Le’Genevieve Squires

Director of Workforce Development

Le’Genevieve “Vie” Squires is a bonafide foodie with business sense and a contagious smile. She’s a native Detroiter committed to spreading love through mouthwatering meals, intimate interactions and top notch customer service. Vie’s love of food expanded during her undergraduate studies in Food and CPG Marketing at Western Michigan University. From there, it accompanied her to Ohio and Illinois as she served in positions of food leadership at Heinen’s Grocery Stores before studying Culinary Arts at the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago. In culinary school Vie found comfort in learning the intricacies of food, & sustainable foodways. The joy she feels in the kitchen transcends in her dishes, and sharing that with others brings her great pride.

Le’Genevieve is also the co-owner of her own catering business, Experience Relish. She spends time volunteering with Detroit Phoenix Center & PeaceTree Parks. You can find her reading several books at once, planning a road trip somewhere, dancing to Beyonce, and making those around her laugh. Her teammates value her positive attitude, insistence on sharing her many snacks, and how effortlessly she creates community amongst her peers and the youth she serves.