Kimberly D. Hendren

Kimberly D. Hendren is the founder and CEO of CC Holdings, Inc., a woman-owned restaurant group headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Founded in 1992 with a single coffee bar, CC Holdings has expanded its operations to encompass 28 restaurant locations throughout the Indianapolis and Cincinnati markets. Its brands include Copper Moon World Cafés, Coffee Zon Cafés, Nature’s Table Cafés, Au Bon Pain Cafés and Granite City Food & Brewery. CC Holdings is a certified DBE/WBE in the City of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana.

Kim’s 25-plus years of retail business development and management experience includes work as a senior team member for Plasa Dairy, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico. This vertically integrated company was a startup in the late 1980s as a result of the United States Dairy buyout program. Responsible for retail growth, development and operations, Kim expanded the company’s presence to include 62 retail outlets spanning from the U.S. border city of Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, to Monterrey and Chihuahua within the span of five years. At the time of its sale to a Coca-Cola subsidiary, the company consisted of a 2,000 acre farm, a 30,000 square foot manufacturing plant, 62 retail outlets, and more than 800 employees.

Kim is also the majority owner and CEO of University Properties, LLC, which owns and operates more than 400 student housing units surrounding Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Kim is an active member of the Indianapolis Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Women’s President Organization. She currently serves as a board member for Cancer Support Community of Central Indiana and is an Advisory Board member for The Chef’s Academy at Harrison College.

Kim was a panelist in the 2013 Trailblazers panel for NAWBO-Indianapolis—a panel discussion with successful women business owners and community leaders. In both 2006, 2010 and 2017, Kim was nominated for the NAWBO-Indianapolis Woman Business Owner of the Year Award and, in 2009, was recognized with a nomination for the Starkey Entrepreneurial Women Award. She was selected by the Indianapolis Business Journal in 2003 as a “Forty under 40” awardee, which recognizes individuals in the local community who have made significant achievements in their area of business.

In 2011 and in 2015, CC Holdings was nominated for “Indiana Companies to Watch,” a designation by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation recognizing Indiana’s fast-growth, privately held businesses. Kim is a past member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), an international organization for business development, and a prior board member for Indiana University’s National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health.

Kim is a graduate of Indiana University.