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title: "QDOBA Mexican Eats Promotes Karin Silk to Chief Marketing Officer"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f5bdb9a4-e17e-4550-a578-fe6bc4206ada
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20211104_qdoba_mexican_eats_promotes_karin_silk_to_chief_marketing_officer.html
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Marketing","People"]
published: 2021-11-04T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:33:09.847Z
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# QDOBA Mexican Eats Promotes Karin Silk to Chief Marketing Officer

**TL;DR:** QDOBA Mexican Eats has promoted Karin Silk to Chief Marketing Officer, overseeing strategic marketing, digital initiatives, menu, and off-premises leadership. Silk has been with the company since 2018 and has played a key role in introducing several strategic platforms, including menu collaborations with Impossible Foods.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-11-04. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20211104_qdoba_mexican_eats_promotes_karin_silk_to_chief_marketing_officer.html).*

## Story

SAN DIEGO - QDOBA, the Mexican restaurant chain voted best fast-casual restaurant in 2019, 2020 and 2021 by USA Today 10Best, announced today the promotion of Karin Silk to chief marketing officer. Since joining the company in 2018 as vice president of menu and off-premises, Silk has played a pivotal role in guiding the introduction of several strategic platforms for QDOBA, including the launch of QDOBA’s line of chef-crafted Signature Eats, menu collaborations with culinary leaders like Impossible Foods and Cholula®, as well as an expanded Flavor Bar, featuring a collection of modern salsas, sauces and toppings for guests to customize their orders in over a billion ways.

In her new position, she will oversee QDOBA’s strategic marketing and digital initiatives, in addition to continuing her leadership of the menu and off-premises sectors of the business, which includes culinary strategy, third-party delivery partnerships and catering.

“Without a doubt, the innovative programs Karin spearheaded during her time with QDOBA made this well-deserved promotion an easy decision,” said Keith Guilbault, CEO of QDOBA.

Prior to joining QDOBA, Silk served as senior vice president of marketing for Rubio’s Restaurants, Inc. She also spent seven years with PepsiCo-Quaker Foods. She began her career with Deloitte Consulting, after earning her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College.

“Working for and with QDOBA is one of the highlights of my career,” said Silk. “I’m excited for this next chapter, including an opportunity to work with an exceptional group of franchisees who live and breathe our mission of bringing flavor to hungry people across the U.S. and Canada. We’ve got some great programs on tap for 2022 that will be announced very soon, so stay tuned!”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- executive promotion (topic)
- marketing leadership (topic)
- menu development (topic)
- Qdoba Mexican Eats (company)
- fast casual restaurant (topic)
- Impossible Foods (company)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20211104_qdoba_mexican_eats_promotes_karin_silk_to_chief_marketing_officer.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f5bdb9a4-e17e-4550-a578-fe6bc4206ada).