Elliot Leadership Institute recognizes four new sponsors, adds vets to board, Advisory CouncilElliot Leadership Institute recognizes four new sponsors, adds vets to board, Advisory Council

BLOOMINGTON MINN. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

In addition, the institute also welcomed an operator to its board of directors and two members to its Leadership Advisory Council. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

The new sponsors are Franchise Times magazine, platinum partner; Yum! Brands and Schrieber Foods, gold partners; and Heinz Foodservice, silver partner. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

Joleen Flory, president and chief executive of the Elliott Leadership Institute, said, “We’re pleased that four more leading companies have stepped up to support stronger industry leadership as sponsors.” —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

The institute also said that Steve Romaniello, president and chief executive of Atlanta-based Focus Brands Inc., has been elected to the board of directors. Romaniello previously served as a member of the institute’s Leadership Advisory Council. Focus franchises such brands as Cinnabon, Carvel Ice Cream, Schlotzky’s and Moe’s Southwest Grill. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

Flory said the Institute was “very excited to add Steve’s enthusiasm and perspectives to our board of directors.” —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

Meanwhile, Joan Ray, executive vice president of Elliot Associates, Inc., will move from the board to its Leadership Advisory Council, while Rick Van Warner, president of The Parquet Group and a consultant to the institute, will join Ray on council. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

Flory said the institute thanks “both Joan and Rick, two dedicated and long-term Institute supporters, as they assume new roles in supporting our mission to elevate leadership across the industry.” —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.

The Elliot Leadership Institute was co-founded by The Elliot Group, Johnson & Wales University, Nation’s Restaurant News and PepsiCo Foodservice. —The Elliot Leadership Institute said four new sponsors have joined its ranks.