Michelle Zavolta

Zavolta has over 20 years in human resource leadership experience in the restaurant industry and most recently served as Chief People Officer at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings. While at Anthony’s, she designed all of the company’s people processes and developed and implemented a 501(c)(3), a needs based employee assistance fund aligned with the organization’s core values. Prior to Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings, Ms. Zavolta served as Chief People Officer for Logan’s Roadhouse where she was a contributor to one of the industry’s most complex EBITDA recoveries and optimizations. Previously, she spent time in various leadership roles at Hooters of America, RARE Hospitality, and Ted’s Montana Grill where she reversed high turnover trends. Ms. Zavolta is a cutting-edge people strategist, guiding human capital management as an asset to market growth and brand differentiation with a focus on employee retention, engagement and performance driven cultures. Ms. Zavolta has deeply developed perspectives spanning across the wide spectrum of cultures and U.S. locations ranging from 2,000 to 14,000 employees. Ms. Zavolta holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communication from Marshall University. She lives in Parkland, Florida with her husband Ken and their three children, Milo, Luca and Emme.