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Name
Gail Sharps Myers
Title
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Denny’s Inc.
Bio
Gail is a skilled public and private company c-suite executive with 25+ years of business experience. She has deep experience in the board room of multiple corporations, providing key leadership in , multi-billion-dollar strategic acquisitions/dispositions, corporate restructurings and entity transformations. While continuing in full time employment, Gail is actively seeking a U.S. or international corporate board role that will draw on her considerable governance, compliance, human resources and regulatory experience.
Gail currently serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Denny’s, Inc., with operations in almost all 50 states, and approximately 4,000 employees. As a member of the executive leadership team of this public company, Gail is responsible for all of the company’s legal, compliance and government affairs functions. Gail’s board contributions include lead responsibility for oversight of the board governance process, setting of board agendas, and framing policies for board tenure, composition and recruiting.
From May 2018 to May 2020, Gail served as EVP, General Counsel, CCO and Corporate Secretary for American Tire Distributors, Inc., The largest, privately owned, tire distribution company in North America. While there Gail was a leader in the company’s restructuring transaction in 2018, and subsequent turnaround thereafter.
Gail previously served as a c-suite officer of Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. (LNCE), a publicly traded snack food company with manufacturing and distribution operations across the United States and Internationally. Gail was recruited to Snyder’s-Lance specifically for her mergers and acquisitions experience. She was charged with building out the legal department and was a strategic leader in all of the transactions the company entered into during her 3 years, including being a strategic lead of the negotiation and, subsequently, the transition teams involved with the Campbell Soup Company’s acquisition of LNCE in 2018.
Over the course of the last 16 years, Gail has led the legal, compliance, enterprise risk management, governance, government affairs and real estate functions.
Gail is a frequently sought-after speaker on leadership, strategy, governance and compliance. She is an experienced nonprofit board member, including with the Board of Trustees of the Blumenthal in Charlotte and as Chair of the Equal Business Opportunity Commission for Howard County in Columbia, Maryland.
Gail currently serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Denny’s, Inc., with operations in almost all 50 states, and approximately 4,000 employees. As a member of the executive leadership team of this public company, Gail is responsible for all of the company’s legal, compliance and government affairs functions. Gail’s board contributions include lead responsibility for oversight of the board governance process, setting of board agendas, and framing policies for board tenure, composition and recruiting.
From May 2018 to May 2020, Gail served as EVP, General Counsel, CCO and Corporate Secretary for American Tire Distributors, Inc., The largest, privately owned, tire distribution company in North America. While there Gail was a leader in the company’s restructuring transaction in 2018, and subsequent turnaround thereafter.
Gail previously served as a c-suite officer of Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. (LNCE), a publicly traded snack food company with manufacturing and distribution operations across the United States and Internationally. Gail was recruited to Snyder’s-Lance specifically for her mergers and acquisitions experience. She was charged with building out the legal department and was a strategic leader in all of the transactions the company entered into during her 3 years, including being a strategic lead of the negotiation and, subsequently, the transition teams involved with the Campbell Soup Company’s acquisition of LNCE in 2018.
Over the course of the last 16 years, Gail has led the legal, compliance, enterprise risk management, governance, government affairs and real estate functions.
Gail is a frequently sought-after speaker on leadership, strategy, governance and compliance. She is an experienced nonprofit board member, including with the Board of Trustees of the Blumenthal in Charlotte and as Chair of the Equal Business Opportunity Commission for Howard County in Columbia, Maryland.
