J.J. Sorrenti Email and Phone Number

A franchising and retailing expert, Mr. Sorrenti has led multiple companies to award winning results over the past 30 years including GNC Franchising being ranked the industry’s top franchise 14 years in a row by Entrepreneur Magazine. Huntington Learning Centers was named a “Top 25 Performing Franchise” by the Wall Street Journal’s Startup Journal.com, and Safeguard Business Systems was named "Strategic Corporation" and "Best and Brightest Place to Work in the US" while he was there.He is currently the CEO of Best Life Brands, which is a collection of franchise companies acquired by Riverside Companies to help seniors live their best lives. He recently completed 11+ years as President of Safeguard Business Systems, a division of Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX). As the leader of the strategic channel inside Deluxe’s Small Business Services segment, he also leads the company’s wholesale division, DFS Group. He has also been the CEO and Board of Directors member for the 325 unit chain Hollywood Tans, which was the largest chain of indoor tanning salons in the US. Prior to being CEO at Hollywood Tans, his team accomplished record growth while he was CEO at Huntington Learning Centers, the pioneer in the supplemental education industry. During his time at Huntington, the chain nearly doubled in size, increased operating cash flow, and increased the enterprise value.While at GNC, he had full P&L responsibility for the Franchising division as SVP & GM, and was responsible for developing ongoing support systems and growing the franchise system. During his time there, the Company grew from twenty-five US franchise stores to over 3,000 franchise stores in 42 countries ($700+ million in system wide revenues). In January of 2003, Mr. Sorrenti was selected for his professional accomplishments in Chain Store Age magazine in the publication’s “Rising Stars under the Age of 40” award. Mr. Sorrenti and his wife, Jackie, jointly own a women’s golf retail store chain called Gals on and off the Green with locations in Pittsburgh, PA and Naples, FL. They also founded the Gals Scholarship Foundation, which has awarded dozens of education scholarships to women in golf.