Bio

Michael Rawlings is a founding partner of CIC, its current Vice-Chairman, and has been with the Firm since 2004. From 1997 to 2003, Mike was President of Pizza Hut. Prior to joining Pizza Hut, he was CEO of DDB Needham Dallas Group (formerly Tracy-Locke), the largest marketing communications agency in the Southwest, whose clients have included Frito-Lay, Pepsi, GTE and American Airlines. Mike currently serves as a director of TM Restaurant Holdings (dba Taco Mac) and Granite City Food & Brewery (NASDAQ: GCFB). He is the former Chairman and CEO of Legends Hospitality Management and a former director of OmniSYS, Buffet Partners, Quiznos, and SignStorey. More recently, Mike has served as the Mayor of the City of Dallas since June 2011, and previously serves as the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board President and formerly served as Dallas' Homeless Czar and Chairman for the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau. In addition, he is on the Board of Trustees at Jesuit College Preparatory and has been an active lecturer at many universities, as well as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University.