Samuel N Borgese

Samuel N. Borgese has been a director since 2011, and served as Chairman of our Board from January 2011 to December 2011, while he also served as our Executive Chairman. Since 2017, Mr. Borgese has been President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Shari's Management Corporation and Shari's Restaurant Group, a multi-location family dining company. From 2011 to 2017, Mr. Borgese was Managing Partner of Aceneca, LLC, a restaurant investment and restaurant brand operating holding company. From October 2014 to August 2016, he was President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the board of directors, of LRI Holdings, Inc., and its affiliates Logan's Roadhouse, Inc., and Roadhouse Holding Inc., collectively known as Logan's Roadhouse, a casual dining steakhouse chain. In August 2016, the Logan's Roadhouse entities and several of their affiliates filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Borgese left Logan's Roadhouse in August 2016, following the declaration of bankruptcy. From 2011 to 2014, he was Chief Executive Officer of Max Brenner International, a chocolatier. From 2008 to 2011, he was first Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and then permanent President and Chief Executive Officer of CB Holding Corp., the parent of Charlie Brown's Steakhouse and other chains, which was owned by Trimaran, one of our principal investors. From 2003 to 2008, he was employed by Catalina Restaurant Group, first as Chief Development Officer and later as President and Chief Executive Officer. Before that, Mr. Borgese was Chief Executive Officer of an enterprise software company that supported 300 restaurant, retail, and hospitality businesses in the lifecycle management of their real estate assets. Mr. Borgese holds a Certificate of Director Education from the National Association of Corporate Directors.