Top Women in Quick Service

While women’s accomplishments in the professional and collegiate world are undeniable (for every two men earning a post-secondary degree, three women are graduating), the fact remains that only 2 percent of bosses at America’s largest companies are women.

But the restaurant industry has always been a diverse segment of the private sector and as Scott DeFife, executive vice president for policy and government affairs at the NRA, says, “The numbers are impressive—more women and individuals of diverse backgrounds are becoming restaurant entrepreneurs or are pursuing lifelong, successful careers in the industry.”