Staffing

Donatos adds 3 to executive team

December 22, 2022

Donatos will add several new members to its executive team effective Jan. 3, according to a press release.

Tony Capuano will take the role of vice president of franchise operations. A third-generation member of the Donatos founding family, Capuano has spent the past three years in ops Development and district manager roles within the company serving most recently as a district manager for five company restaurants.

"Tony has already made an impact in his time at Donatos," Kevin King, president of Donatos, said in the press release. "In his new role, he will have the opportunity to work directly with our franchise partners to help them build their sales and profitability. We are excited for him to be in this role and are confident he will continue our great relationship with our franchise partners."

Cheryl Bergsman will take on the newly created role of vice president of field training and ops excellence. Bergsman brings more than 32 years of Donatos field operations experience to the role and a passion for supporting operations through training and development. Most recently, she has spent the past three years as the vice president of company operations where she led the Columbus company restaurants through the challenges they faced during the pandemic.

"Cheryl's leadership in our company restaurants the past three years has been incredible," said King. "She helped guide our associates through unprecedented times. We are really excited for her to be able to put her passion for people and training to great use in this important new role that is essential as our brand continues to grow."

Brian Thompson will serve as the vice president of company operations. Thompson has more than 30 years of field restaurant experience with Donatos. He has been both a general manager and a district manager in Columbus, and for the past 12 years he has served as the vice president for restaurant operations for Titan Restaurant Group, a Donatos franchise partner, during which he oversaw 40 restaurants across three states.

"Brian is a results-oriented leader with a track record for driving sales, improving profitability, and growing people," King said. "He possesses a leadership lens from within and outside the Columbus market that can enhance our open-minded culture and inspire even greater innovation."

Donatos operates 173 traditional restaurants and 258 non-traditional locations.