Edna Morris has over 40 years of executive and board leadership experience in the food and beverage industry and in manufacturing. Morris is a senior advisor to the restaurant practice of PJ Solomon, an investment advisory firm, and the CEO, founder, and partner in Range Restaurant Group. She is a board director of TDn2K and the Tractor Supply Co. For the past decade, she was managing director of Axum Capital Partners. In 2005, Morris was asked to lead the James Beard Foundation as their president; she was recognized for leading all aspects of the organization and restoring integrity, transparency and appropriate governance. In 2018, she was named one of the Most Influential Corporate Directors by WomenInc. Morris is a frequent speaker and was the founding president of Women’s Foodservice Forum. She has received a MUFSO Golden Chain award, an Elliot Mentor Award, and the Women’s Foodservice Forum’s Trail Blazer award.