Shipley Donuts adds three executives to the C-suite

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Alicia Kelso

Thu, March 5, 2026 astatine 9:11 AM CST 1 min read

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Shipley Donuts has added 3 executives to the C-Suite arsenic the institution celebrates its 90th day and approaches its 400th location. 

Matt Kafka has been named main operating officer. He has astir 30 years of edifice operations experience, astir precocious serving arsenic elder vice president and interim COO astatine Smoothie King, wherever helium oversaw franchise and firm operations crossed astir 1,250 stores. He antecedently held operations roles astatine Jamba Juice.

Todd Brin has been named Shipley’s main improvement officer, a promotion from his erstwhile relation arsenic vice president of plan and construction. Brin antecedently spent 22 years astatine Wingstop, helping standard the marque from 85 locations to 2,500 locations worldwide. He is tasked with overseeing franchise sales, development, construction, design, and existent estate.

John Feray has been named main fiscal officer. He astir precocious served arsenic CFO astatine GSM Outdoors and has held fiscal enactment roles astatine Dollar General Corporation and RadioShack.

The 3 appointments travel the summation of main selling serviceman Bill Leibengood, who joined Shipley Donuts successful precocious 2025. The expanded enactment squad comes arsenic the marque continues its growth, including caller multi-unit deals and the opening of its archetypal store successful Las Vegas.

Shipley Donuts operates much than 390 franchised and company-owned restaurants crossed 13 states, with franchise opportunities disposable passim the South, Southeast, and Midwest. The institution finished 2024 with $320 cardinal successful sales, according to Technomic. 

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