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title: "5 Female-Led Franchise Brands"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2b7b9bf7-bf13-49c7-ab07-1196c408194d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/5-female-led-franchise-brands-2715550
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2021-04-22T14:09:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:25:59.848Z
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# 5 Female-Led Franchise Brands

**TL;DR:** Franchise brands with female leaders, such as Frances Allen of Checkers & Rally's, are making waves in the industry with their success and leadership. Female leaders like Frances Allen, Heather Elrod, Mandy Shaw, and Emma Dickison are leading brands like Checkers & Rally's, Amazing Lash Studio, Blaze Pizza, and Home Helpers to success.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-04-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/5-female-led-franchise-brands-2715550).*

## Story

Now, more than ever, franchise brands are seeing female leaders step up to the plate to take on C-suite level positions. These women continue to inspire entrepreneurship and leadership in other aspiring female CEOs through their hard work and success despite existing barriers. Here is our list of some of the female franchise leaders making waves in the industry.

The iconic drive-thru restaurant chain is known for their craveable seasoned fries and their “Crazy Good Food”, but what you may not know is that the franchise is led by an extremely successful female leader in the quick-service space. Frances Allen, named president and CEO of Checkers & Rally’s in February 2020, previously led Boston Market, Jack in the Box, Denny’s and Dunkin’.

The boutique fitness franchise was co-founded by physiologist Ellen Latham who created the wildly popular science-based fitness franchise after losing her job at 40 years old. Since then, the franchise has accumulated over a million members and about 1,200 locations.

The largest eyelash extension franchise brand is led by CEO Heather Elrod, who in just five years helped Amazing Lash Studio go from 53 to 200+ locations. Under Elrod’s leadership, the beauty franchise has also landed on lists like Franchise Times Fast & Serious and Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises ranking.

The made-to-order pizza franchise is led by President and CEO Mandy Shaw, who had previously worked as the brand’s CFO since 2018. In the early years of the brand, Blaze Pizza was considered by Technomic as the “fastest-growing restaurant chain ever” after opening 200 locations in its first five years.

The in-home senior care franchise is led by President and CEO Emma Dickison, who has more than 25 years of experience in franchising. Prior to Home Helpers, she helped lead growth for Blockbuster and Sylvan Learning.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- Dunkin' Brands (company)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- Checkers (company)
- Technomic (company)
- Jack in the Box (company)
- Denny's (company)
- fitness franchise (topic)
- Amazing Lash Studio (company)
- Blaze Pizza (company)
- quick service (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/5-female-led-franchise-brands-2715550). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2b7b9bf7-bf13-49c7-ab07-1196c408194d).