New College Foundation President John Cranor Appointed to Board of AFC Enterprises, Inc.
Company is franchisor and operator of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits

(December 6, 2006) -- New College of Florida Foundation President and CEO John M. Cranor, III, has been appointed to the board of directors for AFC Enterprises, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia.  AFC Enterprises is the franchisor and operator of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.

Since 2003, Cranor has headed the New College Foundation, a private not-for-profit corporation organized exclusively to receive and invest funds and property on behalf of New College of Florida and to make expenditures on behalf of the College.

Prior to that, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Long John Silver's Restaurants, Inc., from 1996- 1999, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of KFC Corporation from 1989-1994. Altogether he has more than 30 years of management experience in the food service and retail industries, including senior executive positions with Pepsi-Cola North America, Taco Bell Corporation, Wilson Sporting Goods, and Frito-Lay Company.

In addition to being a member of New College's charter class from 1964, Cranor holds a Master's of Business Administration from Harvard University. He previously has served on the Board of Directors for Quick Chek Stores, Inc., Capital Holding, National City Bank, and Providian Financial Corporation. 

For more information on John Cranor, the New College Foundation or New College of Florida, contact the Foundation at (941) 487-4800 or New College's Office of Public Affairs at (941) 487-4150.  Or email publicaffairs@ncf.edu.

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