BJ's Restaurants, Inc. announced the appointment of Ashley A. Van as the Company's Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 11, 2026. Ms. Van has served as the Senior Vice President of Accounting at Reformation, a sustainable women's clothing and accessory company, since September 2025. Prior to that, she served as the Vice President and Controller at Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG), a fast casual restaurant brand, from 2021 to 2025, and as Senior Director of Treasury and SEC Reporting at El Pollo Loco, a Mexican style fast food chain, from 2016 to 2021.
Ms. Van has also held roles at various public companies, such as James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX) and Cotality (formerly CoreLogic (NYSE:CLGX)). Ms. Van is a certified public accountant, who began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Effective May 11, 2026, J. Todd Wilson, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, will cease to serve as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. is a full-service restaurant brand. The Company’s restaurants feature a menu with approximately 100 menu items designed to offer various items, including slow roasted entrees, such as prime rib, EnLIGHTened Entrees, such as its Cherry Chipotle Glazed Salmon, its original signature deep-dish pizza, and the Pizookie dessert. It also offers its craft beers, which are produced at four in-house brewing facilities, two standalone brewpubs and by independent third-party brewers using its proprietary recipes. It is a national restaurant chain, which owns and operates approximately 218 restaurants located in 31 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
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