STEPHANIE PERDUE

Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing

Stephanie Perdue is the Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing, overseeing brand strategy, advertising, innovation, experiential, social media and brand activation. An expert marketer with over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry, Ms. Perdue is recognized as a catalyst for insight-driven strategy, category-leading innovation and disruptive integrated marketing.

Ms. Perdue’s career experience spans both the restaurant and entertainment industries. Prior to Chipotle, Ms. Perdue served as the Chief Marketing Officer at TGI Fridays, where she led brand strategy and planning, development and execution of marketing, advertising, digital/off premise and culinary. She also held senior leadership roles at Taco Bell for over 12 years, ultimately serving as the Chief Product Marketing Officer, responsible for driving marketing strategy and innovation, including leading the teams that designed Doritos Locos Tacos, Taco Bell breakfast and the value menu.

Ms. Perdue’s accomplishments include generating record sales and profit for Fortune 500 companies, receiving Adweek’s Advertising Women of New York “Changing the Game” Award, being inducted into Ad Age’s 2020 Class of Women to Watch, and being featured as one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2016. Stephanie holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a business economics undergraduate degree from UCLA.