El Pollo Loco Announces Hiring of Jennifer Jaffe as Company’s First-Ever Chief People Officer
August 27 2018 - 4:05PM
El Pollo Loco, Inc. (“El Pollo Loco” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: LOCO),
the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken chain, today announced
the appointment of Jennifer Jaffe as Senior Vice President and the
company’s first-ever Chief People Officer. Ms. Jaffe brings years
of proven leadership and experience leading HR and talent
management functions to this newly created role.
Ms. Jaffe comes to El Pollo Loco from Estée
Lauder, where she led the human resources function for Too Faced
Cosmetics and oversaw the company’s acquisition by Estée Lauder in
2016. Prior to Estée Lauder, Ms. Jaffe was Vice President of Human
Resources at AT&T, where she served on an HR leadership team to
support more than 13,000 employees. Before that, she was the Vice
President of Talent Development at DIRECTV prior to its merger with
AT&T, where she led the end-to-end talent management strategy
for the entire corporation, including the creation and execution of
the talent review process for more than 3,000 leaders and oversaw
the company’s leadership development and learning programs.
“We could not be more thrilled to have Jennifer
join the El Pollo Loco team to spearhead this important leadership
role within the company,” said Bernard Acoca, President and Chief
Executive Officer at El Pollo Loco. “Our people, from the
restaurants to the Support Center to the franchisees, are our
greatest asset. Jennifer brings the visionary and authentic
leadership needed to help us create a truly amazing culture for our
people, who in turn will continue to give our customers the best
food and the best experience possible.”
In her role as Chief People Officer, Jaffe will
be responsible for overseeing all of the company’s HR functions and
working with management to transform and accelerate the company’s
focus on developing a people-first culture for El Pollo Loco’s
Support Center and more than 480 company-owned and franchised
restaurants.
“I’m excited to join El Pollo Loco at a time
when the company is so clearly focused on renewing its commitment
to creating an authentic, transparent and people-first culture,”
said Ms. Jaffe. “El Pollo Loco’s mission is centered on the idea of
putting its people’s needs and considerations first in everything
the company does, and I look forward to playing a role in fostering
that very important mission.”
El Pollo Loco’s commitment to a people-first
culture includes the recent launch of an extensive training program
called Heart-Centered Leadership based on inspiring its workforce
to lead with authenticity, humility and transparency. The company
has also invested in Workplace by Facebook in all company-owned
restaurants, a social media platform designed to help eliminate
communications barriers between the support center and restaurant
employees, enabling robust operational dialog in real time, while
also further building a sense of community.
Ms. Jaffe earned a Bachelor of Arts in both
International Studies and Sociology from University of California
of Irvine and a Master of Science in Human Resources from Chapman
University. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Girls,
Inc. of Orange County, a non-profit organization that provides
mentoring and research-based programming to equip girls to navigate
gender, economic, and social barriers.
About El Pollo Loco
El Pollo Loco (Nasdaq:LOCO) is the nation's
leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain renowned for its
masterfully citrus-marinated, fire-grilled chicken and handcrafted
entrees using fresh ingredients inspired by Mexican recipes. With
more than 480 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona,
California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana, El Pollo Loco is
expanding its presence in key markets through a combination of
company and existing and new franchisee development. Visit us on
our website at www.elpolloloco.com.
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