Harvey Rothstein
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Harvey Rothstein serves as DavCo Restaurants, Inc's Chariman and CEO. Prior to being appointed Chairman and CEO Harvey served as Sr. Executive Vice President of Development responsible for the appraisal, acquisition, and financing of real estate for the development of Wendy's brand in the company's exclusive territory. He also oversaw all construction activities. Mr. Rothstein joined the Company in August of 1979.
Mr Rothstein's 28 years+ service to DavCo provide him extensive knowledge and experience to guide the successful operation of the company. For six years prior to coming to DavCo, Mr. Rothstein was a principal of a real estate brokerage firm which specialized in the acquisition of sites for fast food companies, and served as Vice President of Rochester Fast Foods in Rochester, New York.

David J. Norman
President & General Counsel

David J. Norman is our President & General Counsel. He also served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of DavCo Operations. Mr. Norman joined us in 1997. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Norman was a partner in the law firm of Mason, Ketterman & Morgan. Mr. Norman currently also serves as chairman of the Maryland State Athletic Commission.  Dave was recognized with his most recent promotion to President and General Counsel in December 2007.

Richard H. Borchers
Executive Vice President, COO

Richard H. Borchers is the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer for DavCo Restaurants, Inc.
Mr. Borchers has over 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry. After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Salisbury State College, Mr. Borchers joined a franchise of Arthur Treachers where he managed several restaurants. In short order Mr. Borchers realized that the restaurant industry was challenging and offered tremendous opportunity for those who were willing to passionately work the business.
In 1977, Mr. Borchers noticed a new concept aggressively entering the market. That concept was Wendy's. He knew that this concept had the potential to offer new and exciting opportunities. So, in June of that year, he began his career with DavCo Restaurants, Inc. Mr. Borchers began his career as an Assistant Manager and quickly moved up the ranks to General Manager. Within two years of joining the company he was promoted to the level of Area Manager. The company was growing at a very fast pace and with that growth came opportunity.
During 1985, Mr. Borchers was promoted to Regional Manager overseeing 5 Area Managers in a 26 store market in Baltimore, MD. Twelve months later he was transferred to the Washington area to direct a 36 store market. In 1988, Mr. Borchers was promoted to Director of Human Resources and oversaw all aspects of HR and Training as well as Risk Management and Security. In 1997 Mr. Borchers was promoted to the level of Executive Vice President. In 2005, he was given additional responsibility as EVP of Administration. In October of 2006, Mr. Borchers was named EVP, Operations and in December 2007 named Chief Operating Officer.

Charles C. McGuire, III
Sr. Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Charles C. McGuire, III is a Senior Vice President, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for DavCo Restaurants, Inc.  Mac, as he likes to be known, has over 28 years experience in the accounting and finance business.  He is both a CPA and a CFP.  After graduating with a degree in accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1979 he joined the public accounting firm of Ernst and Young.  He spent seven years with them and rose to the position of Audit Manager.  He then joined Ryland Homes as a divisional controller and later accepted a position with the Kane Companies as their Corporate Controller.  Several years after that, Mr. McGuire joined Crop Genetics International, a biotechnology company, as Director of Finance and was involved in helping them raise money through secondary (public) offerings.  He was also responsible for their Investor Relations and Public Reporting functions.  Mac joined DavCo Restaurants in January 1994, (shortly after their IPO in 1993).  In 1996, he was promoted to Vice President of Finance and Treasurer where he oversees all aspects of the company’s reporting, accounting, and cash management functions.  In 2006, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and in December 2007 to Chief Financial Officer.

John Schmidt
Division Vice President for the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Markets

John has been with DavCo for almost 8 years, but has been in the food service industry for over 30 years.  He started out at a Wendy’s Franchise called Susquehanna Foods in the late 70’s working his way up from a manager in training. After the franchise was acquired by Wendy’s International, John worked his way up from Assistant Manager to District Manager. John has the distinction of being a National Sparkle Winner, a Divisional Sparkle Winner, and winner of the prestigious Dave Thomas MBA award.   Since joining the Davco Family, John has received over 20 awards ranging from improving profits, increasing sales, training,lowest turnover, and was  awarded Divisional Team Leader of the Year two times.  In 2006 John was promoted to Senior Manager of Special Projects and worked on several projects dealing with cost control and profit enhancement. In 2007 John was promoted to Division Vice President for the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Markets supervising 8 District Managers and 56 Restaurants.

Les Pollitt
Division Vice President for the Washington Market

Les has been in the restaurant business for over 35 years, starting with McDonald’s as an Assistant Manager and spending 11 years in the Rustler division of Gino’s. It was there that Les worked with Joe Cunnane, both Assistant Managers at a Rustler’s restaurant in Pennsylvania. In June of 1983 Lester joined DavCo. Les started as a Co Manager and within 7 months was promoted to General Manager. Les earned a promotion to Area Manager in October of 1984. Les spent 18 years as an Area Manager, supervising restaurants in Anne Arundel, Howard, and Prince George's counties as well as the District of Columbia. In April 2002 Lester was promoted to Regional Manager of the Washington Metro market. Lester was recognized for his efforts in moving the region forward when he was chosen as the Regional Manager of the Year in 2003. In 2005 he was promoted to Director of Area Operations and then to Division Vice President in 2006. Les is now the Division Vice President for the Washington market with 7 District Managers and 58 restaurants.

Maruful Islam
Division Vice President for the Northern Virginia Market

Maruful began his career at DavCo in September of 1998. His leadership and motivation quickly earned him a promotion to District Manager in May of 1999. During his time as District Manager, he has, on multiple occasions, assumed responsibility for more than one district. During Fiscal 2007, Maruful ran two districts, totaling 14 stores, for the entire year. He was also selected as the Team Leader for two consecutive years by his peers in the Haque Division. Two of Maruful’s stores won the North Region of Wendy’s annual Sparkle Contest in 2005-and 2006. Maruful’s strong operations knowledge, leadership, and results oriented approach earned him his most recent, December 2007, promotion to Division Vice President for the Northern Virginia market supervising 6 District Managers and 50+ restaurants.

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