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Gregory Trojan is a CEO, BJ's Restaurants, Inc. at Casey's General Stores; Board Member at BJ's Restaurants Inc; and Board Member at Casey's General Stores and is based in La Cañada Flintridge, California. He has experience at PEPSICO INC and has worked as Chief Executive Officer at California Pizza Kitchen, President at House of Blues, and Consultant at Bain & Company. Gregory attended The Wharton School between 1984 and 1986, University of Virginia between 1977 and 1981, and Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania/The.

Steve Hislop has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of our board of directors since July 2007 and Chairman of the Board since May 2018. From July 2006 through June 2007, Steve was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sam Seltzer Steak House. Prior to that, Steve served as the Concept President and a member of the board of directors of O’Charley’s Restaurants, where he helped grow the business from 12 restaurants to a multi-concept company with 347 restaurants. Steve currently serves on the board of directors of Not Your Average Joe's, Inc. and Silver Diner, Inc., which are privately held companies. The board concluded that Steve should serve as a director based upon his operational expertise, knowledge of the restaurant industry, and leadership experience.

Paul Murphy is a Board Member at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC, President/CEO at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC, and Acting Chairman/CEO at NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP INC. and is based in California. He has worked as Board Member at NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP INC.; President/CEO at DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC.; and Board Member at DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC.. Paul attended Washington and Lee University between 1972 and 1976.

Thomas J. Baldwin is Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member of Benihana, where he is responsible for more than 100 iconic Benihana Teppanyaki, Haru Sushi, RA Sushi and Samurai Restaurants. Tom led initiatives to expand Benihana’s powerful brand into Consumer Packaged Goods (with KraftHeinz), branded Beverages and Fast Casual restaurant formats for Yankee Stadium, Hard Rock Stadium and other entertainment and retail venues. Tom is past Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Morton’s Restaurant Group (NYSE:MRT). Tom, who led two IPO’s for Morton’s, is widely recognized throughout the restaurant industry for his role in building Morton’s The Steakhouse into a global brand and category leader. Tom has extensive domestic and international leadership experience in growth oriented branded restaurants and consumer products, brand positioning and management, global strategy, operations, marketing and sales, people resources, real estate development, investor and public relations and franchising. Tom is fully committed to superior people focused cultures and brands, unparalleled guest experiences, uncompromising quality standards, consistent execution and creative marketing and has deep experience with public and private company management, Board governance, capital markets, private equity, IPOs, public equity offerings, workouts, acquisitions and going private transactions. Tom was identified as “All Star CEO the Best and Brightest” by Restaurant Finance Monitor. He is a Sommelier (Guild of Sommeliers - First Level.) and has been a frequent speaker at domestic and international professional, industry, and investor events. He has been quoted in major print media and has made multiple TV appearances. He has been active in fund raising for Cardinal Hayes High School, the South Bronx High School which he attended. He is a past Chairman and Board member of the March of Dimes Connecticut Division and has been active in several other professional, civic and community service organizations.