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Zipporah Allen

Chief Commercial Officer at Sweetgreen

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Overview

Zipporah Allen serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Sweetgreen [1][3]. Allen holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in International Marketing from USC Marshall School of Business [11][12]. Allen's career has included roles in the restaurant sector, including positions at Pizza Hut as Chief Marketing Officer [9] and VP of Brand Marketing and Consumer Insights [10], and at Taco Bell as Chief Digital Officer and VP of Brand Marketing [8]. Allen subsequently served as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Business Officer at Strava [7][6]. Allen also holds board positions at Reformation and Attentive [4][5].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

I am a B2C C-Suite Leader known for driving business transformations and turnarounds by creating ‘Category of One’ communities for lifestyle brands. I seek out and excel at opportunities that require large cross functional teams to come together to reimagine what is possible with the aim of claiming new ground and meeting bold goals. I started my post-MBA career in the restaurant category, working at McDonald’s (both at the US global headquarters and in Australia) and in 2019, I was recruited to Yum! Brands where I was elevated to Chief Marketing Officer of Pizza Hut. At Pizza Hut, I create…

Career history

  1. Chief Commercial OfficerSep 2025 to presentSweetgreen
  2. Member Board of DirectorsMar 2021 to presentReformation
  3. Member Board of DirectorsAug 2022 to presentAttentive
  4. Chief Business OfficerFeb 2023 to Mar 2025Strava
  5. Chief Marketing OfficerMar 2022 to Mar 2023Strava
  6. Chief Digital Officer (Nov 2019 - March 2022); VP, Brand Marketing (April 2019 - Nov 2019)Apr 2019 to Mar 2022Taco Bell
  7. Chief Marketing OfficerJan 2018 to Apr 2019Pizza Hut
  8. VP, Brand Marketing and Consumer Insights / Sr. Director, Brand MarketingMay 2015 to Jan 2018Pizza Hut

Education

  1. MBA, Marketing and FinanceNorthwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
  2. Bachelor of Science, International MarketingUSC Marshall School of Business

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