Tropical Smoothie Cafe introduced Jaime Denney as senior vice president of operations. 

Denney most recently served as the vice president of retail at Aramark for three years. She also spent 15 years at Starbucks in various operational positions.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe also announced the following appointments to its corporate leadership team: Rob Collins was named chief marketing officer; Pete Ward, general counsel, Paul Marsden as chief financial officer and Cheryl Fletcher, vice president of franchise development strategy.