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10 Shake Shack finance leaders
These ten current and former Shake Shack finance leaders, including Shake Shack's CFO and a former CFO, have held controller, accounting, financial reporting, FP&A, investor relations and finance director roles at the company. A reader can learn how Shake Shack's finance team handles reporting, controls, planning and investor communication.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alison Sternberg
LinkedInExperience: Head of Investor Relations · Shake Shack
Head of Investor Relations at Shake Shack since 2025, a head-level role according to her profile. She was Head of Investor Relations at Altus Power, Inc. (2024–2025), Senior Vice President Investor Relations at Fubo (2021–2024), Vice President Investor Relations at SmileDirectClub (2019–2021) and Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at TrueCar, Inc. (2018–2019).
Amy J.
LinkedInExperience: VP Financial Reporting Systems & Optimization · Shake Shack
VP Financial Reporting Systems & Optimization at Shake Shack since 2025. Other Shake Shack roles include Senior Director Financial Reporting Systems and Optimization (2024–2025), Senior Director, Financial Reporting (2023–2025) and Director, Financial Reporting (2021–2023); the listing also shows Senior Director, Accounting and External Reporting at Centric Brands (2020–2021).
Annalee Leggett
LinkedInExperience: Director - Enterprise FP&A and Investor Relations · Shake Shack
Former Director - Enterprise FP&A and Investor Relations at Shake Shack (2023), a director-level finance and accounting role according to her profile, and former Sr. Manager - Enterprise FP&A there (2020–2023). She has been Sr. Director of Finance, Head of FP&A at WeWork since 2025 and was Director of Finance at WeWork (2023–2025).
Eddie Lau
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Accounting · Shake Shack
Senior Director of Accounting at Shake Shack since 2025, and former Director Of Accounting at Shake Shack (2022–2025). He was Financial Reporting Manager (2018–2022), Senior Financial Reporting Analyst (2015–2018) and Corporate Accounting Supervisor (2013–2015) at JetBlue.
Erica Machi Blair
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · Shake Shack
Director of Finance at Shake Shack since 2025, a director-level finance and accounting role according to her profile. At Shake Shack she also held Senior Finance Manager (2025), Finance Manager (2023–2024) and Senior Financial Analyst (2021–2023) roles.
Joyce Yeung
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Reporting · Shake Shack
Director of Financial Reporting at Shake Shack since 2020, a director-level finance and accounting role according to her profile. She was Director of Financial Reporting at Town Sports International (2014–2020), Manager of Financial Reporting at CBS (2011–2014) and Audit Senior at Deloitte (2007–2008).
Katherine Fogertey
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Shake Shack
Former Chief Financial Officer of Shake Shack (2021–2025) and Senior Advisor there (2025–2026). Her profile headline describes her as an operator-CFO with 5 years as CFO of Shake Shack and 16 years at Goldman Sachs, where the listing shows her as Vice President (2005–2020). She has been a Member, Board of Directors & Audit Committee at Valvoline Inc. since 2026.
Michelle Hook
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Shake Shack
Chief Financial Officer of Shake Shack since 2026, and former Chief Financial Officer at Portillo's (2020–2026). At Domino's she held Vice President - Finance, Global FP&A and Investor Relations (2020), Vice President - Finance, Global Operations (2018–2020) and Vice President of Finance and Treasurer (2016–2018).
Ting Hong
LinkedInExperience: VP, Assistant Controller · Shake Shack
VP, Assistant Controller at Shake Shack since 2023, and former Sr Director, Assistant Controller (2021–2023) and Director Of Accounting (2019–2021) at Shake Shack. The listing also shows a Consultant role at Shake Shack (2018–2019) and Associate Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting at CION Investments (2016–2017).
Victoria Shih
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Controller · Shake Shack
Former Senior Vice President, Controller (2019–2020) and Vice President, Controller (2017–2019) at Shake Shack. Her other Shake Shack roles include Vice President, Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting (2016–2017), Senior Director, Financial Reporting (2016) and Director, Financial Reporting (2014–2015).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Shake Shack's finance team forecast new restaurant openings and unit economics?
- 02Which reporting and controls work matters most for a restaurant company as it scales?
- 03How does the finance team prepare for earnings and communicate results to investors?
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