Sarah Chapin serves as CEO of Hail Merry
Snack Foods, an organic, gluten-free, vegan, raw, omega-rich
foods company founded in 2007 by Susan O'Brien.
Sarah was a founding partner in The Chain Gang, a private equity
and business development advisory practice she built with Lane
Cardwell and Bryce King and operated from 2005-2008.
From 1995 to 2003, Sarah was CEO and later Chair of the Board
of Enersyst Development Center, a research and development,
intellectual property, food and technology incubator later acquired
by Turbochef and then The Middleby Companies.
A previous executive officer of GrandMet/Burger King and director
at Pepsico/Pizza Hut, Sarah has built a career that spans foodservice,
agribusiness, distribution and technology.
She has served on the boards of more than ten for profit companies
since 1992 including IRM, Maggie Moos, Jersey Mike's, Sandstone,
Diachemix, Baker Bros., and was one of the developers for RSI,
Burger King's purchasing coop. She created the Pizza Hut Express
kiosk program in the 80's, the food industry's first ever bake
and display miniature branded outlet.
Sarah is certified as a board member by the National Association
of Corporate Directors (NACD), and currently serves on the Board
of Directors of PrimeSource Foodservice Equipment and publicly
traded Caribou Coffee, for which she chairs the Compensation
Committee.
Sarah is a member of the Women's Foodservice Forum, Women Corporate
Directors, and Texas Advisory Board of the Children’s
Defense Fund where she will chair its 2010 Beat the Odds®
Scholarship Program in Dallas.
A past recipient of Emerging Leader Award from the WFF, the
IFMA Spark Plug, Sarah received her Doctorate of Foodservice
from NAFEM, and has received Purdue University's Outstanding
Young Professional award.
Sarah and husband Jud Chapin reside in Dallas.
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