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DFA 2009 Committees
The Denny's
Franchisee Association has several active committees to support many
of our member needs.
If you are interested in communicating to
a committee; you may click on the Chairman to send an
email.
Standing Committees:
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Executive: |
Chairperson |
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Craig Barber, Chair Bill Cox, Vice Chair
Glenn Beattie, Secretary
Dawn Lafreeda, Treasurer
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| Description: |
| Consists of
the officers and shall make decisions and take actions on behalf of the
Board between meetings. The Chairman shall call meetings of the
Executive Committee. |
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Legal and
Insurance: |
Chairperson |
Joe Cloutier, Chair
Bob Langford,
Vice
Chair
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| Description: |
| This Committee reviews
contracts between the DFA and our vendors and interacts with corporate
on legal issues that affect the overall franchisee membership. In
addition, this committee works to create and implement insurance
benefits for DFA members |
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Marketing: |
Chairperson |
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Bill Box, Chair
Bob Langford,
Chair Robert Duskin |
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The Marketing committee participates at quarterly Brand team meetings
in Spartanburg where advertising and marketing ideas are discussed and
decisions made for the Brand. This committee also participates in
conference calls on a regular basis with corporate marketing regarding
time sensitive issues. |
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Membership:
Franchisee
Allied Partners |
Chairperson |
Dawn Lafreeda, Chair
Miles HollandGlenn Beattie
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Description: |
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This committee focus is
maintaining and increasing DFA membership along with providing relevant
member benefits. |
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Communications:
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Chairperson |
Sam Wilensky, Chair
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Description: |
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This committee works to ensure DFA members
receive information from the Board on a regular basis on topics that
affect our community. At this time, that communication is through the
DFA Website - Dennys.org (including a member's only section, Bulletin
Board and Buyer’s Guide), our newsletter - DFA Forum, and our DFA
Directory. |
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Operations: |
Chairperson |
Carl Ferland, Chair
Glenn Beattie, Vice
Chair
Sam Wilensky
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| Description: |
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The Operations committee
coordinates activities and input to corporate leadership from the DFA on
operational matters and is proactive in identifying and resolving
critical operational (store level) issues which affect the Brand, its
attribute ratings, and its ability to grow profitable sales. |
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Purchasing: |
Chairperson |
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Craig Barber, Chair
Ben Bagnas, Vice Chair
Bill Cox
Robert Duskin
Bob Langford
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| Description: |
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The Purchasing committee
works with corporate leadership to ensure cost effective purchasing and
distribution of food and supplies for the brand along with aggressively
pursuing new opportunities or programs with a variety of vendors to
ensure the best value and product for the brand. |
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Remodel: |
Chairperson |
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Bill Cox, Chair
Robert Duskin
Carl Ferland
Glenn Beattie
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| Description: |
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The Purchasing committee
works with corporate leadership to maximize Return on Investment (ROI)
in regard to remodels. The committee is involved in design and
financial elements at all times. |
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Special Events: |
Chairperson |
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Ben Bagnas, Chair Robert Duskin
Craig Barber
Sam Wilensky |
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Description: |
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The Special Events committee is responsible for
cost effective, world class DFA member special
events including, but not limited to the DFA
Convention, the Allied Partner Summit and the
Sponsor Invitational. |
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Purchasing
Co-Op/ Supply Chain: |
Chairperson |
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Craig Barber, Chair Bill
Cox
Joe Cloutier
Robert Duskin
Bob Langford
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Description: |
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A consultant, CEO Partners, has been engaged
to assist the DFA Board in the formation of the
purchasing co-op. CEO Partners has extensive
experience with restaurant brands in the
formation of purchasing co-ops and will be a
critical resource to the DFA Board. The
objective of the DFA Board is to achieve the
highest possible level of efficiency for our
integrated supply chain management. |
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Credit Card |
Chairperson |
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Ken Kilberger, Co-Chair
Craig Barber, Co-Chair
Robert Duskin
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Description: |
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The Credit Card committee works with
corporate leadership to ensure cost effective
financial systems to ensure transparency and
efficiency for the brand. |
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