DALLAS, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Chili's®
Grill & Bar announced Kelli
Valade is leaving her leadership role with the brand. Valade
will join TDn2K™, parent company of People Report™, Black Box
Intelligence™ and White Box Social Intelligence™, as president and
CEO. In the interim, Wyman Roberts
will once again step in as president of Chili's.
Prior to Valade, Roberts served as president of Chili's for more
than seven years. His extensive experience running both the
Maggiano's and Chili's brands coupled with the strong leadership
team in place at Chili's ensures the brand will continue to deliver
notable results.
"I'm not sure I can find the words to express how extremely
proud I am of Kelli and all that she's accomplished," said
Wyman Roberts, president and CEO of
Brinker International, Inc. "I've seen firsthand the impact she's
made at Brinker and Chili's and now she will help impact the entire
industry."
In her 22 years with Brinker, Valade's leadership helped shift
the culture, initiate the Women Take the Lead program and impact
positive results for Chili's.
"This was an incredibly tough decision to leave a brand that I
absolutely love and taught me the power of making people feel
special," said Kelli Valade. "I've
been honored to be a part of the amazing momentum the ChiliHeads
have created and can't wait to see what's next for the team."
SOURCE Brinker International, Inc.