Sarah Palisi Chapin, Director at MIDDLEBY Corp.

About

Sarah Palisi Chapin has been Principal of Chapin Creative, LLC, a business incubation, strategy, and marketing advisory firm, since 2016.

For seven years before founding Chapin Creative she was Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Hail Merry, and earlier was Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of Enersyst Development Center from 1995 to 2003.

She also served as Vice President of Worldwide Business Strategy of Burger King Corporation and began her foodservice career at Pizza Hut.

Roles

MIDDLEBY Corp.

Director · Current role

2013–present

Chapin Creative, LLC

Principal · Business incubation, strategy, and marketing advisory firm; serving since 2016.

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Michael Graves Design Group, Inc.

Advisor · Serving since 2025.

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Hail Merry

Chief Executive Officer and board member · Led the gluten-free, vegan, refrigerated plant-ingredient snacks marketer and manufacturer for seven years.

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Enersyst Development Center

Chief Executive Officer, then Chairman · An intellectual property development and licensing firm in food processing, vending, and foodservice.

1995-2003

Burger King Corporation

Vice President of Worldwide Business Strategy · Co-leader for development of Restaurant Services, Inc., Burger King's purchasing cooperative.

1990-1995

Pizza Hut

Director of New Concepts and Engineering · Began her career in foodservice.

1985-1990