Jon L. Luther is an American foodservice industry executive. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Dunkin' Brands. [1] [2] Luther is the chairman of the board of the Culinary Institute of America [3] and Arby's Restaurant Group, and a director at Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, Wingstop Restaurants, and Tempur Sealy International. [4]
From February 1997 until December 2002, Luther was president of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, a division of AFC Enterprises. [1] Prior to running Popeyes, Luther was president of CA One Services, a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, Inc. He has also held leadership positions in the contract food service division of the Marriott Corporation and at Aramark in Philadelphia, where he rose from vending sales director to become president of Davre's, Aramark's luxury restaurant subsidiary. [1] Luther also founded Benchmark Services, a foodservice management company specializing in business dining for corporations, growing the business into a strong regional competitor.
Luther holds a degree in hotel and restaurant management from Paul Smith's College, and honorary doctorate degrees from Bentley College, Canisius College, and Johnson & Wales University. [1]
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is a private culinary school with its main campus in Hyde Park, New York, and branch campuses in St. Helena and Napa, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Singapore. The college, which was the first to teach culinary arts in the United States, offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees, and has the largest staff of American Culinary Federation Certified Master Chefs. The CIA also offers continuing education for professionals in the hospitality industry as well as conferences and consulting services. The college additionally offers recreational classes for non-professionals. The college operates student-run restaurants on its four U.S. campuses.
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. was an American restaurant holding company that ran three chains of fast-food restaurants: Dunkin' Donuts, Mister Donut, and Baskin-Robbins. It was headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts. It was acquired by Inspire Brands in 2020.
Eugene (Gene) R. McGrath in Yonkers, New York is an American businessman with extensive experience in engineering, operations, and executive management in the utility industry. McGrath was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a regulated utility providing electric, gas, and steam service in New York City and Westchester County, New York. The company is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., the largest utility in one of the largest urban metropolitan areas in the world. A native New Yorker, McGrath spent his entire professional career with Con Edison. He has been listed as one of America's Most Powerful People in Forbes magazine.
Roger S. Berkowitz is the founder and Head Fishmonger/CEO of Roger’s Fish Co., an e-commerce company delivering premium quality seafood and prepared meals nationwide. He was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer for 30 years of Legal Sea Foods, a Boston-based restaurant group along the northeast of the United States, before selling the family-owned business in 2020. He started working in the Legal Sea Foods fish market in the Inman Square section of Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of ten and held a variety of roles before becoming President and CEO in 1992. He led the company's growth and diversification, overseeing 35 restaurants, retail and mail order divisions, and 4,000 employees.
James Joseph Greco is an American businessman and entrepreneur. Currently, he serves as the chief executive officer of Tijuana Flats. Throughout his career, he has held numerous executive positions in the foodservice industry, as well as various directorships.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer which produces cranes and previously produced commercial refrigeration and marine equipment. It was founded in 1902 and, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, and boom trucks under the Grove, Manitowoc, National Crane, Potain, Shuttlelift and Manitowoc Crane Care brand names.
Stephen Frasier Bollenbach was a financial manager and former CEO and CFO for many hotel-related organizations. After working with financier Daniel K. Ludwig from 1968 to 1980, he oversaw mergers and acquisitions for various corporations such as the Marriott Corporation, Holiday Corporation, Harrah's Entertainment, the Trump Organization, Disney, and Hilton Hotels. He was on numerous corporate boards, including the non-executive chairman of Los Angeles-based KB Home and a member of the board of directors of Time Warner. Additionally, Bollenbach was on the board of directors for American International Group, Inc. (AIG) during the 2007 financial crisis, and was also a director of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., Macy's, Inc., and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
J. Clifford Hudson is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Sonic Corp. He also served as a trustee of the Ford Foundation and is a past chairman of the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Lawrence Timothy Ryan is an American chef and the fifth and current president of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Ryan, a certified master chef, graduated from the CIA in 1977 and joined the school's faculty in 1982, and later moved to administration before heading the education division. In 2001, he became the first CIA alumnus and faculty member to become president of the college, in 2001. Prior to returning to the CIA as a faculty member, he spent five years as a chef in different aspects of the culinary industry.
The Boston Museum was a proposed history museum for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The museum had chosen a nickname, "BoMu", before it was terminated.
Richard J. Schnieders is an American businessman who is the former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Sysco.
US Foods Holding Corp. is an American food service distributor founded in 1989. With approximately $24 billion in annual revenue, US Foods was the 10th largest private company in the US up until its IPO. Many of the entities that make up US Foods were founded in the 19th century, including one that sold provisions to travelers heading west during the 1850s gold rush. US Foods offers more than 350,000 national brand products and its own "exclusive brand" items, ranging from fresh meats and produce to prepackaged and frozen foods. The company employs approximately 25,200 people in more than 60 locations nationwide and provides food and related products to more than 250,000 customers, including independent and multi-unit restaurants, healthcare and hospitality entities, government and educational institutions. The company is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, and is a publicly traded company trading under the ticker symbol USFD on the New York Stock Exchange.
Salli Setta is an American restaurateur and businesswoman. She is the former President of Red Lobster and Executive Vice President of Olive Garden American restaurant chains owned by parent company, Golden Gate Capital. Setta was named president in 2013, while Red Lobster was operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc. She served as the Executive Vice President of Marketing for Red Lobster from 2005 until July 2013, when she was named president.
The Pennsylvania State University School of Hospitality Management is located at the main campus of The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, and serves over 500 students. SHM is one of the three oldest continually-operating hospitality management programs in the United States and offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Hospitality Management. The B.S. Degree offers an optional minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Daniel Schwartz is an American businessman, executive, and investor. He is currently the Co-Managing Partner of 3G Capital, a global investment firm and private partnership known for its long-term investments in prominent companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev, Restaurant Brands International, Kraft Heinz, and Hunter Douglas. Schwartz played a pivotal role in 3G Capital's 2010 acquisition of Burger King, where he served as CFO, COO, CEO, and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2022 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors today. In 2017, Daniel was recognized by Forbes as Top 40 under 40 for his role in turning around Burger King.
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Robert M. Rosenberg is an American businessman, professor, and author. He was the chief executive officer of Dunkin' Donuts for thirty-five years from 1963 to 1998 and also served on the board of directors of Sonic Corp and Domino's Pizza. He was also an adjunct professor at Babson College's F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business.
Stan Frankenthaler is a food industry professional who has been a chef, vice-president of product development and corporate executive chef at Dunkin' Brands and, at CraftWorks Holdings, chief officer of food and beverage. In 2019, he joined Shari's Cafe & Pies as executive chef and SVP of supply chain.