Jon Luther Joins Berklee Board

At the October 2006 meeting of the Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees, Jon L. Luther was appointed to the board. A veteran of the food-service industry, Luther is the CEO of Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., and a proven leader in the restaurant industry. Between 1997 and 2002, he served as president of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits. During his term with the company, the Popeyes store count grew 67 percent to reach 1,672 units, and average annual unit volume topped the $1-million mark. Under Luther’s leadership, Popeyes won industry awards for menu strategy, store redesign, and customer satisfaction.

Prior to his work at the Popeyes franchise, Luther was president of CA One Services, a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, Inc. He has also held leadership positions in the contract food-service division of Marriott International, Inc., and at the ARAMARK Corporation in Philadelphia, where he began as a vending sales director and later became president of Davre’s, ARAMARK’s luxury restaurant subsidiary. Luther also founded Benchmark Services, Inc., a food-service management firm specializing in business dining for corporations.

Luther earned a degree in hotel and restaurant management from Paul Smith’s College and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Bentley College and Johnson & Wales University. In addition to his membership on the boards at Berklee and the Culinary Institute of America, Luther sits on the board of directors for the Elliot Leadership Institute and the executive board of directors for the Companions in Courage Foundation, which builds interactive playrooms in children’s hospitals throughout North America.