Speaker’s Profile

Summer Baruth
Director, Digital Insights & Communications
Compass Group
Summer is a forward-thinking marketing communications strategist with 18 years of experience garnered from diverse communications roles in transportation, healthcare, and foodservice. She is known as an influential leader with a unique ability to galvanize teams across an organization through effective communication, innovative perspective, and the fostering of positive relationships. A strategic risk-taker who has pioneered and transformed the way the world’s largest contract food company utilizes social media, earning the trust of executive leaders throughout the company.
Summer supports veterans, first responders, and their families through her work with The Gary Sinise Foundation where she volunteers her time as the Foundation’s Chapter Marketing Lead.