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 FCA Board 

This group of top executives are committed to positioning the fast casual restaurant business as a leading segment for the more than half a trillion dollar restaurant industry.

Elected Board Member
Requirements & Benefits

  • Elections for officer board seats each November (President, Vice President & Secretary)
  • Requires one hour per month involvement on webcast and conference calls. 
  • Requires participation in one of the many committees or special projects for the board. 
  • Access to all Special Events of the FCA. 
  • Access to the annual FCA Board Meetings 
  • VIP Pass to the Fast Casual Executive Summit 
  • Free access to special reports from FastCasual.com 
  • One Copy Annual Fast Casual State of the Industry Report ($995) value. 
  • Free FCA email newsletter. 
  • Access to the FCA Linked-in Social Networking group. 
  • Access to all FCA Networking Events. 
  • Access to Free FCA Educational Webinars

Serving on the Board
Contact us if you would like to be considered for a seat on the FCA Board.

 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS

Paul Barron
FastCasual.com
Publisher
FCA Chairman

Louis Basile
Wildflower Bread Company
President and CEO
FCA President

Alan Hixon
MOOYAH Burgers & Fries
President & CEO
FCA Vice President

Linda Duke
Duke Marketing
CEO
FCA Secretary

 RESTAURANT BOARD MEMBERS

Mike Busley
Grand Traverse Pie Company
President

Ken Clark
Farmer Boys Restaurants
President & COO

Eric Ersher
Zoup! Fresh Soup Co, LLC and Zoup! Systems, LLC
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Don Fox
Firehouse Subs
President & COO

Ed Frechette
Au Bon Pain
Sr VP of Marketing/Owner

Marc Geman
Spicy Pickle Restaurants
President & CEO

George Green
Bread and Company
Vice President

Husein Kitabwalla 
Retail Brand Group, LLC.
President

Daniel Pittard
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
President & CEO

Larry Reinstein
Fresh City Restaurants
President & CEO

Dave Wolfgram 
Forklift Brands
CEO

 ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS

Matthew Buksbaum
Visual Graphic Systems Inc
Vice President

Valerie Killifer 
FastCasual.com
Senior Editor

Rod Kirwin
French Meadow Bakery
Director of Marketing

Lacey McCann
U.S. Foodservice
Marketing/National Accounts

Troy Mott
Mindshare Technologies
Director, Bus. Development

Mick Rynning
Restaurant Acquisitions 

Darren Tristano
Technomic
Executive Vice President

Peter Truitt
Truitt Brothers
President & CEO

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