Duck Donuts Names Cathy Chavenet VP of Marketing; Tom Perella Director of Tech

Duck Donuts declared the employing of two new team members, Cathy Chavenet as vice president of promoting, and Tom Perella, in the newly created part, director of technology. Both positions will report to Betsy Hamm, Duck Donuts CEO.

In Chavenet’s purpose as vice president of marketing, she is responsible for leading the strategic enhancement of the brand. This incorporates foremost the main marketing and advertising procedures by concentrating on escalating brand name relevance, rising manufacturer engagement, enhancing the visitor knowledge, and offering tools and assets for franchisees to generate traffic in-shop. She joins Duck Donuts from The Wendy’s Enterprise the place she led the Northeast, overseeing neighborhood marketing for 900 dining places. Prior to that, Cathy expended 13 yrs with Dunkin’ Makes functioning marketing for the New York Tri-Condition Space and Upstate Location supporting in excess of 200 franchisee networks encompassing 2,300 places.

“We are delighted to have Cathy and Tom join the Duck Donuts group, as they provide a wealth of sector understanding and practical experience to the company,” suggests Hamm CEO. “As we carry on to choose the model to the up coming amount, their positions will have a sizeable impression in making sure we deliver the very best-in-course applications and methods to assist our franchise partners.”

In addition, Duck Donuts lately employed Tom Perella as the company’s initially director of know-how. Perella will present the technologies eyesight and tactic and is focused on matching technologies alternatives with the demands of the corporation.  Perella joins the team from Emphasis Brand names, a top franchisor of world wide, multi-channel foodservice brand names including Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon and Carvel, Jamba, McAlister’s, Moe’s, and Schlotzky’s, exactly where he expended more than 25 decades producing, implementing and retaining technological platforms.

As previously announced, Duck Donuts anticipates opening much more than 30 new domestic and 8 international donut stores in 2022. The firm at present operates two global and 110 U.S. franchise areas across 22 states and Puerto Rico.