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Meet Kelli Valade, Red Lobster’s Next CEO

Red Lobster has found their next CEO. Just a few days after Red Lobster’s current CEO Kim Lopdrup announced that he’d be retiring after 14 years, the popular seafood chain announced that they named Kelli Valade as their next CEO.

So, who is Kelli Valade?

Valade has a lot of experience working with popular restaurant chains, having spent over 22 years at Brinker International, the hospitality industry company that owns Chili’s and Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant chains. She first joined the company in March 2000, serving as the...

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