People: Denny's Corp (DENN.W)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Debra Smithart-Oglesby	57	2011	Independent Chairman of the Board
John Miller	57	2011	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
F. Mark Wolfinger	57	2011	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Director
Frances Allen	50	2011	Executive Vice President - Global Brand Strategy, Chief Marketing Officer
Louis Neeb	73	2008	Lead Independent Director
Jose Gutierrez		2013	Director
Gregg Dedrick	53	2010	Independent Director
George Haywood	59	2011	Independent Director
Brenda Lauderback	62	2005	Independent Director
Robert Marks	61	2006	Independent Director
Donald Robinson	59	2008	Independent Director
Laysha Ward	45	2010	Independent Director
Whit Kincaid			Sr. Director - Investor Relations & Financial Analysis

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Biographies

Name	Description
Debra Smithart-Oglesby	Ms. Debra Smithart-Oglesby serves as an Independent Chairman of the Board of Denny's Corporation. Ms. Smithart-Oglesby currently serves as the President of O/S Partners, which provides investment capital and consulting services to early-stage start-up companies in the food service and specialty retail. She served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Denny’s Corporation from June 2010 through January 2011. Prior to joining O/S Partners in 2000, Ms. Smithart-Oglesby served as the Chief Financial Officer for Dekor, Inc., From 1997 to 1999 Ms. Smithart-Oglesby served as the President of Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer for FirstAmerica Automotive, where she directed all financial, administrative and strategic planning functions for the automotive dealership retailer and consolidator. Prior to joining FirstAmerica Automotive, from 1985 to 1997, Ms. Smithart-Oglesby worked at Brinker International, a multi-concept casual dining restaurant company which operates Chili’s Grill & Bar, On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, Maggiano’s Little Italy, and Romano’s Macaroni Grill, serving on the board of directors (from 1991 to 1997), as well as serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Smithart-Oglesby’s early career experience includes audit, controller and accountant positions with companies including Coopers and Lybrand, OKC Liquidating Trust, and New York Merchandise Co. Ms. Smithart-Oglesby earned a master’s in business administration from Southern Methodist University and has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has served on the board of directors for CFO magazine where she currently holds a position on the advisory board. She was previously on the board of directors of Noodles and Company, a quick casual dining restaurant chain, the finance committee for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Presbyterian Hospital Resource Board, the Board of the Family Place, and the Advisory Board of the University of Texas at Dallas.
John Miller	Mr. John C. Miller is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Denny's Corporation. Mr. Miller has been Chief Executive Officer and President since February 2011. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Taco Bueno Restaurants, Inc. (an operator and franchisor of quick service Mexican eateries) from 2005 to February 2011 and President of Romano's Macaroni Grill from 1997 to 2004.
F. Mark Wolfinger	Mr. F. Mark Wolfinger is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Director of Denny's Corp. Mr. Wolfinger has been Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since April 2008 and Chief Financial Officer since September 2005. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Growth Initiatives from October 2006 to April 2008 and as Senior Vice President from September 2005 to October 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wolfinger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Danka Business Systems (a document imaging company) from 1998 to 2005.
Frances Allen	Ms. Frances L. Allen is Executive Vice President - Global Brand Strategy, Chief Marketing Officer of Denny's Corporation. She previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from July 2010 to June 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Allen served as Chief Marketing Officer of Dunkin' Donuts, U.S. from 2007 to 2009 and Vice President, Marketing of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication from 2004 to 2007.
Louis Neeb	Mr. Louis P. Neeb serves as Lead Independent Director of Denny's Corporation sicne 2008. Since 1982 Mr. Neeb has also served as President of Neeb Enterprises, Inc., a restaurant consulting company. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Neeb served as President of Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Neeb served as President of Geest Foods USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geest Foods, Plc. From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Neeb served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Taco Villa, Inc. and its predecessors, a publicly held corporation controlled by W.R. Grace & Co., where he oversaw the development of the Applebee’s restaurant chain, and the operation of the Del Taco restaurant chain. From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Neeb served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Corporation. From 1973 to 1980, Mr. Neeb served in various positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer of Steak & Ale Restaurants. During that time, Mr. Neeb directed the development of the Bennigan’s restaurant concept and the company grew from 35 to over 250 restaurants. Mr. Neeb currently serves as a director of CEC Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurants and entertainment centers. Mr. Neeb was also formerly a director of the privately held Silver Diner, Inc., On The Border, and Franchise Finance Corporation of America, a lender to the restaurant and other industries until its sale to GE Capital in 2001. Mr. Neeb holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree in business administration from George Washington University, and a diploma from The Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He also serves on several charitable boards of directors.
Jose Gutierrez	Mr. Jose M. Gutierrez has been appointed as the Director of Denny's Corp. He is currently President of Wholesale Solutions at AT&T. From 2010 to 2012, has was President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Advertising Solutions where he led the transition of the Yellow Pages segment from print to digital advertising, prior to the divestiture of the business into a newly formed company, YP Holdings LLC. Prior to that, he has held a number of senior executive positions at AT&T including President of Global Enterprise Solutions and President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Southwest (a.k.a. Southwestern Bell). Before joining AT&T, He worked as a licensed CPA and strategy consultant at KPMG. He also serves on the boards of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas Museum of Art, Thompson Autism Foundation, Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri, and the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
Gregg Dedrick	Mr. Gregg R. Dedrick serves as an Independent Director of Denny’s Corporation since July 15, 2010. Mr. Dedrick is co-founder of Whole Strategies, an organizational consulting firm (2009-present); Executive Vice President of Yum Brands, Inc., an operator of fast food restaurants (2008-2009); President and Chief Concept Officer of KFC, a chicken restaurant chain (2003-2008).
