People First, Always
Who, then what.
Meet the Team
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Daniel Clark
CO-FOUNDER
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Darin Orton
CO-FOUNDER
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Alec Swope
CFO
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Jana Grinnell
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
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Laura Wood
DIRECTOR OF CULTURE & ADMIN
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Dan Starr
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Juan Mora
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Michael Retzlaff
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Jeff Hunt
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Kati Taylor
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Elijah Earl
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Danielle Despain
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Christopher Bradford
DISTRICT MANAGER
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Devin Farnes
ACCOUNTING MANAGER
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Kaylee Setterberg
SENIOR ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
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Gabi Martiez
ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
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Rachel Kelsch
ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT
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Eponine Black
HR & PAYROLL GENERALIST
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Corinne Hincks
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
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Ben Smith
MAINTNANCE MANAGER
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Jeff Roylance
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Who We Are
DD_Management began with a friendship and a shared belief that hard work, competition, and service could build something lasting. Darin and Danny met while serving an LDS mission in Texas and bonded over their drive to perform and make a difference. While studying accounting and finance at Brigham Young University, they realized the corporate path wasn’t for them. They scraped together everything they had to open their first Jimmy John’s in Midvale, Utah, a location where other restaurants had failed. Paying themselves an $18,000 annual salary and working open to close they learned the business from the ground up, grew sales above national averages, and opened a second high-volume store just 13 months later.
Today, DD_Management includes 35+ Jimmy John’s locations, investments in Viva Chicken, Outdoor Elements, Cox Climate Control, and a diverse real estate portfolio.