People: Sonic Corp (SONC.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

J. Clifford Hudson

 58 2013 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Vaughan

 46 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Omar Janjua

 54 2010 President of Sonic Restaurants Inc., and Executive Vice President - Operations of Sonic Industries Services Inc.

James O'Reilly

 46 2012 Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

Paige Bass

 43 2008 Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary

Michelle Britten

 45 2013 Vice President, Controller

Claudia San Pedro

 43 2010 Vice President - Investor Relations, Treasurer

Carolyn Cummins

 54 2007 Vice President - Compliance, Corporate Secretary

Craig Miller

 51 2011 Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Sonic Industries Services Inc.

Frank Richardson

 73 1991 Lead Independent Director

Douglas Benham

 56 2009 Independent Director

Kate Lavelle

 47 2012 Independent Director

Michael Maples

 70 2005 Independent Director

J. Larry Nichols

 70 2007 Independent Director

Federico Pena

 66 2001 Independent Director

H. Rainbolt

 83 1996 Independent Director

Robert Rosenberg

 74 1993 Independent Director

Jeffrey Schutz

 61 2010 Independent Director

Kathryn Taylor

 57 2010 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

J. Clifford Hudson

 Mr. J. Clifford Hudson is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Sonic Corporation. He has been appointed as the President of the company effective March 31, 2013. Mr. Hudson served as CEO and President of the Company from April 1995 to January 2000, and reassumed the position of President in November 2004 until May 2008. He has served in various other offices with the Company since 1984. Mr. Hudson has served on the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation since January 2006 and on the Board of Trustees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation since January 2001, where he served as its Chairman from 2008 until 2011. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the federally chartered organization which serves as the insurer of customer accounts with brokerage firms, from 1994 to 2001. In his more than 25 years with the Company, Mr. Hudson has gained meaningful leadership experience and quick-service restaurant knowledge. As CEO, he is responsible for determining the Company’s strategy and clearly articulating priorities as well as aligning and motivating the organization to execute effectively.

Stephen Vaughan

 Mr. Stephen C. Vaughan is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Sonic Corporation. He has served as Executive Vice President of the Company and Chief Financial Officer since August 2008 and was the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2004 until August 2008. Mr. Vaughan also served as Treasurer of the Company from November 2001 until April 2005. He joined the Company in 1992.

Omar Janjua

 Mr. Omar R. Janjua is President of Sonic Restaurants Inc., and Executive Vice President - Operations of Sonic Industries Services Inc., subsidiaries of Sonic Corporation. He has served as President of Sonic Restaurants, Inc. since September 2009 and Executive Vice President of Operations of Sonic Industries Services Inc. since September 2010. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for The Steak n Shake Company from June 2007 to September 2009. Prior to joining Steak n Shake, Mr. Janjua worked for 18 years with Yum Brands, Inc. in its Pizza Hut operations in various positions of increasing responsibility, the most recent of which was Vice President of Company Operations.

James O'Reilly

 Mr. James P. O'Reilly is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Sonic Corp. He brings more than 20 years of senior level leadership in consumer driven marketing, brand management and product development, including experience within the quick service restaurant segment. He most recently served as the Chief Concept Officer of Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. In his three years with Einstein Noah, O'Reilly managed several functions for the organization including Marketing, Research & Development, and Information Technology. Most recently, his marketing and food innovation efforts drove positive same-store sales growth. He joined Einstein Noah after 13 years with YUM! Brands. He served in progressive roles throughout the YUM! system including international roles with KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Yum! Restaurants International, Chief Marketing Officer of KFC, and Senior Vice President US Marketing of YUM! Brands. Prior to his tenure with YUM!, he spent five years with Procter & Gamble's Canadian division.

Paige Bass

 Ms. Paige S. Bass is Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary of Sonic Corporation. She has served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since January 2007 and has also served as Assistant Corporate Secretary since October 2008. Ms. Bass joined the Company as Associate General Counsel in April 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Bass was employed seven years as an associate with the law firm of Crowe & Dunlevy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Michelle Britten

 Ms. Michelle E. Britten is appointed as the Vice President, Controller of Sonic Corp. Ms. Britten has served as the Senior Director of Corporate Accounting since March 2009. She also served as the Senior Director of SEC Reporting from January 2007 to March 2009. Ms. Britten joined the company in 2005 as Director of SEC Reporting.

