Janet Pirus
Chief Financial Officer, Pap Murphy's International

As a member of the senior leadership team and the top financial executive with her last three organizations, Pirus has developed, implemented and managed enterprise-level strategic planning, forecasting and monitoring processes, facilitating improved tactical execution of objectives and significant return on investment. She also creates value through her unique ability to synthesize analytical data into meaningful and useful applications.

In 2005, Pirus was awarded the Papa Murphy's Chairman's Award, representing a significant present and future impact on the direction of the Company. Through the attainment of a $35 million line of credit on favorable terms, she was instrumental in the recapitalization effort to position the organization for expansive Company store growth. She oversees financial planning & analysis, supply chain management, business technology and accounting, is one of three officers of the Papa Murphy's family of corporations, and sits on the Company's Audit Committee and its Franchise Advisory Board.

As chief financial officer of Winchell's Donut Houses for eight years, Pirus' scope of responsibility also included the human resources and administration departments. Her diverse experience includes residential construction, service contracting, personnel recruitment and the recording industry.

Pirus is a member of Financial Executives International and held the office of president for the association's Orange County Chapter from 1999-2000. Pirus was able to successfully steer a board of headstrong CFOs through a year of change; she automated communications, implemented one of the association's first chapter web sites and used public relations techniques to call attention to the organization at the local level. This resulted in a 20% increase in meeting attendance and a 50% growth in sponsorship contributions for expanded scholarship programs. Her successful tenure earned national level attention and an appointment as an adviser to the organization at the regional level.

Pirus earned her master of business administration degree, summa cum laude, at the University of Redlands. She served as a board adviser for YWCA Hotel for Women from 1998-1999 and sat on the board of Share from 2007-2008, a local charity dedicated to leading the homeless to self-sufficiency by providing food, shelter, housing and education. Pirus and her husband Steve reside in a rural community 25 miles north of Portland, Oregon and have four grown children. In her free time, she enjoys horses, reading and is an avid pistol shooter.

Favorite Pizza: The Cowboy