MIDDLEBY CORP (MIDD)
Sector: Industrials
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Sector: Industrials
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Director information for MIDD
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| MIDD | Principal of Chapin Creative, LLC; Director | 64 | ["Principal of Chapin Creative, LLC since 2016","Advisor to Michael Graves Design Group, Inc. since 2025","Former Chief Executive Officer and board member of Hail Merry","Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Enersyst Development Center","Former Vice President of Worldwide Business Strategy at Burger King Corporation","Former Director of New Concepts and Engineering for Pizza Hut"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance (chair)","Nominating and Corporate Governance"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Age: 64 Director since: 2013 INDEPENDENT Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance (chair) Professional background Ms. Chapin has been Principal of Chapin Creative, LLC, a business incubation, strategy, and marketing advisory firm, since 2016. Ms. Chapin has served as an advisor to Michael Graves Design Group, Inc., since 2025. For seven years before founding Chapin Creative, she was Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Hail Merry, a marketer and manufacturer of gluten-free, vegan, refrigerated plant ingredient snacks. Earlier in her career, she was Chief Executive Officer, then Chairman, of Enersyst Development Center, an intellectual property development and licensing firm in food processing, vending, and foodservice, from 1995 to 2003. She served as Vice President of Worldwide Business Strategy of Burger King Corporation from 1990 to 1995, including as co-leader for development of Restaurant Services, Inc., Burger King s purchasing coop. She began her career in food service as Director of New Concepts and Engineering for Pizza Hut from 1985 to 1990. Service on other public boards Caribou Coffee Company (2007-2013) (compensation committee chair and nominating and corporate governance committee member) Service on private boards FlowTrans LLC, a liquid food grade tanker transportation and logistics business (since 2021) Yummy Spoonfuls, an organic baby and toddler food company (2014-2018) Hail Merry, a plant-based food brand (2009-2016) PrimeSource Foodservice Equipment Distributors (2002-2012) IRM, a data analytics subscription company (1998-2008) Enersyst Development Center (1995-2002) Lakeside Food Equipment Manufacturing (1998-2007) Relevant skills Ms. Chapin s more than three decades of experience in the food service and food processing industries give her a comprehensive understanding of strategy, franchising, commercial kitchen technology, brand management, product development, marketing, operational excellence, market expansion, and acquisition strategy.