George Haywood	Mr. George W. Haywood serves as an Independent Director of Denny’s Corporation since September 13, 2011. Mr. Haywood is a self-employed private investor with over 20 years of experience as a financial entrepreneur. He has personally held over 5% ownership interests in 15 public companies advising many of them on governance and strategy as the individual investor. Prior to being self-employed, Mr. Haywood was the Director of Corporate and High Yield Bond Investments for Moore Capital Management. During this time, Mr. Haywood was responsible for managing a portfolio that consisted of high-yield bonds and investment-grade corporate bonds in excess of $1 billion, issued by a wide range of companies, domestic and foreign, across many different industries. Additionally, Mr. Haywood held three different positions (from 1982 to 1994) at Lehman Brothers, an investment banking firm, starting out as a Corporate Bond Trader, then as a Managing Director, head of corporate bond trading, and then as Managing Director and proprietary trader. Mr. Haywood received his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Harvard University in 1974. He is currently a director of PingTone Communications, a private telecommunications company, and has formerly served as a director of XM Satellite Radio Inc. and Advanced Bionutrition Corp., a private biotechnology company. Mr. Haywood will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board.
Brenda Lauderback	Ms. Brenda J. Lauderback serves as an Independent Director of Denny’s Corporation since June 2005. Ms. Lauderback was president of the Wholesale and Retail Group of Nine West Group, Inc., a footwear wholesaler and distributor. She previously was the President of the Wholesale Division of U.S. Shoe Corporation, a footwear manufacturer and distributor, a position that included responsibility for offices in China, Italy and Spain, and was a Vice President/General Merchandise Manager of Dayton Hudson Corporation, a retailer. Ms. Lauderback has collective experience of more than 20 years on audit, compensation and governance committees of public company boards and is chair of three governance committees. Ms. Lauderback is a director of Big Lots, Inc., Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. and Select Comfort Corporation. Within the last five years, Ms. Lauderback also served as a director of Irwin Financial Corporation. Ms. Lauderback received her bachelor of science degree from Robert Morris University in 1972.
Robert Marks	Mr. Robert E. Marks serves as an Independent Director of Denny’s Corporation. He served as President of Marks Ventures, LLC, a private equity investment firm (1994-present); Chairman of the Board of Directors of Denny’s Corporation (2004-2006); Director of Emeritus Corporation and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fisher House Foundation and The International Rescue Committee. From 1982-1994, Managing Director and co-head of leverage buyout investing at Carl Marks & Co. Inc. Member of the board of directors of 15 private companies most of which were during this period. Mr. Marks obtained Wall Street corporate finance experience from 1978 – 1982 as an associate at Dillon, Read & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm, where he began working after he received a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in finance and general management from Harvard Business School. From 1974 to 1976, he worked for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, performing research and analysis on the economic fundamentals underpinning particular loan proposals. In 1974, Mr. Marks received B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Stanford University with distinction and Departmental Honors and was selected to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2012, Mr. Marks was appointed to serve on the Stanford University Alumni Committee on Trustee Nominations, which is responsible for selecting members to the university’s board of trustees.
Donald Robinson	Mr. Donald C. Robinson serves as an Independent Director of Denny's Corporation since 2008. Currently, as the President of Baha Mar Resorts, Mr. Robinson is responsible for the design, development, construction, and the opening of this Nassau, Bahamas based development . Mr. Robinson received his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from The University of Central Florida while he worked full-time in Food & Beverage Operations at The Walt Disney World Resort. During his 33 year career with Disney, he was involved with the opening phase of two theme parks, one water park, a retail/dining/entertainment venue, and 12 resort hotels on three continents. Mr. Robinson served as the General Manager of three Disney resorts, including Disneyland Paris’ Newport Bay Club in Marne-La-Valle, France, and assisted in the planning and development of two resort hotels in Tokyo, Japan, working with the Oriental Land Company owners. As the Senior Vice President of Operations at Walt Disney World, Mr. Robinson was responsible for the operation of four theme parks, three water parks, 30,000 hotel rooms, over 200 restaurants (including QSR, Table Service, Fine Dining, Bars, Lounges and Convention Catering), five golf courses, and Disney’s Wide World of ports. In 2001, Mr. Robinson moved to Hong Kong, where he served as the Group Managing Director/ Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Disneyland, a joint venture with the government of the Hong Kong SAR. While in Hong Kong, Mr. Robinson served on the boards of directors of Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Baha Mar Resorts and is an executive director of the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board.
Laysha Ward	Ms. Laysha L. Ward serves as an Independent Director of Denny's Corporation. She is President, Community Relations, Target Corporation (2008 to present); Vice President, Community Relations, Target Corporation (2003 to present). Ms. Ward to serve on the board of directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the nation’s grant maker for volunteering and service. Later that year, Target promoted Ms. Ward to President of Community Relations and the Target Foundation. Ms. Ward joined Target in 2000 as a director of community relations and was promoted to vice president of Community Relations and Target Foundation in 2003. In 1993, Ms. Ward served as Manager of Community Relations for Marshall Field’s, Chicago, where her responsibilities included handling corporate contributions, developing and marketing community initiatives, employee volunteerism, and United Way campaign activities for Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio for Field’s stores directly. Ms. Ward began her career in 1991 as a member of the store sales and management team of Marshall Field’s, Chicago. She also worked with community relations, public relations, marketing, advertising, and special events staff throughout the company to enhance its position in the stores’ communities. Ms. Ward received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University and a Master’s degree in Social Service Administration, Nonprofit Management and Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
Whit Kincaid

