Al Copeland, Jr.

Al Copeland Jr. serves as the CEO and Chairman of Al Copeland Investments (ACI), a privately owned, multi-faceted management company. His chief responsibilities include managing and overseeing the ACI restaurant group, the Copeland’s hotel division, Improv Comedy Clubs, and Diversified Foods & Seasoning manufacturing plants in addition to other entities. Prior to this, Mr. Copeland served as Senior Executive Vice President of Copeland’s Restaurants, where he provided leadership and direction for the marketing, operations and purchasing, and research aspects of the fully-franchised restaurant division. He began his career as an Assistant Manager of Popeye’s Chicken, a company his father founded in 1972. In addition, Mr. Copeland is executor to the Copeland family estate and Chairman of the Board for Al Copeland Foundation, which was founded after his father Al Sr.’s life was cut short by a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Merkel Cell Carcinoma. The foundation helps fund research to find a cure for Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC), deadly cancer that strikes only three people per 100,000 each year in the United States. Al’s hobbies and interests include boat racing, racquetball, general fitness training, and sports cars and racing.