Kat Cole 
VP of Training & Development 
Hooters of America

Phil Costner
COO
la Madeleine

Clay Dover 
President 
Renegade Restaurants   

Gerry Fernandez 
Founder/President 
Multi-Cultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance

Jane Gibson 
Director Foodservice Marketing 
The Beef Checkoff   

Jim Goggin 
Senior Vice President, Foodservice Groups 
Ventura Foods, LLC   

Todd Graves 
Founder and CEO 
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers   

Carl Howard 
President 
Fazoli's

Phil Keiser
President
Culver's Franchising

Rick Kirkpatrick 
VP Sales and Marketing 
Sweet Street Desserts   

John Metz 
Chairman and CEO 
Metz and Associates     

Ben Middleton 
Manager, Trade Communications 
The Coca-Cola Company   

Jack Quinn 
VP Global Business Development Industry Relations 
Ecolab   

Jeff Sinelli 
Founder and CEO 
Which Wich Superior Sandwiches & Burguesa Burgers  

Richard Snead 
Former CEO 
Carlson Restaurants Worldwide   

Antonio Swad 
Founder & CEO 
Pizza Patron 

Scott Taylor 
COO 
Beef 'O' Brady's

Fred Thimm
President
Al Copeland Enterprises

Lenny Valentino, Jr. 
Former President 
Rita’s Italian Ice