Restaurant Finance & Development Conference 2022 | Restaurant Finance Monitor | 14 November 2022 | Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

It keeps restaurant owners, lenders, landlords, brokers and investors informed of the financial and investment trends impacting the restaurant industry. The Monitor is a professionally-written, an inside-the-ropes expert on the multi-unit restaurant business. For over thirty years, the Monitor has delivered vital insight and analysis through its newsletter, webinars and annual Restaurant Finance & Development Conference.

2022 Speakers

Tim Tebow
Two-Time National Champion, Heisman Trophy Winner, First-Round NFL Draft Pick, and a Former Professional Baseball Player

Austan D. Goolsbee
Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Wolfgang Puck
Famed Chef, Wolfgang Puck World Wide

Peter Cancro
Founder/CEO, Jersey Mike's Subs

Greg Flynn
CEO, Flynn Restaurant Group

John Coleman
Author, HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose

Susan Miller
Partner, Morgan Kingston Advisors

Seth Jensen
CFO, Slim Chickens

Cristin O'Hara
MD & Group Head of the Restaurant Group, Bank of America

Anish Gandhi
Managing Director, Brookwood Associates

Armando Pedroza
Managing Director, Citizens Bank

Nicole Miller Regan
Sr. Research Analyst, Piper Sandler

Sarah Gill Campbell
Managing Director, Stephens

Dario Wolos
Founder, Tacombi

Chris Gannon
CEO, Bolay

Nick Cole
Managing Director, MUFG Restaurant Finance

Shamsu Charania
CEO, The Falcons Group

Lewis Gelmon
President, LG Enterprises

Michael Eagen
Senior Director, Originations, Synovus Bank

Kelly Roddy
CEO, WOWworks

Kat Eckles
CVO, Clean Juice

Landon Eckles
CEO, Clean Juice

Jessica Kates
Co-Founder, Rellevant Partners

Jim Mazany
CEO, SPB Hospitality

John Gordon
Principal, Pacific Management

Janice Meyer
Co-Founder, Rellevant Partners

Jason Morgan
CEO, Original ChopShop

Jeffery Crivello
CEO, BBQ Holdings

Erik Herrmann
Partner, CapitalSpring

Glen Kunofsky
Founder & President, STNL Advisors

Robert Grimes
Founder & CEO, IFBTA

Dana Zukofsky
Advisory Director, Aprio

Sarah Kalloch
Executive Director, Good Jobes Institute

Dennis Monroe
Chair, Monroe Moxness Berg

Brett Bishov
Managing Partner, Capital Insight

Michael Gotlieb
Ernst & Young – Retired

Larry Reinstein
CEO, LJR hospitality Ventures

Jeb Ball
Managing Director, Guideboat Advisors

John Berg
Shareholder, Monroe Moxness Berg

David Beshay
Owner, Beshay Enterprises

Bob Bielinski
Managing Director, AB Private Credit Investors

Karen Blacik
National Industry Leader, CLA

Stephen Cohen
Attorney, Stephen Cohen ESQ

Mike Dixon
CFO, Focus Brands

Drucilla Garcia-Richardson
Executive Vice President, Manufacturers Bank

Richard Gibson
Shareholder, Monroe Moxness Berg

Meghan Hinds
Division Executive, Wells Fargo Restaurant Finance

Thomas Hung
EVP & Head of Restaurant Finance, First Horizon Bank, Restaurant Finance

Ashwin Kamlani
Co-Founder & CEO, Juicer

Bill Valentas
CFO, Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Colin Webb
CEO, Sauce Pricing

Kim Malek
President & CEO, Salt & Straw

Cindy Mcloughlin
Managing Partner, Consumer & Hospitality, CohnReznick

Eddie Nieves
Partner & Operator, Warner Foods

Rick Ormsby
Managing Director, Unbridled Capital

Raj Patel
President, The Hari Group

Kelly Roddy
CEO, WOWorks

Scott Roehr
Principal, Restaurant Biz Valuation & Forensics

Ashish Seth
Manging Director, Restaurant M&A, Arlington Capital Advisors

Shauna Smith
CEO, Savory Fund

Bob Baker
CFO, Checkers& Rally Restaurants

Hannibal Baldwin
Co-Founder & CEO, SiteZeus

Chris Banse
National Franchise Leader, RSM US

Dave Bennett
CEO, Mirus Restaurant Solutions

Dylan Bolden
Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group

SG Ellison
President | Franchisee, Diversified Restaurant Group

Brian Frank
Executive Vice President, Texas Capital Bank

Keith Foster
Tax Partner, Forvis

Allan Hickok
Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

Anand Gala
Managing Partner, Gala Capital Partners

Ann Gugino
CFO, Papa Johns International

George Hiller
Founder | CEO, Hiller & Associates

Faizan Khan
Franchisee | Operator, Dog Haus

Fred Lefranc
Chaos Strategist + CEO, Results thru Strategy

Mary Martin
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Lisa Miller
President, Lisa W. Miller & Associates

Peter Newlin
CEO, Birdcall

Davy Parsons
Accounting Outsourcing Senior Manager, Forvis

Andrew Peskoe
Partner, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe

Jeff Poe
Managing Director, Fifth Third Bank

Louie Psallidas
CFO, Tijuana Flats

Debbie Ravel
Principal, DR Lease Consulting

John Rigos
Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Aurify Brands

Brita Rosenheim
Managing Partner, Vita Ventures

Nicholas Stone
Founder & CEO, Bluestone Lane

Ross Vozar
Transaction Advisory Services Partner, BDO USA

Anthony Ackil
Founder, CEO, Streetlight Ventures

Todd Maldonado
Managing Director, BMO Harris Bank

Zerrick Pearson
CIO, Five Guys

Michael Lum
Director of Tax, Baker Tilly

Nancy Monroe
Contributing Writer, Franchise Times

Skip Kimpel
Principal Consultant, ConStrata

Luke Fryer
CEO, Harri

Michael Drum
Managing Partner, Atticus Franchise Group

Chris L'Heureux
Principal, Moss Adams

Craig Lammlin
Tax Director, Moss Adams

Galen Collins
Associate Dean, Northern Arizona University

Andrew Lester
CEO, Tablespoon

Levi Martin
Chief Financial Officer, bartaco

Kevin O'Connell
Grant Thornton, Growth Advisory and former restaurant industry CMO

