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DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC

Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/darden-restaurants-inc

Entity: Public listing published
Primary listing: NYSE: DRI
Verification: Partially verified
Last reviewed: 2026-10-16T04:45:23.789286+00:00

Overview

Alpha's canonical identity and public leadership record for Darden Restaurants.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

5 public records

Group President

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001193125-26-342023Aug 10, 2026

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001193125-26-342023Aug 10, 2026

Ricardo Cardenas

President and Chief Executive Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001193125-26-342023Aug 10, 2026

Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001193125-26-342023Aug 10, 2026

Todd A. Burrowes

Group President and President, Chuy's

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001193125-26-342023Aug 10, 2026

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Oct 16, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

11 public records

Charles M. Sonsteby

Director

Independence not statedAuditFinanceNominating and Governance

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Cynthia T. Jamison

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Darden Restaurants

Member

Independent

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. DEF 14A 2025-08-04Aug 4, 2025

Daryl A. Kenningham

Director

Independence not statedAuditCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Member

Independent

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. DEF 14A 2025-08-04Aug 4, 2025

Director

Independence not statedFinanceNominating and Governance

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Juliana L. Chugg

Director

Independence not statedAuditNominating and Governance · Chair

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Margaret Shn Atkins

Director

Independence not statedAudit · ChairNominating and Governance

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Ricardo Cardenas

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Timothy J. Wilmott

Director

Independence not statedCompensation · ChairFinance

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

William S. Simon

Director

Independence not statedAuditCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. director board sourceAug 4, 2025

Committees

4 public records

Membership and chair roles are projected from current board seats. A chair is shown only when a stored chair flag says so.

Audit

Chair: Margaret Shn Atkins
Members: Margaret Shn Atkins (Chair); Charles M. Sonsteby; Daryl A. Kenningham; Juliana L. Chugg; William S. Simon

Compensation

Chair: Timothy J. Wilmott
Members: Timothy J. Wilmott (Chair); Daryl A. Kenningham; William S. Simon

Finance

Chair: Not stated
Members: Charles M. Sonsteby; Jane Fogarty; Timothy J. Wilmott

Nominating and Governance

Chair: Juliana L. Chugg
Members: Juliana L. Chugg (Chair); Charles M. Sonsteby; Jane Fogarty; Margaret Shn Atkins

Source record

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary

Reviewed 2026-10-16T04:45:23.789286+00:00

DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC Form 10-K (filed 2026-07-24)

Supports Official website

Reviewed 2026-08-29T22:26:50Z