promotes the client’s vision, proactively engaging all team members, building trust and consistency, to develop collaboration solutions and innovative designs.  She is a good listener, able to elicit key information from the project and client team.  Tarah started her career at Whole Foods Market developing their Rocky Mountain presence and Green Mission program.  Now at Ricca Design Studios for over 15 years, she has deep experience leading projects with colleges, universities, schools, hotels, resorts, healthcare, senior dining, and chef-inspired restaurants.  
 

Sustainability Focus 
Tarah is a sought after expert of sustainability in the foodservice industry. She is one of the main authors of the National Association of College and Universities Food Services (NACUFS) Sustainability Guide and has presented numerous speeches on sustainable foodservice design to engineers, architects, and others within the foodservice industry.