Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2000
VINCENT F. ORZA, JR. has been Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Eateries, Inc. since its
organization in June, 1984. Eateries owns and operates 75 restaurants in
26 states under the names Garfield's Restaurant & Pub, Garcia's Mexican
Restaurants, Pepperoni Grill, Bellini's Ristorante & Grill, and Tommy's
Italian-American Grill. Dr. Orza created the Garfield's Restaurant & Pub
concept. Before that time, Dr. Orza was Senior Vice President of
Marketing and Administration at a franchisee of Chi-Chi's Mexican
Restaurants. Dr. Orza is a speaker, panelist, and organizer of numerous
national restaurant conferences and conventions. He serves as a director
of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
and the Oklahoma Leukemia Society, Chairman of the United Cerebral Palsy
Telethon of Oklahoma, and was a 1990 candidate for Governor of the State
of Oklahoma. Dr. Orza also served as Business and Economics Editor and
News Anchor for KOCO-TV, an ABC news affiliate, where he received
numerous national awards for excellence in business journalism. He was
also a tenured professor in Oklahoma's largest School of Business at the
University of Central Oklahoma. A contributor and editor of several
professional textbooks, journals, and other publications, Dr. Orza was
awarded several fellowships in various marketing disciplines. He holds a
Doctor of Education degree from the University of Oklahoma and Bachelor
of Science in Business and Master of Education degrees from Oklahoma
City University. Profile
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