Mr. Spivak served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1995 until his retirement in 2006. Mr. Spivak was a co-founder of the company�s predecessor (GCI) and served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GCI from inception in 1988 until 1995. Prior to forming GCI, Mr. Spivak co-founded, and operated, The Grill on the Alley restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1984. Mr. Spivak is a founder and past president of the Beverly Hills Restaurant Association. Mr. Spivak also chairs the executive advisory board of the Collins School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, is Director Emeritus of the California Restaurant Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of DiRoNA Distinguished Restaurants of North America. |