Shipley Do-Nuts CMO Donna Josephson is a dynamic, results-oriented marketing professional with over 20 years of restaurant marketing experience.
She brings creativity, drive and leadership to Shipley to help the 88-year-old company enter a new era of growth and innovation. She led the launch of the company’s first-ever professional branding campaign and marketing co-op and is tasked with driving the company forward with brand marketing and strategy, product R&D and menu strategy, as well as off-premise strategy.
Prior to joining Shipley in 2021, she served as CMO at Corner Bakery Cafe, Fazoli’s and McAlister’s Deli and has held leadership positions with other national brands such as Chick-Fil-A, Applebee’s and Wendy’s.
In addition to creative problem-solving to increase company sales and profits, her passions include developing high-performance teams and creating cross functional partnerships to drive results and giving back to the industry and her community.