Board & Management Biographies

Board of Directors

Julia A. Stewart
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Julia A. Stewart, a 37-year veteran of the restaurant industry, serves as chairman and CEO of DineEquity, Inc. DineEquity is the world’s largest full-service restaurant company franchising and operating restaurants under the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar and IHOP Restaurant brands.

A proven leader, Ms. Stewart implemented significant shifts in strategy that resulted in revitalizing the IHOP brand and improving the overall financial performance of the business since joini...

Richard J. Dahl
Lead Director

Richard J. Dahl
Lead Director

Mr. Dahl has served on the Company’s board of directors since February 2004 and is currently the Board’s Lead Director. Mr. Dahl is a private investor with an extensive business background, and currently serves as chairman of the board for International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE: IRF). From July of 2002 through June of 2007 Mr. Dahl served in senior executive positions for Dole Food Company, Inc. Positions held by Mr. Dahl during his tenure at Dole included, President and Chief Operating Offi...

Howard M. Berk
Director

Howard M. Berk
Director

Mr. Berk has served on the Company’s board of directors since February 2009. Since 2002, Mr. Berk has been a Partner at MSD Capital, L.P., the investment firm formed in 1998 to exclusively manage the capital of Michael Dell and his family. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Berk was Managing Director of TG Capital Corp., an investment group that manages the capital of a single family and acquires and invests in both public and private companies. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Berk was with The Stenbeck Group, ac...

Daniel J. Brestle
Director

Daniel J. Brestle
Director

Mr. Brestle has served on the Company’s board of directors since July 2009. Mr. Brestle most recently served as vice chairman and president of Estee Lauder Companies Inc. North America, a position he retired from in June 2009 after spending more than 30 years in leadership positions within the Lauder organization and its family of brands. During his tenure, he held numerous positions including chief operating officer and group president of the Company’s high growth specialty brands. Prior to ...

H. Frederick Christie
Director

H. Frederick Christie
Director

Mr. Christie has served on the Company’s board of directors since 1992. He is an independent consultant and has served on the boards of directors of Ducommun, Incorporated since 1985, Southwest Water Co. since 1995 and Valero L.P. from 2002 until July 2005. Beginning in 1972, he has served as a director or trustee of the following mutual funds operated by Capital Research and Management Company: American Mutual Fund, AMCAP Fund, U.S. Government Securities Fund, American High Income Trust, Americ...

Frank Edelstein
Director

Frank Edelstein
Director

Mr. Edelstein has served on the Company’s board of directors since 1987. He is an independent consultant and has served on the boards of directors of Ceradyne, Inc. since 1987 and Arkansas Best Corp. since 1988, and as secretary of the Orange Coast Inter-Faith Shelter....

Michael S. Gordon
Director

Michael S. Gordon
Director

Mr. Gordon has served on the Company’s board of directors since 1987. On April 2006, he assumed the position of Vice Chairman of First Q Capital LLC. He also has served as Chairman of StoneCreek Capital, Inc. (formerly The Gordon+Morris Group, Inc.) since January 2002. He served as Chairman or Co-Chairman of StoneCreek Capital, Inc. from 1992 to 2001. He has served as Chairman of the boards of the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Delafoil, Inc., and as chairman of the Pacific Symphony. He i...

Larry Alan Kay
Director

Larry Alan Kay
Director

Mr. Kay has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since May 1987. Previously, he was its Chairman from January 2003 to May 2006. Mr. Kay is a private consultant and investor. He served as Publisher, Fi: The Magazine of Music & Sound, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Fi, L.L.C. from October 1995 until May 1998. He serves as director of Design Center Solutions, Inc. dba Bridgeway Media Group and is an honorary board member of the New Century Chamber Orchestra....

