Som Ngamsanith joined Roof Terrace Restaurant at The Kennedy Center in 2017 after more than two decades working with Compass Group USA, the nation’s largest family of foodservice and facilities services companies. From catering manager at Freddie Mac to general manager at Northrop Grumman, Ngamsanith has worked behind the scenes in dining rooms and cafeterias in the DC region for some of the most influential Fortune 500 companies around the globe. Prior to his time at Compass, he started his career at Marriott Corporate Food Service, where he worked his way up from line cook to first cook to banquet chef. 

During a stint at Sodexo, Ngamsanith was the lead catering manager for a movie premiere (“In the Company of Spies”) at the Central Intelligence Agency, the first time in the agency’s history it hosted such an event. 

Ngamsanith joined Restaurant Associates at Roof Terrace Restaurant at The Kennedy Center as a restaurant manager, bringing his culinary expertise and strong management skills to the iconic venue, and was recently promoted to restaurant director. 

Ngamsanith immigrated to Northern Virginia as a young boy from Laos in 1980 and has spent his entire career in the region. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and dog.