2022 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Bank of America
• Citizens Bank
• First Horizon Bank
• MUFG Union Bank
• Wells Fargo
• PREMIER SPONSORS
• AB Private Credit Investors
• BMO Harris Bank
• Cadence Bank
• CapitalSpring
• Fifth Third Bank
• M&T Bank Franchise Finance
• Marcus Millichap
• Mastodon Ventures
• MidCap Financial Services
• Northern Bank
• Pacific Premier Franchise Capital
• Savory Fund
• Western Alliance Bank
• Wintrust Bank

FINANCE & REAL ESTATE SPONSORS:
• ApplePie Capital
• Arlington Capital Advisors
• Auspex Capital
• Baird
• BciCapital Franchise Finance
• Benetrends
• Berkley Capital Advisors
• Boefly
• Boston Consulting Group
• Bridge Funding Group
• Brookwood Associates
• C Squared Advisors
• Capital Insight Group
• Capital One Food & Beverage
• Chase
• City National Bank
• CrossFirst Bank
• First Franchise Capital
• Franchise Equity Partners
• Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group
• Gordon Brothers
• Guggenheim Securities
• Hilco Global
• Huntington Bank
• Jefferies
• KeyBanc
• Kroll
• Lazard
• Manufacturers Bank
• Matthews Real Estate Investment Services™
• Meridian Bank
• Monroe Moxness Berg
• Morgan Kingston Advisors
• National Franchise Sales
• National Retail Properties
• Old National Bank
• Peak Franchise Capital
• Pinnacle Commercial Capital
• Pinnacle Financial Partners
• Piper Sandler
• Quatrro Business Support Services
• Retail Resource Group
• STNL Advisors
• Signature Financial
• SouthState Bank
• Stephens
• Stifel
• Synovus Bank
• TD Bank
• Texas Capital Bank
• The Cypress Group
• Truist
• Unbridled Capital
• William Blair

MULTI-UNIT CONCEPT PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Inspire Brands

MULTI-UNIT CONCEPT NETWORKING SPONSORS:
• Au Bon Pain
• Black Bear Diner
• Bojangles
• CiCis Pizza
• Fransmart
• Golden Chick
• Jersey Mikes
• Krystal
• PizzaForno
• Slim Chickens
• Smoothie King
• Wingstop

MULTI-UNIT CONCEPT MARKETING SPONSORS:
• Perkins
• Zaxby's Franchising

MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISE INDUSTRY CO-SPONSORS:
• Aloha Poke Co
• Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza
• Arby's
• Bagel Brands
• Bobby's Burgers
• Broken Yolk Cafe
• Burger King
• BurgerFi
• Chuck Lager's American Tavern
• Dairy Queen
• Dunkin Brands
• El Pollo Loco
• Firehouse Subs
• Focus Brands
• Jimmy John's
• Mici Italian
• Modern Market Eatery
• Papa Johns Pizza
• Pokeworks
• Pollo Campero
• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
• Potbelly Sandwich Shop
• Shipley Do-Nuts
• Sonic
• Stand-Up Burger
• Steak n' Shake
• Tim Hortons
• Twin Peaks
• la Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe/Le Duff America

MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISE GENERAL SPONSORS:
• Another Broken Egg Cafe
• CKE Restaurant Holdings
• Church's Chicken
• Clean Juice
• Del Taco
• Fuzzy's Taco Shop
• Hawaiian Bros
• Jack in the Box
• Mountain Mike's Pizza
• Nekter Juice Bar
• Qdoba
• Roy Rogers Restaurants
• Russo's New York Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen
• YUM! Brands

RESTAURANT INDUSTRY SPONSORS:
• 7shifts
• ADP Payroll
• AllianceHCM
• Altametrics
• Aprio
• BDO
• Baker Tilly
• BarTack, Inc.
• Birchwood Resultants
• Black Box Intelligence
• Brady Risk Management
• Burr & Forman
• CBIZ Marks Paneth
• CLA
• ChargeNet Stations
• CohnReznick
• Consolidated Concepts
• CrunchTime!
• Deloitte
• Evergreen Trading
• Foodbuy Foodservice
• Forvis
• FranConnect
• GSE
• Get ResQ US
• GoTab
• Grant Thornton
• Harri
• Henry+Horne
• IQ BackOffice
• InfoSync
• Integrated Cash Logistics
• Intrepid Direct
• Lathrop GPM
• Leasecake
• Loomis
• Merchant Centric
• Mineral Tree
• Mirus Restaurant Solutions
• Morgan Stanley
• Moss Adams
• Netspend
• Olo
• OneData Source
• Otter
• Placer.ai
• Plante Moran
• Plate IQ
• Property Works
• RASI
• RSM US
• Restaurant365
• Restroworks
• Revenue Management Systems
• Rosnet
• SIB Fixed Cost Reduction
• SevenRooms
• SiteZeus
• SynergySuite
• Tablespoon
• TageX Brands
• Thanx
• TruOI
• Wray Executive Search
• ZippyApp