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Debra Smithart-Oglesby	313,424
John Miller	2,329,020
F. Mark Wolfinger	1,068,260
Frances Allen	832,279
Louis Neeb	--
Jose Gutierrez	--
Gregg Dedrick	--
George Haywood	--
Brenda Lauderback	--
Robert Marks	--
Donald Robinson	--
Laysha Ward	--
Whit Kincaid	--

As Of 27 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Debra Smithart-Oglesby	18,900	9,072
John Miller	0	0
F. Mark Wolfinger	0	0
Frances Allen	0	0
Louis Neeb	0	0
Jose Gutierrez	0	0
Gregg Dedrick	0	0
George Haywood	0	0
Brenda Lauderback	0	0
Robert Marks	0	0
Donald Robinson	0	0
Laysha Ward	0	0
Whit Kincaid	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
ALLEN FRANCES L	50,000	$0.00
MILLER JOHN CHRIS	50,000	$0.00
ALLEN FRANCES L	17,175	$5.74
MILLER JOHN CHRIS	50,000	$0.00
ALLEN FRANCES L	50,000	$0.00
ALLEN FRANCES L	17,648	$5.33
GILMORE JAY C	2,575	$5.18
WOLFINGER F MARK	4,733	$5.18
WOLFINGER F MARK	44,166	$0.00
GILMORE JAY C	6,495	$0.00
DEDRICK GREGG R	18,519	$0.00
WOLFINGER F MARK	50,000	$0.00
GILMORE JAY C	6,666	$0.00
GILMORE JAY C	8,934	$3.89
GILMORE JAY C	6,667	$2.36
GILMORE JAY C	8,934	$5.00
GILMORE JAY C	6,667	$5.00
GILMORE JAY C	5,000	$5.00
ALLEN FRANCES L	16,725	$4.96
ALLEN FRANCES L	50,000	$0.00
GILMORE JAY C	10,000	$4.94
GILMORE JAY C	10,079	$2.59
GILMORE JAY C	10,079	$4.94
GILMORE JAY C	10,000	$2.36
WOLFINGER F MARK	91,951	$4.79

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