WOMEN AT
BRAND
EXECUTIVE TITLE
Pizza Rustica
Wine And Design
Wine And Design
Eileen’s Colossal Cookies
Tippi Toes
Hydrex Pest Control
Mom Corps
All County Property Management & Realty
Alta Mere
KidsPark
Positive Changes Hypnosis Center
The Waiting Game
Idaho Pizza Company
Drybar
Popcornopolis
IKOR
IKOR
Zoom Room
Advanced Maintenance
House of Bread
Rainbow Station
sweetFrog
Bottle & Bottega
StageCoach Theatre Arts School
The Lil’ Genius Kid
Zoomin Groomin
British Swim School
Le Macaron Development
The Lash Lounge
Growing Room
Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool
Mode
Omega Learning Center
Omega Learning Center
BizCard Xpress
Swimtastic Swim School
La Vida Massage
New Star Realty
Tax Tiger
Baby Power/Forever Kids
Beadniks
TaylorMarie’s
Star Wellness
Faces 365
Hera Hub
RightTime Kids
Solid Source Realty
Greenz
Conspire!
Clear Lights
Engineering for Kids
Nutty Scientists
Tutu School
Yeah! Burger
Gokhale Method
RockIt Body Fitness Programs
FlipFlop Dogs
Sweet Arleen’s
terés-A Nail Bar
Archive-It
The Launch Pad
Moolah U
California Green Clean
D Pet Hotels
Crooked Pint Ale House
Peoples Organic
Park Select
Susan Tiffany
Emily Preiss
Harriet Mills
Eileen Harman
Sarah Nuse
Mary Doucette
Allison O’Kelly
Sandra Ferrera
Barbara Moran
Debra Milner
Sandra Gould
Tanya Zapf
Lorana Quintero
Allison Webb
Kathy Arnold
Cynthia Gartman
Patricia Maisano
Jaime Van Wye
Janet Holman
Sheila McCann
Gail Johnson
Annah Kim
Nancy Bigley
Stephanie Manuel
Renu Dhillon
Donna Sheehey
Henrietta Goldberg
Rosalie Guillem
Anna Phillips
Sheree Mitchell
Rochette Dahler
Ciara Stockeland
Kathy Keeton
Kimberly Smith
Daniela Morello
Susan Wainscott
Peggy Davis
Amy Nam
Kathleen Hill
Linda Searles
Sally Roesler
Heidi Welbig
Johnette van Eeden
Mary Ekiss
Felena Hanson
Lori Klein
Michele Velcheck
Casie Caldwell
Lynette Crow-Iverson
Amy Mullen
Dori Roberts
Natalia Calle
Genevieve Weeks
Karen Spencer
Esther Gokhale
Judie Aronson
Catherine Miltz
Arleen Scavone
Courtney Steele
Jodi Thrasher
Ilene Rosoff
Gayle Reaume
Angela Arthur
Alissa Cruz
Mary Erickson
Lynn Gordon
Sandra Iventosch
UNITS
President & General Counsel
Co-President
Co-President
President & CEO
CEO
President & CEO
President & CEO
CEO
CEO & President
Chair & CEO
President
President
President
Founder
President
President
Founder & CEO
President & CEO
President
President
President & CEO
President
CEO
Co-Founder
President & CEO
CEO
Owner
President
President & CEO
President & CEO
President & CEO
President
Co-CEO
Co-CEO
President & Co-Founder
CEO
President & Treasurer
CEO & CFO
President & Founder
President & CEO
President
President
CEO
Founder & CEO
President
President & CEO
President & CEO
President & CEO
President & CEO
President
President & CEO
CEO
President
President & Partner
CEO
President
President
Chair, Founder & CEO
President & CEO
Co-Owner
President & CEO
President & CEO
Founder, President & CEO
Co-Owner
President
President & Chair
President
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THE TOP
Economic Force x 24!
Total revenue: $16 billion
Total units: 17,139
5-year growth: $5 billion
Years in Franchising
Total: 449.5
Average: 18.7
Years with Company
Total: 434
Average: 18.1
Founders/Co-Founders
Danna Caldwell, Co-Founder, Menchie’s
Sharon DiMinico, Founder, Learning Express
Eileen Huntington, Co-Founder, Huntington Learning Center
Barbara Moran-Goodrich, Founder, Moran Family of Brands
Shelly Sun, Co-Founder, BrightStar Care
Daughters of Founders
Jane Grote Abell, Donatos Pizza (father)
Melanie Bergeron, Two Men and a Truck (mother)
Dina Dwyer-Owens, The Dwyer Group (father)
Barbara Moran-Goodrich, Moran Industries (father)
Leann Reynolds, Homewatch CareGivers (father)
Christine Specht, Cousins Subs (father)
Appeared on Undercover Boss
Five of the 24 women profiled appeared on the television show
“Undercover Boss.” In addition, two more of the brands were
featured in episodes, but with other executives appearing.
COMPANY DATE
Shelly Sun
BrightStar Care
4/17/11
Dina Dwyer-Owens
The Dwyer Group
1/22/12
Catherine Monson
Fastsigns International
Kat Cole
Cinnabon
11/16/12
Jane Grote Abell
Donatos Pizza
10/11/13
Lynn Zappone, Chief Talent and HR Officer
Popeyes Lousiana Kitchen
Amit Kleinberger, CEO
Menchie’s
5/4/12
3/2/12
10/25/13
Source: Frandata
Franchiseupdate I S S U E I , 2014
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