Past Speakers + Performers
We’ve had so many awesome speakers and entertainers at RestaurantSpaces over the years. Here are some of the most memorable…
Mark King
David Novak
Co-Founder, Former Chairman & CEO, Yum! Brands
Travis Kalanick
CEO / Co-Founder
City Storage Systems / Uber
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
Legendary Music Icon,
Run-DMC
Jonathan Neman
CEO,
sweetgreen
Tabassum Zalotrawala
Chief Development Officer,
McDonald’s
Sami Siddiqui
President,
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Nolan Bushnell
Founder, Atari and
Chuck E. Cheese’s
John Peyton
CEO,
Dine Brands
Nathaniel Ru
Co-Founder + Co-CEO,
sweetgreen
Damola Adamolekun
CEO,
P.F. Chang’s
Roy Wood Jr.
Comedian and
Actor
Jim Bitticks
President & COO,
Dave’s Hot Chicken
Mike Rypka
Founder & CEO,
Torchy’s Tacos
Harry Mack
Viral Freestyle Rapper
Maria Rivera
CEO,
Smalls Sliders
Mike Hancock
President,
Firehouse Subs
David Graves
President, US,
Pizza Hut
Kelly MacPherson
CTO,
Union Square Hospitality Group
Andrew Smith
Managing Director & Co-Founder,
Savory Fund
Minh Le
CIO,
Checkers & Rally’s
Chuck Gladney
Head of Global Design & Architecture, Taco Bell
Rivers Cuomo
Singer/Songwriter,
Weezer
Khalilah Cooper
Executive Director, Design,
Chick-fil-A
Geoff Alexander
President,
Wow Bao
John Miller
Chairman & CEO,
Cali Group
Gavin Rossdale
Singer/Songwriter,
BUSH
Aaron Noveshen
Founder & CEO,
Starbird
Meredith Sandland
Author,
Delivering the Digital Restaurant
Tony Shure
Co-Founder,
Chopt
Sam Nazarian
Chairman & CEO,
sbe & C3
Sean Schrader & Josh Wesolowski
Director of Development & Director of Product + Experience, CosMc’s
Susan Carroll-Boser
CIO,
White Castle
Kevin Griffin
Songwriter/Producer/Speaker,
Better Than Ezra
Melissa Ng
SVP, Design and Construction,
CAVA
Jack Gibbons
CEO,
FB Society
Brandon Landry
Founder & Chairman, Smalls Sliders & Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux
Mark McGrath
Multi-Platinum Artist,
Sugar Ray
Chris Demery
Chief Technology Officer,
Blaze Pizza
Vince Kadlubek
Founder,
Meow Wolf
Ron Ruggless
Senior Editor,
Nation’s Restaurant News
Manish Vora
Co-CEO & Founder,
Museum of Ice Cream
Michael Lastoria
Co-Founder & CEO,
&pizza
Ben Calleja
Founder & CXO,
Livit
Ed Kowalczyk
Songwriter / Musician,
+Live+
Caryl Scobbie
Chief Concept Officer,
Just Salad
David Garibaldi
World-Renowned
Performance Painter
Wade Allen
President,
Costa Vida
Daniel Shlossman
Chief Growth Officer,
Wonder
Ricky Velez
Comedian/
Actor
and so many more!