Corporate Governance

Mr. Diaz has been a director of the Company since September 2022. Since January 2019, Diaz has served as the Chairman of the Hispanic Technology Executive Council (“HITEC”), a premier, global executive leadership organization of senior business and technology executives building outstanding careers in technology. Since February 2022, Diaz has also served as the Founder and CEO of Conectado Inc., an innovative, Web 3 digital platform with the mission of accelerating access to opportunities for underrepresented minorities, and since August 2020, he has served on the Board of Directors for Blue Shield of California. Prior to his current roles, Diaz served as CEO at Kloudspot, Inc., an innovative predictive AI and IoT analytics platform provider, from February 2020 to December 2021, and he served as Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Cisco Systems, Inc. from January 2000 to February 2020. In addition to his role as CIO at Cisco, he led the Customer Digital Transformation program, where he and his team leveraged Cisco’s own digital journey and thought leadership to partner with customers to develop their own digital transformation programs. Diaz began his career in telecommunications with the U.S. Navy, where he received a military scholarship that led to his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Regis University in Colorado.

Director Since December 2008

Mr. Goebel has been a director of the Company since December 2008, and currently serves as Lead Director. He is a partner and Faculty Member for Merryck & Co. Ltd., a worldwide firm that provides peer to peer mentoring services for CEOs and senior business executives. He has held that position since May 2008. In 2008, Mr. Goebel became the founding principal and President of Santoku, Inc., a private company that operates a fast-casual pizza concept under the name Pie Five® Pizza Company. Mr. Goebel also served as acting President and CEO of Mr. Goodcents Franchise Systems, Inc. from 2010 until December 2014. From 2001 until 2007, he served in various executive positions at Applebee’s International, Inc., including as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006-2007, during which time the company operated nearly 2,000 restaurants in the United States and internationally. Previous to that, Mr. Goebel was President of Summit Management, Inc., a consulting group specializing in executive development and strategic planning. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Finest Foodservice, LLC, a Boston Chicken/Boston Market franchise that he founded and co-owned, which was responsible for developing 80 restaurants within a seven-state area from 1994 until 1998. Since 2017, Mr. Goebel has served on the board of directors of Wingstop Inc. which operates and franchises more than 1,000 fast-casual restaurant locations across the United States and internationally. He served on Wingstop’s Audit Committee until August 2018.

Ms. Kleiner has been a director of the Company since September 2011 and is currently Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. From 2001 to 2008, Ms. Kleiner was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Hilton Hotels Corporation, a hotel and resort company. At Hilton, Ms. Kleiner oversaw the company’s legal affairs and the ethics, privacy and government affairs functions. She was also a member of the executive committee with significant responsibility for board of directors matters. From 1999 through 2001, Ms. Kleiner served as a director of a number of Merrill Lynch mutual funds operating under the Hotchkiss and Wiley name. From 1995 to 1998, Ms. Kleiner served as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of H. F. Ahmanson & Company and its subsidiary, Home Savings of America, where she was responsible for oversight of legal, human resources, legislative and government affairs and corporate communications. Previous to that, from 1977 to 1995, Ms. Kleiner was with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, including as partner from 1983 to 1995, where she advised corporations and their boards primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities transactions and compliance. Ms. Kleiner has served on the board of directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation since 2008, where she is a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Ramirez Mena currently serves as president and chief financial officer of Buff City Soap, a franchisor offering handmade and plant-based personal care products with over 250 locations across the country. Before joining Buff City Soap, he spent 12 years at Yum! Brands in various executive leadership roles, both domestically and internationally. As the chief financial officer and chief growth officer of Pizza Hut, he helped lead an 18,000-store system with over $12 billion in sales. As the general manager of Pizza Hut Latin America & Iberia, he oversaw a business unit with 2,600 stores and system sales exceeding $1.5 billion. During his tenure at Yum! Brands, he consistently exceeded unit development and operating profit plans, setting records for the company's new store growth. He currently serves as Board Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Six Flags.

Mr. Murphy has been a director of the Company since September 2002. Mr. Murphy served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sharp HealthCare from April 1996 until his retirement in February 2019, and as member of the Sharp Board from 2007 through his retirement. Sharp is a comprehensive healthcare delivery system which has been recognized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence. Prior to his appointment to President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Murphy served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Legal Affairs for Sharp HealthCare. He began his career at Sharp in 1991 as Chief Financial Officer of Grossmont Hospital before moving to a system-wide role as Vice President of Financial Accounting and Reporting. Prior to this, Mr. Murphy provided certified public accounting services, including as a partner at Deloitte.

Mr. Myers has been a director of the Company since December 2010 and is currently Chair of the Finance Committee. Mr. Myers served as Chairman of the Board of Petco, the national pet supplies retailer from July 2015 until September 2018 and was also Petco’s Chief Executive Officer from 2004 until February 2017. Previously, Mr. Myers held the following positions at Petco: President from 2011 until 2015; Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 2004; and Vice President and Controller from 1990. Prior to that, Mr. Myers was a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG LLP.

Ms. Yeung has been a director of the Company since April 2017. Ms. Yeung is currently serving as the Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer of Kohl’s Corporation. From January 2018 until November 29, 2019 Ms. Yeung served as General Manager, Venture at Lululemon Athletica Inc, a healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel company. She previously served as that company’s Chief Strategy Officer from May 2015, to January 2018, and as Vice President, Strategy from November 2011 to May 2015. From 2008 until 2011, Ms. Yeung was an independent consultant working with philanthropies, non-profit organizations and small to medium-sized enterprises on strategy development. From 2002 to 2008, she held positions with increasing responsibilities at Starbucks Coffee Company, a global premium food and beverage retailer, leading strategy development and process improvement for its North America, International, and Global Product organizations. Ms. Yeung started her career with Bain & Company, a global strategy consulting firm, advising clients on growth, operational and investment strategies across Greater China, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Lance Tucker was named Chief Executive Officer at Jack in the Box in March of 2025, after joining the company in January 2025 as Chief Financial Officer. He brings a proven track record of driving results and deep experience as a strategic business leader within the restaurant industry. Tucker also brings a thorough understanding of the company’s business operations, having served previously at Jack in the Box as CFO from 2018 to 2020.

Before his return to Jack in the Box, Tucker was CFO at both Davidson Hospitality Group, as well as CKE Restaurants. Prior to this, he served for over a decade as a restaurant industry executive, primarily as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of Papa John’s International from 2009 to 2018 prior to his first tenure at Jack in the Box.

From 1999 to 2003, Tucker held leadership positions in finance for several companies engaged in education, technology consulting, online retailing and real estate development. He initially joined Papa John’s in 1994, after beginning his career as a senior accountant for Ernst & Young, LLC. Tucker holds a Bachelor's Degree from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.