
Marissa Andrada
Advisor to Jolly since December 2025
About
Marissa Andrada was Chipotle's first chief human resources officer. She arrived in 2018, during the turnaround that followed the chain's food safety crises, and was chief diversity, inclusion and people officer when she left in 2022. She has more than thirty years in people leadership, including as chief human resources officer at Kate Spade, senior vice president of partner resources for the Americas at Starbucks, senior vice president of human resources at GameStop, and head of human resources at Red Bull North America. She is now partner and chief culture officer at WUF World.
In the news
How Chipotle plans to identify and grow future leaders (opens in a new tab)HR Dive · Jul 5, 2022
Being Heard Drives Chipotle's Culture, HR Strategy (opens in a new tab)SHRM · Sep 9, 2021
Chipotle names Marissa Andrada chief human resources officer (opens in a new tab)Nation's Restaurant News · Apr 20, 2018
Notable experience

WUF
Partner
Chief Culture Officer
Jan 2025 – Present
Chief Transformation Officer
Partner
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
Advisor
Mar 2023 – Dec 2023
Cal Poly Pomona (opens in a new tab)
Board Director, Nominating and Governance Committee Member
Jul 2026 – Present
Advisory Board Member
Sep 2018 – May 2026

BizBox Group
Board Director l Strategy & Operating Committee
Jan 2025 – Present
Advisor
Dec 2025 – Present
Advisory Board Member
Oct 2022 – Present
Krispy Kreme (opens in a new tab)
Independent Director
Chair, Compensation & Nominating/Governance Committee
Feb 2022 – Jun 2026
Education
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (opens in a new tab)
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Cal Poly Pomona (opens in a new tab)
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management, General
1989
Activities and societies: Served as Pi Sigma Epsilon President, United Business Student Senator, and Alamitos Hall Resident Advisor.




