NRAEF Leadership

NRAEF Board Officers and Senior Leadership

Xavier Teixido
Chair

Harry's Savoy Grill
Wilmington, De.

Denise Fugo
Vice Chair

Sammy's,
Cleveland, Ohio

Mike Gibbons
Treasurer

President, Mainstreet Ventures, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI

Dawn Sweeney
President and Chief Executive Officer

National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Washington, DC

Lynette McKee
Executive Director

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Chicago, Ill.

NRAEF Board of Trustees

William C. Anton, FMP
Anton Airfood, Inc.

William Barry
Trinchero Family Estates

Marilyn Benson
Mocapay

Mary Ann Cricchio, FMP
Da Mimmo Finest Italian Cuisine

Jeffery W. Davis
United States Beef Corp

Sam J. Facchini, FMP
Arena Corporation

Julie A. Flik, FMP
Consultant, Compass Group, North America

Ted M. Fowler, Jr., FMP
Golden Corral Corporation

Philip Friedman
Mississippi Restaurant Group

Michael Gibbons
Mainstreet Ventures, Inc.

David Goronkin, FMP
Bennigan's Franchise Company

Gregory Hamer, Sr., FMP
B&G Food Ent., Inc.

Franco Harris
Super Bakery, Inc.

Paul Hartgen

Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
O'Charley's, Inc.

James Hope
SYSCO Corporation

Kevan Johnston
Beyond the Bean, North America

Karen King
McDonald's Corporation

Rosalyn Mallet
PhaseNext Hospitality

Bob McAdam
Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Lynette McKee, CFE
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

Dr. Tim Ryan
The Culinary Institute of America

Louis William Sewell, III
Platinum Corral, Franchisee of Golden
Corral

Sally Smith
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.

Sandy Solmon
Sweet Street Desserts

Carmen Vacalebre, FMP
Carmen Anthony Restaurant Group

Curtis W. Wilson
American Express

James M. Wordsworth, FMP
J.R. Goodtimes, Inc.

Kevin C. Yost
Dean Foods Company