Angela Woods
Angela was named Director, Darden Foundation & Community Affairs September, 2009. Angela oversees the Darden Restaurants Foundation and charitable corporate giving. She also partners with others across the enterprise to align strategies on employee volunteerism and diversity outreach.
Darden is the world’s largest full-service restaurant operating company with annual sales of more than $7 billion. The company owns and operates nearly 1,800 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52 restaurants in North America, employs 180,000 people and serves 400 million meals annually.
Most recently, Angela served as Director, U.S. Corporate Responsibility for Nike, Inc. In this role, Angela led corporate responsibility for Nike’s U.S. regional offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Memphis and Portland. Her work included overseeing the national strategy and championing the execution of the company’s U.S. CR programs to change young consumers’ lives through sport.
Prior to that, Angela was Director of Philanthropy for the American Express Company. During her seven-year tenure, she was responsible for managing company-wide philanthropic employee programs, public relations for community service initiatives, and communications for the Foundation and cause-marketing campaigns.
Angela holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating Cum Laude
