Marianne Radley is the Chief Marketing Officer for Smoothie King Inc joining the organization in late September 2022. She brings with her a wealth of leadership experience in global marketing, advertising, product innovation and community outreach.
Marianne was the Chief Brand Officer for the YUM! Brands overseeing Pizza Hut’s $6.3 Billion US business with direct responsibility for the brand’s advertising, media, marketing and culinary teams Prior to joining YUM! Brands, Marianne served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Monster Beverage Company, responsible for all marketing, product innovation and sponsorship efforts for the $32B global beverage company.
Additionally, Marianne spent 15 years at Anheuser-Busch InBev and held various roles in new product innovation, marketing and sales. Marianne was the first female to lead the Budweiser brand in the company’s history and went on to receive many marketing and product innovation accolades, including Forbes Magazine’s Top 100 Women in Brand Innovation, Adweek’s Top Women to Watch awards and the Cannes Lion Award for Marketing Effectiveness.
Known as a purpose led executive, Marianne most recently served as the CEO for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, having assumed that role during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In that role, she grew the organization from 3 clubs serving 2,100 children annually to 8 clubs serving close to 8,000 youth annually. Additionally, she transformed the organization’s financial outlook, growing their cash-on-hand from 12 days to 184 days within her first 12 months.
Marianne was also instrumental in reshaping the organization’s Board of Directors and leadership teams. Marianne is a proud graduate of Clemson University, and currently sits on the University’s Board of Directors for the Erwin Center for Brand Communication. Clemson University’s Erwin Center for Brand Communications is a practitioner-based educational program for future brand communications professionals. The Board of Directors were instrumental in building and establishing Clemson’s first student-led creative agency CADENCY.
Marianne currently calls McKinney, Texas home where she lives with her husband Paul and their four children.