Church’s Chicken named Pete Servold its executive vice president of U.S. operations. Servold previously served with Church’s Chicken from 2010 to 2014 as vice president of operations, and now returns to succeed Joseph Christina, who was promoted to CEO in November 2016.

Prior to joining Church’s Chicken, Servold served for more than 30 years at McDonald’s Corporation in various operational roles, culminating in vice president of operations and franchising. Servold also previously held the role of SVP, franchise operations for Hooters of America.