Cazenovia College has announced that Steven Wells — Cazenovia College trustee and a founding partner of American Food and Vending Corporation — will serve as the speaker for the College’s 192nd Commencement

Under Wells’ leadership along with his brother, Marty and cousin, Josh, American Food and Vending has grown to be one of the largest privately held on-site culinary and refreshment service providers in the U.S. With headquarters in Syracuse, the company operates in 35 cities across 15 states with over 1,500 employees serving tens of thousands of guests every day.

Prior to founding American Food and Vending, Wells worked at Fulbright & Jaworski, the largest law firm in Texas, and then served as an assistant criminal district attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. As lead prosecutor in over 50 cases, including capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, rape and robbery charges, he never received a “not guilty” verdict from a jury.

Wells earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt Law School.

Wells’ current civic activities include Cazenovia College, board member; The Century Club of Syracuse, board president; New York Republican State Committee, Upstate regional finance chair; American Israel Public Affairs Committee, National Council; Young Presidents’ Organization, forum moderator; Katko for Congress Committee, finance co-chair; Elise for Congress Committee, Finance Committee; Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum, board member; Cazenovia Lake Association, board member.

Wells resides in Cazenovia with his wife Pamela and their two children.