Steve Provost — Executive VP and Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer of Chili's Grill & Bar at Brinker International

Mr. Steve D. Provost has been Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer of Chili's??? Grill & Bar at Brinker International, Inc. since March 22, 2017. Mr. Provost served as the President of Maggiano's Little Italy at Brinker International Inc., from November 2009 to March 22, 2017 and its Senior Vice President from November 2009 to March 22, 2017. He served as a Senior Vice President of Marketing and Brand Strategy of Brinker International Inc. from April 17, 2009 to November 2009. He joined Brinker with almost two decades of restaurant and foodservice industry experience. He served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of The Quizno's Corporation since March 26, 2007 and was responsible for building the brand in national and international arenas for The Quizno's Corporation which include determining overall brand messaging; managing advertising and its external creative relationships and building a marketing strategy. Additionally, Mr. Provost was responsible for maintaining innovation in the Quiznos product development pipeline as well as regular menu review based on market demand and franchise profitability assessments. He joined Quiznos from Yum! Brand, Inc.'s A&W and Long John Silver's, where he worked as Chief Marketing and Food Innovation Officer. During his 18 years with Yum!, he held a number of strategic roles for Kentucky Fried Chicken including operations, franchise support, concept development, marketing and public relations. He also worked with George Bush Sr. as a Speech Writer and with a number of other political figures for strategic communications. Mr. Provost earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.