Company: CAVA
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-019936
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Company: CAVA GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 Ronald Shaichhas served as Chair of our Board of Directors since November 2018. Mr. Shaich is the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Act III Holdings, LLC (“Act III”), which he founded in January 2018. Mr. Shaich also founded Panera Bread Company, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017, and as a member of its board of directors from 1981 to 2018, including as Chair between 1988 and 2018. Mr. Shaich serves in a leadership or board advisory role to each of Act III’s privately-held portfolio companies including Tatte Bakery & Café, Life Alive Organic Café, Honest Greens Barcelona, and Level99. Mr. Shaich has also served on the board of directors of Whole Foods Market and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Clark University and is currently a Clark trustee. Mr. Shaich received his B.A. in Political Science and Government and D.H.L. from Clark University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. 
 MR. SHAICH WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS A DIRECTOR BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Ronald Shaich        
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 Age: 71              
 Director Since: 2018 |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

#### CAVA Group, Inc.62025 Proxy Statement
|                      |     | Lauri Shanahanhas served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2023. Ms. Shanahan has served on the board of directors of Deckers Brands (NYSE: DECK) since 2011 and Treasury Wine Estates (ASX: TWE) since 2016. Ms. Shanahan is also a principal of the consulting firm Maroon Peak Advisors, which she founded in 2009. Ms. Shanahan worked at Gap Inc. from October 1992 to March 2008, serving in numerous leadership roles including chief administrative officer, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary. Ms. Shanahan previously served on the board of directors of Cedar Fair Entertainment, G Squared Ascend I, and Charlotte Russe Holdings. Ms. Shanahan received her B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder and her J.D. from UCLA Law School. 
 MS. SHANAHAN WAS SELECT