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MOD Pizza names Tracy Cioffi CMOMOD Pizza names Tracy Cioffi CMO

Company adds Dunkin’ Brands executive to its board

Jonathan Maze, Senior Financial Editor

August 24, 2017

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MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings LLC has named Tracy Cioffi as chief marketing officer, the company said on Thursday.

MOD Pizza also named Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. executive Kate Jaspon to its board of directors.

Tracy Cioffi

Photo: MOD Pizza

Tracy_L_Cioffi_CMO_MOD_Pizza_3.jpgCioffi will lead global marketing strategy at the Seattle-based fast-casual pizza chain, which has 252 locations in 24 states and the United Kingdom. She is MOD Pizza’s first CMO.

“With the addition of the CMO role, we are adding to our marketing operations, and I am confident that Tracy will ensure that MOD’s people-first culture and our commitment to making a positive social impact is evident in all facets of our business,” said Scott Svenson, who founded MOD Pizza with his wife Ally in 2008, in a statement.

Cioffi was most recently senior vice president at Sur La Table Inc., where she managed marketing for the company’s 130 stores and 75 culinary locations. She was previously head of marketing for See’s Candies Inc.

Kate Jaspon

Photo: MOD Pizza

Kate_Jaspon_CFO_Dunkin_Brands_MOD_Pizza_Board_of_Directors_1_3.jpgJaspon has been with Dunkin’ for 11 years, and is currently the company’s chief financial officer. 

“Kate’s deep financial and leadership expertise will be a welcome addition to our board,” Svenson said.

MOD Pizza is battling Blaze Pizza for supremacy in the rapidly growing fast-casual pizza niche

“Tracy and Kate join the MOD team at a critical point in our growth,” Svenson said.

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About the Author

Jonathan Maze

Senior Financial Editor, Nation's Restaurant News

Jonathan Maze covers finance for Nations Restaurant News, as well as restaurant chains based in the Midwest.

Jonathan came to NRN in 2014 after seven years covering restaurants for Franchise Times Magazine and the Restaurant Finance Monitor. There, he created an award-winning blog that reported on and analyzed the restaurant industry. He is routinely quoted in various mainstream press articles, including the Associated Press, Washington Post, Orlando Sentinel, Denver Post and Yahoo! Finance. He lives in a suburb of Minneapolis with his wife, two children and their cat.

Reach Jonathan at [email protected], or by phone at 651 633-6526.

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