Bama is an innovator of wholesome bakery products and cater to the needs of the largest and most well known restaurant chains on the planet. Their company's core product lines are hand-held pies, biscuits, buns, pie shells, and pizza crust. 

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The Bama Companies, Inc.

Rocky Moore is the Chief Financial Officer at The Bama Companies, Inc. His responsibilities include finance, accounting, banking, information services, strategic planning, legal, and merger / acquisition activity in the U.S. and abroad. Rocky works to position Bama for long term success by helping create strategies designed to drive profitable, sustainable growth.

Rocky has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting and holds Certified Public Accountant and Six Sigma Green Belt certifications.

Rocky began his career at Ernst & Young in Assurance Services and received his BSBA in Accounting and Finance from the [University of Tulsa](/org/university-of-tulsa) in 1995. The [University of Tulsa](/org/university-of-tulsa) awarded him the Young Alumni of the Year award in 2004 as recognition for the outstanding achievements and successes that have accompanied his career. Most recently, he served as Bama’s CFO for US Operations.

In addition to his work at Bama, Rocky previously served on the board of the Ronald McDonald House of Tulsa for over six years as Treasurer.

Rocky Moore

Tenille serves as the VP of Global Business Execution for The Bama Companies, Inc.  Her responsibilities include setting strategic direction and ensuring alignment in growth strategies, overseeing project management and commercialization of new products.

Tenille spent many years as the Director of the McDonald’s business unit, where her team was responsible for innovation, commercialization, sourcing and pricing, compliance, marketing insight, production and assured supply, distribution, and customer service.

Tenille has worked with Bama for over 14 years, and the vast majority of her experience has been in the McDonald’s System.  She has 2 years of experience in People Systems and Organizational Development, and during that time she worked with staffing, policy and procedure manuals, regulatory reporting, and overall team member engagement.

Tenille received her Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Oklahoma, and her MBA from the [University of Tulsa](/org/university-of-tulsa).

Tenille Brown

Jeff serves as General Manager. His responsibilities include aligning Bama’s strategic direction with the Operations, Quality, People Systems, Supply Chain, and Engineering Departments. Jeff works on system view approaches for long-term company and team member success.

Jeff has been with Bama for 19 years. He began his career with Bama in purchasing, where he received his Green Belt Certification before transitioning into Supplier Quality. From there, Jeff moved into Operations and has held the position of Operations Manager and Plant Manager at the Bama Pie and Bama Frozen Dough facilities. Most recently he served as Vice President, US Operations.

Jeff graduated with his MBA from [Southwestern Oklahoma State University](/org/southwestern-oklahoma-state-university). He has held various roles in the food industry for more than 25 years.

Jeff Brown

As Executive Vice President, Kevin oversees our businesses in Poland and China, has responsibility for our Global Business Execution, U.S. plant operations, Research & Development, and Culinary, and guides our National Accounts and Marketing function. He is instrumental in charting the future direction of Bama and in executing its strategy.

Kevin joined Bama in 2011, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience in the food industry. He has spent the majority of his career working in strategic sales, marketing, M&A, and business development roles within the global food industry. Since 2005, he held the position of Managing Director for Cherry Tree & Associates, LLC, a boutique firm that specializes in representing private owners of middle-market companies. His other work experience includes a variety of key leadership roles with CNS, Inc., [General Mills](/org/general-mills), The Pillsbury Company and The Liggett Group.

Kevin earned his bachelors degree in business administration, cum laude, from Temple University. He is a Senior Advisor to Cherry Tree & Associates and has published numerous articles and research pieces on various segments of the food industry and related sectors.

Kevin McKenna

As Bama’s Chief Executive Officer, Paula provides strategic leadership and direction to the entire organization. Her vision stands as a beacon for Bama team members, inspiring the organization to achieve the Bama mission – “People Helping People Be Successful”.

Paula assumed responsibility as CEO of the Bama Companies in 1984, which now includes Bama Pie, Bama Foods, Bama Frozen Dough, Beijing Bama and Bama Europa. Under her leadership Bama has expanded to provide a wide variety of frozen desserts and baked goods to fast food chains and casual and family dining restaurants.

Paula received her Bachelor of Science in business from [Oklahoma City University](/org/oklahoma-city-university) (OCU) in 1982, and her PhD in commercial science, also from OCU, in 1993.

Paula is the author of four books, the most recent was co-authored with New York Times bestselling author Jim Stovall. The Executive Entrepreneur is an important conversation starter about how all business people must embrace both entrepreneurship and management to succeed. To purchase Paula’s books, visit her amazon page.

Paula A. Marshall

The Bama Companies, Inc.'s Leadership Team includes Rocky Moore and 4 others.

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