Item 3. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies , of the notes to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of our legal proceedings.
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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
Information about our Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the name, age, position and years with the Company of each person who is an executive officer of Jack in the Box Inc. as of September 27, 2020:
Name Age Positions Years with the
Company
Darin Harris 51 Chief Executive Officer —
Dawn Hooper 50 Vice President, Controller and Interim Principal Financial Officer 19
Melissa Corrigan, Ph.D. 50 Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer 23
Dean Gordon 58 Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer 11
Adrienne Ingoldt 38 Senior Vice President, Chief Brand and Experience Officer 5
Jennifer Kennedy 38 Senior Vice President, Chief Product and Innovation Officer 11
Drew Martin 56 Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer 4
Sarah Super 44 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Risk Officer 7
Marcus Tom 63 Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer 3
The following sets forth the business experience of each executive officer for at least the last five years:
Mr. Harris has been Chief Executive Officer since June 2020. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of North America for flexible working company, IWG PLC, Regus, North America, from April 2018 to May 2020. Prior to that, from August 2013 to January 2018, Mr. Harris served as Chief Executive Officer of CiCi’s Enterprises LP. For just under five years, Mr. Harris also served as Chief Operating Officer for Primrose Schools from November 2008 to July 2013. He previously held franchise leadership roles as Senior Vice President at Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc, from June 2005 to October 2008 and Vice President, Franchise and Corporate Development at Captain D’s Seafood, Inc., from May 2000 to January 2004. He was also a prior franchise operator of multiple Papa John’s Pizza and Qdoba Mexican Grill restaurants from November 2002 to June 2005. Mr. Harris has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the restaurant industry encompassing operations, franchising, brand strategy and restaurant development.
Ms. Hooper has been Vice President, Controller since May 2020 and has served as the Company’s interim principal financial officer upon the resignation of our former Chief Financial Officer in August 2020. She previously served as Assistant Controller from January 2013 to May 2020. She previously held positions of increasing responsibility in accounting since joining the Company in 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Hooper worked for KPMG LLP from September 1993 to September 2000. Ms. Hooper has more than 25 years in experience in accounting and finance.
Dr. Corrigan has been Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer since November 2019. She previously served as its Vice President and Human Resources Officer from November 2018 to November 2019 and Vice President of Human Resources and Total Rewards from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Corrigan was Vice President of Human Resources from 2013 to 2015, and she was Director of Human Resources from 2011 to 2013. She previously held several positions of increasing responsibility in Learning and Development since joining the Company in 1997 as a Training and Development Program Manager and has more than 20 years of experience with the Company in human resources related roles.
Mr. Gordon has been Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer since November 2019. He previously served as its Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer from July 2017 to November 2019. He was previously Vice President of Supply Chain Services since October 2012, and Division Vice President of Purchasing from February 2009 to October 2012. Prior to joining the Company in February 2009, Mr. Gordon was Vice President of Supply Chain Management for Potbelly Sandwich Works from December 2005 to February 2009, and he held various positions with Applebee’s International from August 2000 to December 2005, most recently as Executive Director of Procurement. Mr. Gordon also held a number of positions at Prandium, Inc., an operator of multiple restaurant concepts, from October 1994 to August 2000. Mr. Gordon has over 20 years of Supply Chain Management experience.
Ms. Ingoldt has been Senior Vice President, Chief Brand and Experience Officer since November 2019. She previously served as Vice President of Marketing Communications, and Director of Marketing Communications, from February 2018 to November 2019 and August 2015 to February 2018, respectively. Prior to joining the Company in August 2015, she worked for advertising agency Vitro LLC from April 2012 to August 2015, as their Group Account Director leading multiple consumer brands.
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Ms. Kennedy served as Senior Vice President, Chief Product and Innovation Officer since November 2019. Before that, she was Vice President, Culinary and Product Marketing from November 2017 to November 2019; Director, Product Marketing, from October 2016 to November 2017; Director, Integrated Marketing from March 2016 to October 2016; and Director, Innovation from September 2014 to March 2016. Ms. Kennedy left the Company on November 13, 2020.
Mr. Martin has been Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer since November 2019. He previously served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer from November 2016 to November 2019. He was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Lytx Inc. (formerly DriveCam) from October 2011 to December 2014. He previously held IT leadership positions with Sony Electronics and PepsiCo, and from January 2015 until November 2016, was owner and a principal in Silicon Beach Advisors, a technology strategy consulting firm. Mr. Martin has over 25 years of experience in corporate IT and innovation.
Ms. Super has been Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Risk Officer since November 2019. She previously served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel from May 2018 until November 2019. Prior to joining the Company in December 2013, she was a partner at the law firm of Gordon & Rees. Ms. Super has more than 15 years of legal experience.
Mr. Tom has been Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer since November 2019. He previously served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2018 to November 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tom served as the Senior Vice President of Operations for JAB Beech Inc.’s Einstein Bros. Bagels brand from July 2015 to December 2016, and its Caribou Coffee brand from January 2017 to December 2017. From March 2006 to June 2015, Mr. Tom held several positions at Starbucks Coffee Company. From January 2014 to June 2015, he served as Director of Business Operations for all licensed stores in the U.S. and Canada. From May 2012 to December 2013, he served as the Director of Licensed Stores, and from 2006 to 2012 as the Director of Company Stores. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Tom held several positions with YUM Brands International from 1991 to 2006. Mr. Tom has more than 15 years of experience in operation leadership positions in the restaurant industry.
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