Salli Setta

• Joined Darden back in 1990, as a sales promotion assistant.

• Darden boasts many marketing jobs within the company. Setta has held nearly all of them.

• Member, Women's Foodservice Forum.

• Holds both a BA in communications and an MBA.

• In addition to planning beverage strategy, Setta also oversees Olive Garden's Culinary Institute in Tuscany, Italy, and its Wine Institute, located in Napa Valley, CA.

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