Kelli Valade

Chief Executive Officer at

Women's Foodservice Forum

56 year

43 connections

Consumer Services

Technology Services

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Kelli F.
Valade is President & Chief Executive Officer at Women's Foodservice Forum since 2026.
Ms. Valade is Chief Executive Officer at Denny's, Inc. since 2024.
Ms. Valade serves as Director at Seasoned LLC and Seasoned 20, Inc. and as Trustee at National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
Former roles include Chief Executive Officer at Red Lobster Management LLC; Vice Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Brinker Nevada, Inc. from 2016 to 2018; Chief Executive Officer & Director at Denny's Corp.
from 2024 to 2026; President & Chief Executive Officer at Black Box Intelligence from 2018 to 2021; Chief Executive Officer at Red Lobster Seafood Co. LLC from 2021 to 2022; and Director at NAMI National.
Education includes an MBA from Syracuse University and undergraduate studies at State University of New York at Binghamton.

Kelli Valade active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Women's Foodservice Forum Women's Foodservice Forum Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a non-profit organization that empower women in the foodservice industry	Chief Executive Officer	2026-01-31
Seasoned LLC Seasoned LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops mobile restaurant job recruitment platform	Director/Board Member	-
Seasoned 20, Inc. Seasoned 20, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Director/Board Member	-
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation	Director/Board Member	-
Denny's, Inc. Denny's, Inc. RestaurantsConsumer Services Owns and operates restaurants	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Former positions of Kelli Valade

Companies	Position	End
Red Lobster Seafood Co. LLC Red Lobster Seafood Co. LLC RestaurantsConsumer Services Owns and operates sea food restaurants	Chief Executive Officer	2022-04-14
Black Box Intelligence Black Box Intelligence Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops restaurant analytics and insights software products	Chief Executive Officer	2021-08-01
NAMI National NAMI National Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides treatment for mental disorder patients	Director/Board Member	-
DENNY'S CORPORATION	Chief Executive Officer	-
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Private companies	13
Denny's Corp. Denny's Corp. RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates full-service restaurants	Consumer Services
Red Lobster Management LLC Red Lobster Management LLC RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates as a restaurant	Consumer Services
Brinker Nevada, Inc. Brinker Nevada, Inc. RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates chain of restaurants	Consumer Services
Syracuse University Syracuse University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
NAMI National NAMI National Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides treatment for mental disorder patients	Health Services
State University of New York at Binghamton State University of New York at Binghamton Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Women's Foodservice Forum Women's Foodservice Forum Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a non-profit organization that empower women in the foodservice industry	Commercial Services
Denny's, Inc. Denny's, Inc. RestaurantsConsumer Services Owns and operates restaurants	Consumer Services
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Black Box Intelligence Black Box Intelligence Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops restaurant analytics and insights software products	Technology Services
Red Lobster Seafood Co. LLC Red Lobster Seafood Co. LLC RestaurantsConsumer Services Owns and operates sea food restaurants	Consumer Services
Seasoned LLC Seasoned LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops mobile restaurant job recruitment platform	Technology Services
Seasoned 20, Inc. Seasoned 20, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Finance