Conversation with Restaurateur Danny Meyer ’80, H’24, P’20 Launches ‘TrinTalks’ Alumni Speaker Series
Restaurateur Danny Meyer ’80, H’24, P’20 returned to Trinity College to help launch TrinTalks, a new series of campus conversations in which alumni share stories about how Trinity shaped their career trajectories. Meyer—a former Trinity trustee, the Commencement speaker and an honorary degree recipient in 2024, the founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Setting the Table—spoke with Trinity President Dan Lugo on October 14. In his most recent book, What Could Possibly Go Right? The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture, Meyer shares his leadership philosophy and the tools he uses to build an energized, cohesive, and motivated culture. “Even when we’re solving problems, it does not help to begin with pessimism and cynicism and negativity,” he said. “I wanted to show that it doesn’t always go right, but that bringing that sense of hope is the best way forward—always.”
