Our Leadership

Gregg Majewski
CEO & Founder

Gregg Majewski

With over 24 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, this seasoned executive has held founder and senior leadership roles, including serving as the CEO of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches and founding Wildcat Investments. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in scaling the restaurant chain from 33 to 300 locations, with an additional 600 sold. He led major operational restructuring across the company and introduced the now-iconic “Freaky Fast” delivery marketing strategy. His executive career is marked by a strong focus on conceptualizing and scaling emerging brands, as well as revitalizing legacy restaurant concepts.
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Josh Halpern
Chief Business Officer

Josh Halpern

Currently the CBO for Craveworthy Brands and CEO of Big Chicken. Over 20 years of professional and leadership experience in industries ranging from Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG), to retail and now the restaurant business.
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John Silvestri
General Legal Counsel

John Silvestri

With over 25 years of experience, John brings a wealth of corporate legal strategy and execution to the team. A Chicago local, he’s earned his JD degree from the University of Illinois College of Law
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Chris Gumprecht
VP Marketing & IT

Chris Gumprecht

20+ years of experience in food and beverage, Chris has held prominent roles in Restaurant Operations, Learning and Development, Marketing, Information Technology, Software Development, and Sales for both regional and large-scale national brands.
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Kirk Hillabrand
VP Marketing & IT

Kirk Hillabrand

Kirk has over 25 years of restaurant operations and leadership experience holding positions as Franchise Consultant, Director of Operations, Chief Operationg Officer and more. His strengths lie in the strategic development, operational oversight, and growth initiatives for both emerging and large national brands.
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Kristin Albert
SVP, Restaurant Operations

Kristen Albert

Kristin has nearly two decades of leadership experience spearheading and running large-scale, high-volume hospitality establishments in major metropolitan areas across the country. She’s the former Director of Operations for the Bottleneck Operations portfolio of brands.
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Cassie Miller
VP, Training

Cassie Miller

Over a decade of experience leading and executing training initiatives for all restaurant positions. Cassie has developed strategy, content and implementated training programs across multiple brands and multiple locations at Craveworthy Brands. She specializes in new restaurant openings and system-wide rollouts.
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Nicole Dore
VP, Financial Reporting & Treasury

Nicole Dore

Nicole has 20 years of experience leading and executing finance and accounting initiatives across multiple industries, such as retail, fashion, and now, restaurant brands. With a steady focus on elevating and maintaining internal processes and procedures, Nicole brings cost efficiency and quality assurance to the forefront of her role.
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Jax Sperling
VP, Culinary & Supply Chain

Jax Sperling

Jax boasts over 15 years of experience leading Purchasing, Culinary R&D, Brand Acceleration and Management with demonstrated expertise in driving the innovation and implementation of streamlined processes for emerging and large national brands.
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Sam Stanovich
SVP, Franchise Development

Sam Stanovich

Currency SVP Franchise Sales at Big Chicken. Sam is a dynamic leader with over 30 years in leadership roles across the hospitality industry, including being an active QSR franchisee of a national brand. Sam is a people connector and an influential leader with a growth mindset.
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Perry Miele
Advisory Board Member

Perry Miele

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Nestle Professional from 2009 to 2016. Perry retired after a successful 22-year career with the Company. During his tenure, he served as Vice President of Global Branded Food and Beverage, a role that focused on key acquisitions and partnerships that drove global strategy.
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Lee Larson
Advisory Board Member

Lee Larson

Founder and CEO of Everstar Asset Management, Lee has over 20 years of experience in Asset Managment. Everstar Asset Management is the investment manager for four private investment funds and also offers actively managed portfolios for institutions and high-net-worth clients.
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Joe Moglia
Advisory Board Member

Joe Moglia

Former Chairman and CEO of TD Ameritrade and former executive at Merrill Lynch. Grew TD Ameritrade from $700 million market cap to $20 billion+ market cap and sold to Charles Schwab. Co-Founder of Fundamental Global. Chair of Athletics and Former Head Football Coach at Coastal Carolina University.
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Kyle Cerminara, CFA
Kyle Cerminara, CFA
Advisory Board Member
Kyle Cerminara, CFA

Kyle Cerminara, CFA

Co-Founder, and CEO of Fundamental Global. Over 25 years of financial services experience including investment management, insurance and merchant banking. Former Buyside at T. Rowe Price, Point72 and Highside. Institutional Investor Magazine “Best of the Buy Side” for the financial services sector in 2006.
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Larry Swets, CFA
Larry Swets, CFA
Advisory Board Member
Larry Swets, CFA

Larry Swets, CFA

Over 25 years of financial services experience including investment management, insurance and merchant banking. Founded Itasca Financial and Itasca Golf Managers. Over a decade of reverse merger experience including with United Insurance Holdings, Limbach Holdings, and Aldel Financial’s merger with Hagerty.
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