Chipotle Names Laurie Schalow Chief Communications Officer
August 14 2017 - 03:14PM
Business Wire
Schalow brings more than 20 years of integrated communications
experience to Chipotle executive team
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has hired Laurie Schalow as
chief communications officer, a newly created position that will
oversee all facets of Chipotle’s internal and external
communications functions. Schalow comes to Chipotle from YUM!
Brands where she held a variety of positions in communications,
most recently serving as vice president of public affairs.
“We have been actively working to strengthen our leadership team
to better prepare Chipotle for continued growth and success,” said
Steve Ells, founder, chairman and CEO at Chipotle. “Laurie is an
extremely talented executive, and I am confident that her broad
expertise will help to strengthen our communications and better
integrate all of our internal and external communications functions
to amplify our messages.”
In her time at YUM!, Schalow held a variety of public affairs
and communications roles in such areas as internal and external
communications, crisis and issues management, corporate social
responsibility, social listening, community outreach and employee
relations. In her most recent position, she was responsible for
building the brand reputations of more than 44,000 KFC, Pizza Hut
and Taco Bell restaurants in 140 countries.
“Chipotle is a great brand and I have been a longtime admirer of
the company and its mission,” said Schalow. “There is considerable
opportunity ahead for Chipotle, and I am thrilled to join the
company to help shape and strengthen its strategic communications
in support of a very important vision to make great tasting food,
made with real, whole ingredients available to everyone.”
Schalow’s appointment is part of a broader, ongoing effort from
Chipotle to strengthen its leadership. The company added four new
directors to its board in late 2016, and named its first ever chief
restaurant officer in May 2017.
Schalow holds bachelor’s degrees from Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio, and a master’s degree from Wayne State University, Detroit.
In her new position, Schalow will work from the company’s Denver
headquarters and report directly to Ells.
ABOUT CHIPOTLE
Steve Ells, Founder, Chairman and CEO, started Chipotle with the
idea that food served fast did not have to be a typical fast food
experience. Today, Chipotle continues to offer a focused menu of
burritos, tacos, burrito bowls, and salads made from fresh,
high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking
methods and served in an interactive style allowing people to get
exactly what they want. Chipotle seeks out extraordinary
ingredients that are not only fresh, but that are raised
responsibly, with respect for the animals, land, and people who
produce them. Chipotle prepares its food using only real, whole
ingredients, and is the only national restaurant brand that uses
absolutely no added colors, flavors or other industrial additives
typically found in fast food. Chipotle opened with a single
restaurant in Denver in 1993 and now operates more than 2,300
restaurants. For more information, visit Chipotle.com.
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