Kat Cole

In the winter of 2015, Cole moved to become group president of Focus Brands, the company that owns Cinnabon as well as Moe's and Auntie Anne's.

In 2015, Cole became engaged to Daley Ervin. The couple married in 2016 at Burning Man.

Cole worked anonymously in several of Cinnabon's retail and production roles during her appearance on the American television show Undercover Boss. At the time the show aired in 2012, she was 34 years old and the youngest CEO to appear on Undercover Boss. Among a number of other awards and accolades, Cole was also recognized by Fortune Magazine in 2013 for its 40 under 40 list.

Cole received her MBA in 2010 from Georgia State University. She had dropped out of her undergraduate engineering program at the University of North Florida to focus on her global career at Hooters, so she had to take the GMAT and extra interviews in order to apply. She was only allowed to attend the Georgia State MBA program, since they are one of the few schools that allow experienced students who did not receive a bachelor's degree to apply. She also asked ten CEOs, including Ted Turner, for letters of recommendation to the business school program.

In November 2010, Cole was hired by Cinnabon Inc., and was named president in January 2011. During the first three years of her tenure, Cinnabon added 200 bakeries, created partnerships with grocery stores and restaurants like Taco Bell and Burger King, and became a global brand in 56 countries. Cinnabon's 2013 sales was estimated at a billion dollars.

Katrina "Kat" Cole (born March 18, 1978) is an American businesswoman. She currently is Chief operating officer and president of North America for Focus Brands. She is a former president of Focus Brands' subsidiary Cinnabon, an American chain of retail bakeries specializing in cinnamon buns. Prior to that, she was an executive vice president of Hooters.