Caroline W. Nahas
Director

Caroline W. Nahas
Director

Ms. Nahas has served on the Company’s board of directors since 1992. She has held the position of Managing Director, Southern California, of Korn/Ferry International or similar positions since May 1998. She served as a member of the Executive Committee of Korn/Ferry International from December 1995 until August 1998. Ms. Nahas has served as a director of Whittier Holdings, Inc. since 2000, UCLA Anderson School of Management-Board of Visitors, United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles Chambe...

Gilbert T. Ray
Director

Gilbert T. Ray has served on the Company's board of directors since December 2004. Mr. Ray is a retired partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. For more than 28 years, he practiced corporate law, and has extensive experience with conventional corporate and tax exempt transactions as well as international finance.

Mr. Ray currently is a member of the Boards of Advance Auto Parts Company, Diamond Rock Hospitality, St. John’s Health Center Foundation, Season Series Fund and SunAmerica Se...

Patrick W. Rose
Director

Patrick W. Rose
Director

Mr. Rose has served on the Company’s board of directors since 1992. He is a private investor. Mr. Rose served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc. from June 1985 to August 1988. He served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Van Camp Seafood, Inc., from March 1992 to August 1997. Since 2003, he has served on the board of directors of Birds Eye Foods, Inc. and as United States Commissioner to the Inter-American ...

Management Team

Julia A. Stewart
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

A proven leader, Ms. Stewart implemented significant shifts in strategy that resulted in revitalizing the IHOP brand and improving the overall financial performance of the business since joini...

John “Jack” F. Tierney
Chief Financial Officer

John “Jack” F. Tierney was appointed to the position of chief financial officer of DineEquity in February 2009. Mr. Tierney is responsible for the accounting, finance, and internal audit departments of the Company as well as financial oversight of the Applebee’s and IHOP businesses.

Mr. Tierney, a Certified Public Accountant, has for the past three decades served in a variety of senior finance roles including chief financial officer, controller and chief accounting officer fo...

Richard C. Celio
Chief Restaurant Support Officer

Richard Celio was appointed Chief Restaurant Support Officer of DineEquity, inc. with the acquisition of Applebee’s International, Inc. by the Company in November 2007. He is responsible for the leadership and oversight of the shared services functions of the Applebee’s and IHOP brands, including information technology, quality assurance, supply chain management, and new business development.

Previously, Mr. Celio served as Vice President, Franchise & Development for the IHOP bran...

Michael J. Archer
President, Applebee’s International, Inc.

Mike Archer was appointed President of Applebee’s International, Inc. in May 2008. Mr. Archer leads the overall strategic direction for all functional areas of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar. He is primarily responsible for executing the vision and future brand evolution for the organization, driving excellence within all functional disciplines, leading an effective and aligned leadership team, forging strong franchise relationships, and developing tactical and strategic plans to imp...

Jean M. Birch
President, IHOP Restaurants

Jean Birch was appointed president of IHOP Restaurants in June 2009. As president, Birch leads the overall strategic direction for all functional areas of IHOP's predominantly franchised business and is primarily responsible for providing leadership for the business and execution of its key growth strategies around brand building, operational excellence and franchise restaurant development.

Birch brings a wealth of restaurant industry experience to her role at IHOP, including ...

John Jakubek
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

John Jakubek was appointed to the position of senior vice president, human resources, in March 2008. In this position, Jakubek provides leadership for the Company’s human resource function at DineEquity, inc. as well as within the Applebee’s and IHOP business units and holds primary responsibility for leading the cultural integration of the two business units and the parent company. Additionally, Jakubek enables the role of human resources as a business partner and ensures the consistent in...

Greggory Kalvin
Vice President, Corporate Controller

Greggory Kalvin was appointed vice president, corporate controller of DineEquity in August 2007. Mr. Kalvin is responsible for providing leadership for the Company’s accounting, tax and financial reporting groups, as well as its accounting management and regulatory reporting and compliance process, including direction of the Company’s general accounting practices, financial controls, and analysis and reporting functions.

Prior to joining DineEquity, Mr. Kalvin most recently se...

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