Claudia San Pedro

Claudia San Pedro serves as president for the Oklahoma City-based national headquarters of SONIC®, America’s Drive-In®. In her role, San Pedro’s responsibilities include franchisee relations, supply chain, franchise sales and development, and business planning. She will provide oversight of the finance function as well. San Pedro joined SONIC in 2006 as treasurer. She served as vice president of investor relations starting in 2010 until 2015. In that role, she directed financial planning, procurement and investment of funds for the organization and formulated investor relations strategy and oversaw communications with the investment community. San Pedro was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2015, and was responsible for SONIC’s financial planning practices, as well as the brand’s relationship with lending institutions, shareholders, and the financial community. Prior to joining SONIC, she served as the director for the Oklahoma Office of State Finance (OSF). Appointed by Governor Brad Henry in 2005, San Pedro was the first female and first Hispanic to serve as director of state finance for Oklahoma. Before joining OSF and the Henry administration, San Pedro served as the assistant director of the Oklahoma State Senate fiscal staff and a staff budget analyst for the senate appropriations subcommittees on education, human services and general government. San Pedro presently serves on the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and is a volunteer board member of the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools and Downtown OKC. San Pedro holds an undergraduate degree from Smith College in Massachusetts and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma. Born in Mexico City, San Pedro resides in Oklahoma City with her family.