Staffing
Picture: Marco’s Pizza
December 10, 2025
Marco’s Pizza has appointed Steve Kennedy as chief advertising and marketing officer and Invoice Schaffler as chief monetary officer, in line with a press launch.
“Our achievements begin with our franchisees, and delivering world-class management is among the most necessary methods we assist them,” Tony Libardi, Co-CEO and president of Marco’s Pizza, mentioned within the press launch. “Steve and Invoice are extraordinary additions whose expertise and management will strengthen each space of our group.”
Kennedy joins the workforce having let advertising and marketing and digital technique at a number of the trade’s most acknowledged manufacturers, together with Domino’s and Nestlé USA, and most just lately served as EVP & Head of Advertising and marketing at Noodles & Firm, the place he spearheaded model technique, digital modernization and enhanced visitor engagement.
“The momentum behind Marco’s is simple,” Kennedy mentioned within the press launch. “Constant operational excellence and a disciplined strategy to progress have created an distinctive basis. My aim is to speed up Marco’s progress by amplifying what makes us particular – our high quality, our individuals, our franchisees, and our genuine love for pizza — via daring, data-driven advertising and marketing that builds model relevance, deepens visitor connection and fuels unstoppable demand.”
Schaffler’s background
consists of guiding monetary technique and expertise modernization at Hopdoddy Burger Bar, main model and operational transformation as president and CEO of Ascension Espresso Firm and driving systemwide efficiencies and progress in CFO roles at Nothing Bundt Desserts and La Madeleine.
“What excites me most about Marco’s is the power of the system, franchisees, operators, and management all transferring in the identical route,” Schaffler added within the press launch. “It is a uncommon basis for progress. I am proud to hitch a model that’s dedicated to excessive efficiency and to constructing the monetary and operational construction wanted to assist everybody throughout the group.”
Marco’s Pizza has greater than 1,200 shops in 35 states
with places in Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and Mexico.
