CEO, PRESIDENT, DEL TACO RESTAURANTS
WHY: Former Del Taco brand chief leading one of Orange County’s largest restaurant operators, with about stores in 15 states.
RECENT: Crispy chicken, other new menu items helped draw people in, along with social/digital efforts that’s helped bring total registered app users to more than 1.1M.
QUOTABLE: In a message to analysts: “We are using the COVID-19 period to invest in our future and are not simply waiting for when the pandemic is behind us to consider next steps.”