Claudia San Pedro

 Ms. Claudia San Pedro is Vice President - Investor Relations, Treasurer of Sonic Corporation. She has served as Vice President of Investor Relations of the Company since July 2010. She served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Brand Strategies from October 2009 until July 2010. Ms. San Pedro has also served as Treasurer of the Company since January 2007 and as Treasurer of Sonic Industries Services Inc. and Sonic Restaurants, Inc. since November 2006. She served as the Director of the Oklahoma Office of State Finance from June 2005 through November 2006. From July 2003 to May 2005, Ms. San Pedro served as the Budget Division Director for the Office of State Finance.

Carolyn Cummins

 Ms. Carolyn C. Cummins is Vice President - Compliance, Corporate Secretary of Sonic Corporation. She has served as the Company’s Corporate Secretary since January 2007 and as the Company’s Vice President of Compliance since April 2004. Ms. Cummins joined the Company as Assistant General Counsel in January 1999.

Craig Miller

 Mr. Craig Jeffrey Miller is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Sonic Industries Services Inc., subsidiary of Sonic Corporation. He has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Sonic Industries Services Inc. since January 2010. He served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Movie Gallery, Inc., also known as Hollywood Video, from September 2008 until September 2009. In February 2010, Movie Gallery, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Miller was Senior Vice President of Shared Information Services for Bank of America from February 2005 until July 2008.

Frank Richardson

 Mr. Frank E. Richardson is Lead Independent Director of Sonic Corporation. Mr. Richardson has served as Chairman of F. E. Richardson & Co., Inc. of New York City, a firm specializing in acquisitions of and investments in growth companies, since June 1995. From 1986 to June 1995, Mr. Richardson served as President of Wesray Capital Corporation, a firm which also specialized in acquisitions of and investments in growth companies. From 1997 to June 2006, he served as Chairman of Enterprise News Media, Inc., which owned newspapers in Brockton, Quincy, Plymouth and several other towns in Massachusetts. Mr. Richardson serves as a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York University School of Medicine and as a Director of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Finance Committee, all located in New York.

Douglas Benham

 Mr. Douglas N. Benham is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since August 2009. Mr. Benham is the President and Chief Executive Officer of DNB Advisors, LLC, a restaurant industry consulting firm. Mr. Benham served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Arby’s Restaurant Group, a quick-service restaurant company, from January 2004 until April 2006. Mr. Benham served as Chief Financial Officer of RTM Restaurant Group, Inc., an Arby’s franchisee (“RTM”) from 1989 until 2003 and served as a Director of RTM from 1997 until 2003. Mr. Benham also serves as a Director of O’Charley’s Inc., a multi-concept restaurant company that operates or franchises restaurants under the O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine Restaurants and Stoney River Legendary Steaks brands, and as a Director of Global Income Trust, a real estate investment trust. He is a certified public accountant.

Kate Lavelle

 Ms. Kate S. Lavelle serves as Independent Director of Sonic Corporation. She has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting, including 12 years in the restaurant and food service industry. Ms. Lavelle served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. from December 2004 until July 2010. She served as Global Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of LSG Sky Chefs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines, from January 2003 until August 2004. Mrs. Lavelle served in various other management positions for LSG Sky Chefs, from March 1998 until January 2003. She began her career at Arthur Andersen LLP where for more than 10 years she served as Senior Audit Manager in charge of administration of audits and other professional engagements. From 2005 until July 2007, Ms. Lavelle served as a Director of Swift & Company, an American food processing company which was acquired in 2007 by JBS S.A., a Brazilian company.

Michael Maples

 Mr. Michael J. Maples, Sr., is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation. Mr. Maples has over 40 years of experience in the information technology industry. He held various management positions at Microsoft Corporation from 1988 to 1995, the most recent of which was Executive Vice President of the Worldwide Products Group and a member of the Office of the President. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Maples worked for IBM Corporation for over 23 years where he served as Director of Software Strategy. After retiring from Microsoft in 1995, Mr. Maples has primarily devoted his time to private investments and ranching. Mr. Maples also serves as a Director of Lexmark Corp. and Multimedia Games, Inc.

J. Larry Nichols

 Mr. J. Larry Nichols is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since January 2007. Mr. Nichols is a co-founder of Devon Energy Corporation (“Devon”) and has served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Devon since June 2010. Mr. Nichols served as Chairman of the Board of Devon from 2000 to June 2010 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1980 to June 2010. He served as President of Devon from 1976 until 2003. Mr. Nichols also serves as a Director of Baker Hughes Incorporated. He served as Chairman of the Board of the American Petroleum Institute from 2009 to 2010 and is a Director of the American Natural Gas Alliance, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the National Petroleum Council.

