Regional Bakery Operations Mangers
California - San Diego
Linda Gonzalez
Linda has been with Panera for 5 years. Ever since she was little she knew she wanted to be a baker. She went to culinary school and studied abroad. She started at Panera as a baker and opened the culver city café , later on she became a BTS and then received an opportunity to be a BMM . She loves the fact that she got to grow with the company and now has the chance to inspire others. |
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California - Los Angeles & Orange County
Eddie Leon
Eddie joined Manna in 2013 as a Baker and has moved up gradually. He is honored to be apart of other people's success story. No better satisfaction that to see growth within the company. He enjoys art and playing the guitar. "If you’re in a position to make difference and don’t make a difference, you don’t deserve to be in that position”. |
Luis Navarrete
Luis has been with Manna for 13 years after his passion for baking started in 2010 when he got the opportunity to train and show new bakers the pride and passion Panera puts into our bakes every night. He is excited to work along side the Manna leadership team and for what's to come in the future. In his time outside of work he enjoys spending time with family and friends and hosting get togethers. He also enjoys cooking and trying new dishes! |
Michigan
Lesley Byrom
Lesley started with Panera in 2011 opening our Standale Café . She went from bakery opener to catering, to retail management and finally made the leap of faith into mother breads arms and joined the baking team in 2014. Lesley has 2 amazing children and 2 grand-dogs! Outside of work she enjoys family, friends, good music, the beach and a nice round of golf.
What she loves best about Manna "Panera" is the opportunity to grow with the company. Lesley also appreciates the inspiration and motivation from leadership that make you want to work had and do an awesome job for good people!
Manna is truly an extended FAMILY!!
Lesley started with Panera in 2011 opening our Standale Café . She went from bakery opener to catering, to retail management and finally made the leap of faith into mother breads arms and joined the baking team in 2014. Lesley has 2 amazing children and 2 grand-dogs! Outside of work she enjoys family, friends, good music, the beach and a nice round of golf.
What she loves best about Manna "Panera" is the opportunity to grow with the company. Lesley also appreciates the inspiration and motivation from leadership that make you want to work had and do an awesome job for good people!
Manna is truly an extended FAMILY!!
Oregon/Washington
Misty Martin
Misty has been with Panera Bread since October 2007. Her favorite Panera items are the Tomato Basil Bread and Pecan Braid. She comes from a family of ten siblings, and she has one tiny human, Bodin and a toy poodle, Sophia of her own. She always enjoy being outdoors, either going on a hike, to the zoo, or just a picnic in the park.
Misty has been with Panera Bread since October 2007. Her favorite Panera items are the Tomato Basil Bread and Pecan Braid. She comes from a family of ten siblings, and she has one tiny human, Bodin and a toy poodle, Sophia of her own. She always enjoy being outdoors, either going on a hike, to the zoo, or just a picnic in the park.
Colorado
Dan Ventre
Dan joined Panera in 2007 as a Baker in Florida. In the past 15 years, Dan has excelled and is currently the BMM for Southeast Colorado. Dan served in the US Army for 11 years. During this time, he served in 2 tours in Europe and had the opportunity traveling all over the world. Dan has 2 daughters and 4 grandsons. When not working or with his family, Dan enjoys wood working, rebuilding cars, any types of crafts, collecting DVD's and Blue Rays, and spending time with his dogs. Ginger Morris
Ginger started in 2021 at the Panera Bread in Sheridan, Colorado. She was promoted in 9 months to BTS and, with hard work and dedication, shortly thereafter to BMM. She has a passion for baking and helping others find theirs. Her past work history was with Albertsons as a bakery manager and cake decorator for 14 years. She is a mother of 4 ranging in age from 21 down to 2 months. She enjoys the outdoors as well as roller and ice skating. She loves gardening and cooking new recipes with her family. You will hear her say work smarter not harder. She is extremely excited to continue her journey with the Panera and Manna Family. |
Jeff Coy
Jeff has been with Panera bread for about 10 years. During that time, he has worked as a night baker, day baker, a Baker Training Specialist, and his current role as Bakery Market manager for the Northern Colorado market. Jeff has worked in many fields over the years, but none of them with as much passion as baking and managing with Panera bread. Jeff has also worked in the hospitality business and as chef for a long time and loves to shake hands as much as bake a beautiful loaf of ciabatta. Jeff is a Desert Storm veteran. He served in the military as a Navy Hospital Corpsman with the Marine Corps for 4 years. Jeff is married to his beautiful wife Erin, together they have 4 children and 2 big dogs and currently reside in the Fort Collins area. Some of his personal interests include spending time outdoors in the Colorado sunshine, flyfishing, camping, and hiking. His indoor activities are spending quality time with his family, watching movies, spinning records, cooking and baking. |