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title: "NRN: Taco Bueno Names Chief People Officer"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3330b4c8-046d-42bc-a684-3a59c14100ee
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nrn-taco-bueno-names-chief-people-officer-2706972
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2018-06-27T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:36.228Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ff6a0339e3580c0f715b17156850625f3998.jpg
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# NRN: Taco Bueno Names Chief People Officer

**TL;DR:** Taco Bueno has named Mary Ellen Mullins as its chief people officer, and UK-based fast casual franchise Leon launches in the US. Mary Ellen Mullins will oversee various human resource functions at Taco Bueno.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-06-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nrn-taco-bueno-names-chief-people-officer-2706972).*

## Story

Mary Ellen Mullins, an industry and HR veteran, will serve as chief people officer for the fast casual franchise. In the newly created role, Mullins will oversee talent acquisition, employee capability and development, employee experience and retention, among a host of other human resource functions.

Mullins most recently served as Sonic Restaurants Inc.’s senior director of human resources and previously held a number of leadership roles in human resources with Yum! Brands Inc.

“Her phenomenal experience in the QSR world, providing world-class support to her internal clients and serving as an inspirational leader to her teams will add incredible value to the Taco Bueno team,” said Taco Bueno CEO Omar Janjua.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- fast casual (topic)
- Yum Brands (company)
- Sonic (company)
- human resources (topic)
- Taco Bueno (company)
- chief people officer (topic)
- qsr world (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nrn-taco-bueno-names-chief-people-officer-2706972). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3330b4c8-046d-42bc-a684-3a59c14100ee).