Federico Pena

 Mr. Federico F. Pena is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since January 2001. Mr. Pena has served as a Senior Advisor of Vestar Capital Partners since January 2009, and previously served as a Managing Director of Vestar from 1999 to 2009. Vestar is a global private equity firm that specializes in management buyouts, recapitalizations and going private transactions. Prior to joining Vestar, Mr. Peña served as the United States Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 1998 and the United States Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Pena served as the Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Colorado from 1983 through 1991, the first Latino to hold that elected office. Mr. Pena founded Peña Investment Advisors in 1991 and was its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1991 until 1993. He served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1979 until 1983 and practiced law for 10 years in Colorado. Mr. Pena is a Director of Wells Fargo & Company and a member of Toyota’s North American Diversity Advisory Board, as well as a member of several non-profit organizations, including the COMPETE Coalition.

H. Rainbolt

 Mr. H. E. Rainbolt is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since January 1996. Mr. Rainbolt has served as Chairman of the Board of BancFirst Corp. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, since 1989. From 1985 to 1989, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Community Corp., a bank holding company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a predecessor of BancFirst Corp.

Robert Rosenberg

 Mr. Robert M. Rosenberg is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since April 1993. Mr. Rosenberg served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Allied Domecq Retailing USA (“Allied”), the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts, Inc. and Baskin-Robbins, Inc., from May 1993 until his retirement in August 1998. Mr. Rosenberg served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin’ Donuts, Inc. from 1963 until May 1993, and he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Baskin-Robbins, Inc. from December 1992 until May 1993. Mr. Rosenberg served as a Director of Domino’s Pizza, Inc. from 1999 until April 2010. He currently serves as an honorary Director of the National Restaurant Association, as well as a Trustee of the educational foundation of the International Franchise Association ("IFA"). Mr. Rosenberg is a past President of the IFA.

Jeffrey Schutz

 Mr. Jeffrey H. Schutz is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since August 2010. Mr. Schutz is a managing director of Centennial Ventures, a Denver-based venture capital firm. Mr. Schutz has been a general partner in seven Centennial-sponsored partnerships and involved with the start up, growth and development of approximately 50 companies over the past 23 years. In his position with Centennial Ventures, Mr. Schutz has directly contributed to the strategic planning and direction of these companies. Prior to joining Centennial Ventures in 1987, Mr. Schutz was Vice President and Director of PNC Venture Capital Group, an affiliate of PNC Financial. Mr. Schutz received a B.A. in economics from Middlebury College in Vermont and an M.B.A. degree from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Kathryn Taylor

 Ms. Kathryn L. Taylor is Independent Director of Sonic Corporation since January 2010. She has served as an attorney with McAfee & Taft, an Oklahoma law firm, since November 2010. She served as Chief of Education Strategy and Innovation for the State of Oklahoma, a cabinet-level position to which she was appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma, from January 2010 until January 2011. She was elected the Mayor of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2006, and completed her term as Mayor in December 2009. Ms. Taylor served as the Secretary of Commerce and Tourism and Executive Director of the Department of Commerce of Oklahoma and the Small Business Advocate to the Governor of Oklahoma from February 2003 until 2006. From 1999 through 2002, she served as President of Lobeck-Taylor Foundation, a charitable foundation established to support education and social issues. Ms. Taylor was a partner in the Oklahoma law firm of Crowe and Dunlevy, serving as the Chair of the Franchising and Distribution Section from 1994 until 1998. From 1994 to 1997, Ms. Taylor also served as a principal owner and director of National Car Rental. From 1988 to 1994, she served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Dollar-Thrifty Car Rental. Both National Car Rental and Dollar-Thrifty Car Rental operate and franchise car rental locations world-wide. Ms. Taylor previously served as a director of the Company from January 2006 until April 2006, a position she resigned upon her election as the Mayor of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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MCLAIN W SCOTT

 9,098 $12.51

MCLAIN W SCOTT

 9,098 $12.09

HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

 52,374 $12.09

VAUGHAN STEPHEN C

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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VAUGHAN STEPHEN C

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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VAUGHAN STEPHEN C

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VAUGHAN STEPHEN C

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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HUDSON JAMES CLIFFORD

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MCLAIN W SCOTT

 400 $12.80

MCLAIN W SCOTT

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MCLAIN W SCOTT

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MCLAIN W SCOTT

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CUMMINS CAROLYN C

 9,674 $12.09

CUMMINS CAROLYN C

 9,674 $12.80

PENA FEDERICO F

 25,000 $11.58

CUMMINS CAROLYN C

 1,800 $11.29

SCHUTZ JEFFREY H

 21,065 $11.15

SCHUTZ JEFFREY H

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RAINBOLT H E GENE

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