2022 State of the Union Recap
Every year, Summerwood comes together to celebrate the incredible work done by our teams across the company. And while we love to recognize hard work in person, this year, we were able to honor 2021’s special achievements through the Summerwood State of the Union zoom event. Restaurants leaders from every market gathered at set locations and “tuned in” to a special presentation. Congratulations to our winners below!
- Restaurant General Managers of the Year
- Area Coach of the Year
- Admin of the Year
- Mickey Noonan Award
- Jerri Toner Award
- John Monte Award
- President’s Award
- Most Improved
- Ops award to Admin
- Successful Opening Award
- Regional of the Year Awards
- Marketing Megaphone Award
- COO’s Vision of the Year Award
Restaurant General Managers of the Year:
Michael Dobrzkowski, restaurant 32675
Karen Cornett, restaurant 32674
Area Coach of the Year:
Kofi Ohene-Okae, Area 18
Admin of the Year:
Joe DePascale
Development Manager
Mickey Noonan Award:
Lori Grossman
Director of Marketing
Jerri Toner Award:
Lisa Harman
Restaurant General Manager
John Monte Award:
Eric Tcheki
Area Coach
President’s Award
- Azelina Khan
- Marc Butler
- Christine Lovett
Most Improved
- Cynthia McKiney
Pennsville, NJ
(Moved up 70 spots)
Operations award to Admin
- Denise Branca
VP of Construction & Maintenance - Rebecca Keller
Maintenance Manager


Successful Opening
KFC opened Feb. 26 in Sicklerville, NJ. The award was presented by Morita Olsen from KFC Corporate.
- Gabby Arizaga
- Shanon Harper


Regional of the year Awards
- Jennifer Hildebrand’s Region:
Carissa Smith
West Berlin, NJ - Andre Dyson’s Region:
Amithumar Dhruva
Fredrick, MD - Carl Coulter’s Region:
Aaron Burrows
Salisbury, MD - John Kozar’s Region:
Jill Herbert
Area Coach – Western PA - Bryon Tierney’s Region:
Gaurav Gupta
Falls Church, VA
Marketing Megaphone
Fred Hahn
Restaurant General Manager


COO’s Vision of the year
- Eddy Lebron
- Krystyn Habecker
- Travis Robinson