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Class I directors whose terms expire at the 2012
annual meeting of shareholders Age
Director
Since
Steve Ells ............................... Mr.Ells founded Chipotle in 1993. He is
Co-Chief Executive Officer and was
appointed Chairman of the Board in 2005.
Prior to launching Chipotle, Mr. Ells worked
for two years at Stars restaurant in San
Francisco. Mr. Ells’s vision—that food served
fast doesn’t have to be low quality and that
delicious food doesn’t have to be expensive—
is the foundation on which Chipotle is based.
This visionary thinking has led to Chipotle
accomplishing great things, from growing
from a single restaurant to over 950 in just
16 years, to serving more naturally-raised
meat than any other restaurant company. This
thinking has also resulted in Mr. Ells
remaining a principal driving force behind
making our company innovative and striving
for constant improvement, and he continues to
provide important leadership to our executive
officers, management team, and Board of
Directors. Mr. Ells is also the largest
individual shareholder of our company. He is
a member of the board of directors of The
Land Institute. Mr. Ells graduated from the
University of Colorado with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in art history, and is also a 1990
Culinary Institute of America graduate.
44 1996
Patrick J. Flynn .......................... Mr.Flynn has been retired since January 2,
2001. Prior to retiring in 2001, Mr. Flynn
spent 39 years at McDonald’s where he held a
variety of executive and management
positions, most recently as Executive Vice
President responsible for strategic planning
and acquisitions. From his background as a
senior-level restaurant industry executive,
Mr. Flynn developed strong capabilities in
guiding corporate strategy, and tremendous
knowledge of the operational aspects of the
restaurant business as well. He also has past
experience as a director of a publicly-held
financial institution, and this experience, as
well as his background in analyzing financial
statements of businesses he has led and
companies he has considered for acquisition,
has given him strong financial analysis skills
as well.
67 1998
The Board of Directors held four meetings in 2009 and acted by written consent two times. All directors
except Mr. Flanzraich attended at least 75 percent of the meetings of the Board and of committees of which they
were members during 2009. Mr. Flanzraich missed two Board meetings and three Audit Committee meetings,
due primarily to a surgery and subsequent rehabilitation. The Board has requested that each member of the Board
attend our annual shareholder meetings absent extenuating circumstances, and all directors attended the 2009
annual meeting of shareholders.
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Proxy Statement