Ann Kim
Chief Executive Officer/Chef/Owner

A Korean immigrant, Ann credits her culinary palate to helping her mother and grandmother at an early age make traditional staples such as fermented bean paste and kimchi. Her college years at New York’s Columbia University laid the foundation for her dream of bringing great pizza to Minnesota, and her years as a freelance actor fostered her value of creativity. Ann is the culinary mind behind Pizzeria Lola, Hello Pizza, Young Joni and Kyndred Hearth located at the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel.

​In 2019 Ann received the James Beard Award for “Best Chef Midwest.”​ In 2022, Chef Ann was featured as one of six chefs profiled on Netflix's Chef's Table: Pizza (season 7, episode 3).

I love having a job that challenges me to be creative not only in the execution of a great dish, but in every aspect of what I do. Creativity is freedom from the mundane and allows me to do my best work while inspiring others in our organization to do the same.​​

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Conrad LeifuR
CHIEF Financial OFFICER/Owner

Raised in North Dakota, Conrad graduated from Yale University and earned an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. He worked as an analyst and in leadership positions for financial companies including Aetna, IDS, American Express, Piper Jaffray, and Black River Asset Management before devoting himself full time to restaurant ownership in 2010. He has run distance since high school and continues to compete in marathons and half marathons.

As CFO, I'm always looking for opportunities to make investments in our restaurants, our people, our organization, and new concepts.

Becky Lemon
Chief Operating Officer

Becky has over two decades of restaurant service and management experience in cities including San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis. She joined Pizzeria Lola in 2012 as a server, and has been on the Vestalia executive team since 2015. Becky has a B.A. in Art History and Classics from UW-Madison, and has entry-level sommelier certification; she will talk about Clash of the Titans (1981), David Lynch, and Italian wine with just about anyone.  

We’ve built a lot of strength at Vestalia through developing and empowering our teams; I’m excited to help keep our shared vision of crafting craveable experiences alive while pushing the boundaries of what we can do as individuals and as an organization.

Rachael Crew
​marketing Director

Rachael is a lifelong Minneapolitian with more than 20 years of marketing experience; she's worked at the Guthrie Theater, City Pages, and Sesame Street Live. Her degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Minnesota lends itself well to the art of storytelling and connecting people to the things they love.

Rachael is a yoga teacher and student, photographer, pizza lover and cheese superfan.

I love connecting people to content through creative, and tailored marketing efforts. It's a privilege to be able to share the story of our restaurants, dishes and team.