Cheryl Whiting-Kish accepted a job as a Hooters Girl with the intention of joining the leadership team after career development – and, she did just that. From 1987 to now, Whiting-Kish has been a Hooters Girl, a training general manager, a corporate director of training, vice president of human resources and training, senior vice president of organizational development, and now, the first Chief People Officer of HOA Brands.