Katherine Barone is a restaurant leader with experience driving profitable growth and operational transformation across national restaurant brands. In her current role as Senior Brand Manager, Delivery at KFC, she leads end-to-end strategy, execution, and performance for the company’s U.S. delivery business.
Prior to KFC, Katherine led the off-premise business unit at Red Lobster, where she modernized operations, improved unit economics, and strengthened sales performance, positioning off-premise channels as a core growth engine for the brand. Earlier in her career, she held marketing and digital growth roles at McDonald’s, helping accelerate digital and delivery growth through market pilots, operational playbooks, and franchisee engagement.
Katherine brings an operator’s mindset to strategy, blending financial rigor with digital innovation to deliver sustainable results. She is currently pursuing an MBA at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Management from the University of Houston.
