Jack In The Box CEO Linda Lang To Retire; Leonard Comma Named Successor

(RTTNews) - Jack in the Box Inc. (JACK) said Wednesday that Linda Lang will retire as the company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2014.

Leonard Comma, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, will become Chairman, CEO and President of Jack in the Box at that time.

Since joining the company in 1984, Lang has held various positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, operations and finance, including officer-level positions since 1996. In 2003 she was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, and she held those positions until she was elected Chairman and CEO in 2005.

Comma joined Jack in the Box Inc. in 2001 as Director of Convenience Store & Fuel Operations for the company's proprietary chain of Quick Stuff convenience stores, which was sold in 2009. In 2004 he was promoted to Division Vice President of Quick Stuff Operations, and in 2006 he was promoted to Regional Vice President of Quick Stuff and the company's Southern California region, which then included more than 150 company Jack in the Box restaurants. In 2007 he was promoted to Vice President of Operations, Division II, and had oversight of nearly 1,200 company and franchised restaurants in the Western U.S. Comma was named Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company in February 2010 and was promoted to his current position in May 2012.