21st Annual Restaurant Finance & Development Conference

Keynote Speakers
Frank Caliendo—Comedian, Actor, Impressionist
Comedian/actor/impressionist Frank Caliendo is known for his dead-on impressions of famous
actors Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro; politicians George W. Bush and Bill Clinton;
broadcasters John Madden and Charles Barkley; and talk show hosts Dr. Phil, Jay Leno, and David
Letterman. He has comedy specials that run regularly on TBS and Comedy Central and he is a regular
on the late night talk show circuit performing on such shows as The Jay Leno Show, The Late Late
Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, The View, Last
Call with Carson Daly, Late Show with David Letterman, and a special correspondent for Superbowl
XXXIX.
David Rosenberg—Chief Economist & Strategist, Gluskin Sheff
David Rosenberg is Gluskin Sheff’s chief economist & strategist and is one of the most highly-rated
and sought after economic experts in the world because of his straight talk, no-nonsense assessment
of the current economy. Prior to joining Gluskin Sheff in 2009, David was chief North American
economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch in New York and prior thereto, he was a senior economist
at BMO Nesbitt Burns and Bank of Nova Scotia. David has ranked first in economics in the Brendan
Wood International Survey for Canada for the past seven years and was on the U.S. Institutional
Investor All American All Star Team for the last four years, and was ranked second overall in the 2008
survey.
Michael Barone—Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Michael Barone is Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner and a Resident Fellow at
the American Enterprise Institute. Barone is the principal co-author of The Almanac of American
Politics. The first edition appeared in 1971, and the 20th edition, The Almanac of American Politics
2006, appeared in August 2009. He is also the author of Our Country: The Shaping of America from
Roosevelt to Reagan, The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again, Hard America,
Soft America: Competition vs. Coddling and the Competition for the Nation’s Future and Our First
Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America’s Founding Fathers. He is also a
contributor to Fox News.
Jane Grote Abell—President & CEO, Donatos Pizza
Jane Abell is president and chief operating officer of Donatos Pizza. Jane first began working for the
company at age 11, when she helped her father and founder of Donatos Pizza, Jim Grote, work at the
first of the pizza chain’s locations. Since then, she has held a variety of positions within the company,
from starting out as an associate to joining the executive team as vice president of human resources
in 1996. McDonald’s purchased Donato’s in 1999, and Abell became senior vice president of store
development and chief people officer. There she advanced the decision to buy back the company
from McDonald’s, and continue to grow the franchise.
Victor Calanog, PhD—Director of Research, Reis, Inc.
Victor Calanog is responsible for the firm’s market forecasting, valuation, and real estate portfolio
analytic services. A prodigious researcher with broad interests, his papers in real estate economics,
local government competition, and urban fiscal policy have been presented in meetings of the
American Economic Association, the American Finance Association, the Brookings Institution, and
discussed in academic forums sponsored by Harvard Business School, Columbia University, Stanford
University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Stern School of Business at
New York University.