Beverly Bolton Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, California, United States

Irvine, Ca

Ensured the financial health of the franchise system by reporting on and providing decision support analysis for Franchise Compliance issues. Owned the Brand Standards program and partnered with franchisees on asset renewals and upgrades.• Led meetings with Taco Bell and KFC operations directors to review multi-brand restaurant renewal requests, and provide remodel and franchisee succession plan recommendations• Owned the Franchise Closure Pipeline report and provided timely updates and accurate forecasting of closures to the executive team. • Leveraged Smartsheet to manage plan, gain efficiencies, and improve transparency across teams• Managed the franchisee ownership transfer team including transfer process, system updates, and financial and operations approval process

Irvine, Ca

Oversaw the real estate development governance policy across all restaurants. Provided guidance to field partners and 200+ franchisees on interpretation and execution of the policy.• Managed the end-to-end sales cannibalization process including 100+ pin studies annually, facilitating communication between vendors, surveyors, franchisees, and internal stakeholders. Directly investigated franchisee misconduct claims to minimize arbitration and mitigate risk• Authored department reference guides and job aids, breaking down complex legal policies and other departmental procedures. • Partnered cross-functionally with Real Estate, Construction, Operations & Design teams to present new development recommendations to leadership team

Irvine, Ca

Contributed to new store pipeline growth by improving communication and streamlining processes for Franchise Recruitment, Real Estate Development, franchisees, and third party pin study vendors.• Planned 3 annual franchisee orientation events, hosting 25+ new franchisees over 3 days. • Managed all facets of the events, including logistics, registration, F&B, A/V, marketing, budget, and execution.• Provided customer service to Real Estate Managers and franchisees to ensure Taco Bell completed 50 new builds per year. Managed all new site projects including coordinating/tracking site submittal deliverables, $1M+ budgets, and ensuring projects met critical permitting deadlines

Irvine, Ca

Supported the Vice President, Director and 2 Senior Managers• Facilitated effective communication channels between department leaders and planned all office events including team celebrations/recognitions, offsite leadership meetings, and video conferences• Managed requirements and content creation for Franchising and Development department website. Trained other content authors and liaised with the web portal team to update site and resource pages• Planned and executed the annual weeklong department offsite meeting for 100+ guests

New York, Ny

Leveraged extensive paralegal experience to deliver executive administrative support to the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Legal team• Spearheaded the firm's mock SEC audit, establishing policies and procedures for all future audits• Travel and meeting coordination, expense reporting, maintaining compliance records for employees, and ad hoc projects (i.e. drafting letters, redlining contracts and trade agreements and policy manual revisions)

Boston, Ma

Paralegal for patent litigation cases• Solely managed a case during discovery; handled daily correspondence and document productions• Drafted letters, motions, and discovery documents for service and filing with the Court

New York, Ny

Paralegal in Class Action Lawsuit Department• Translated French correspondence and exhibits for deposition use and attorneys’ review• Managed temp workers with project assistance and onboarded new hire paralegals

New York, Ny

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, French And Art History

Activities and Societies: Tufts-in-Paris Junior Year Abroad, Tufts Dance Collective

Liberal Arts And Sciences