About

Aaron White is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief People Officer of Brinker International. She began her Brinker career as a Chili's server and bartender and most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer before taking on the expanded operations-and-people role.

In her current role she oversees both Operations strategy and PeopleWorks across the Restaurant Support Center, Chili's and Maggiano's, with a leadership team focused on operational improvements to enhance the Team Member and guest experience, including recruitment, retention, talent selection, and learning and development.

Roles

Brinker International, Inc.
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief People Officer · Current role
May 2025–present
Brinker International
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
October 2022 - May 2025
Brinker International
Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, Chili's Grill & Bar
June 2020 - October 2022
Brinker International
Vice President of Integration
June 2019 - June 2020

Fixed Compensation

FY 2025
Base salary
$559,173
Fiscal year2025
All other compensation
$45,159
Company 401(k) match$14,443
Car allowance$9,600
Life, retiree medical & long-term care insurance premiums$6,578
Other perquisites$14,538
Total compensation
$5,169,382
FY2024 total$1,926,211
FY2023 total$1,433,058

Performance Compensation

Data from FY 2025

Cash incentive

Annual cash incentive (non-equity incentive plan)
$790,160
Target Opportunity
$395,080
Threshold$118,524
Maximum (200% of target)$790,160
PlanAnnual Bonus Plan

Stock awards

Stock awards (grant-date fair value)
$3,774,890
Time-based RSUs$309,933
FY2025-2027 performance shares (target)$464,972
Performance Share Retention Plan (target)$2,999,985

Also at Brinker International, Inc.

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