About

The National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) is the leading trade association exclusively representing chain restaurant companies. For more than 40 years, the NCCR has worked to advance sound public policy that best serves the interests of restaurant businesses and the millions of people they employ. NCCR members include the country's most-respected quick-service and table-service chains. NCCR is a division of the National Retail Federation.

As the world’s largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, NRF represents retailers of all types and sizes, including chain restaurants and industry partners, from the United States and more than 45 countries abroad. Retailers operate more than 3.6 million U.S. establishments that support one in four U.S. jobs – 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.5 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation’s economy. NRF’s This is Retail campaign highlights the industry’s opportunities for life-long careers, how retailers strengthen communities at home and abroad, and the critical role that retail plays in driving innovation. www.nrf.com

NCCR Board of Directors

NCCR Staff

NCCR Executive Committee

Chairman
Chip Kunde, Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Vice Chairman
Mary Schell, The Wendy's Company

Treasurer

Cicely Simpson, Dunkin' Brands

Secretary

Lynn Liddle, Domino's Pizza

Immediate Past Chairman

Mike Starnes, Denny's Inc.

Board of Directors

Donald Balfour, Waffle House, Inc.

Dan Colegrove, DineEquity Inc.

Matthew Halme, Bloomin' Brands Inc.

Steve Hilton, McDonald's Corporation

Craig Prusher, Church's Chicken

Jamie Richardson, White Castle System

Patrick Sheehy, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  
Mark Simpson, Texas Roadhouse

Joe Taylor, Brinker International, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus

Steve Brigandi, Jack in the Box Inc.

 

Ex-Officio Board Members

Ann Marie McNamara, Jack in the Box Inc.

Mark Miklos, Waffle House, Inc. 

NCCR Staff

Green, Rob
NCCR Executive Director
202-626-8183

Vinson, Scott
NCCR Vice President
202-626-8183

Purvis, Shawna
Executive Assistant
202-626-8183

 

Schatz, Stephen
Sr. Director, Media Relations
202-626-8119

Viator, Jessica
Director, Membership Development
202-626-8123