Amanda Clark, Papa Johns Chief Development Officer
\u201cListen for what you\u2019re really good at - and embrace your superpower.\u201d
\nAmanda Clark is Chief Development Officer at Papa John\u2019s International, where she leads the company\u2019s strategy to continue expanding its restaurant footprint in North America and internationally. Prior to Papa John\u2019s, Amanda was Executive Vice President of the Restaurant Experience at Taco Bell where she reinvented the customer experience across 7,000 restaurants by bringing together marketing, technology, architecture and design, and construction to create a unified vision. During her seven years at Taco Bell, she served on numerous other leadership roles, including SVP North America Development and General Manager for Taco Bell Canada. Amanda began her career at P&G, where she spent nearly 12 years working on some of the company\u2019s biggest brands like Olay, Pampers and Oral-B. Amanda graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Theater Studies. In this candid conversation about being your best self, Amanda talks about the importance of finding what you\u2019re good at - and how that might not always be the path you think you were meant to be on. You\u2019ll enjoy hearing Amanda\u2019s perspective on what it takes to intentionally build a diverse and inclusive team, and how you sometimes in the face of organization inertia - you have to be willing to push back to move forward.