Jordan Lomas

Interim President & CEO

As a seasoned business executive with over 30 years of senior leadership experience, Jordan currently serves as the interim CEO of Give Kids The World Village (GKTW). In this role, his primary focus is strengthening stakeholder relationships, driving strategic initiatives, optimizing operations, enhancing fundraising efforts, and ensuring a seamless leadership transition by identifying and onboarding his successor.

Jordan retired from Darden Restaurants in 2024, after working 17 years as an Information Technology executive, and was responsible for leading technology operations, application development, digital transformation, and cyber security initiatives to drive growth and shareholder value. Darden Restaurants has over 2,000 company-owned and operated restaurants with over $11B in annual revenue supported by 200,000 team members.

Prior to Darden, Jordan served as Vice President at Reed Elsevier, a British multi-national information and analytics company headquartered in London, England, where he gained significant international experience while contributing to their digital transformation. At Reed Elsevier, Jordan was responsible for customer care operations and leading integration efforts for several international acquisitions.

Jordan holds an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College where he currently serves as an adjunct professor. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Jordan serves on the GKTW board of directors and is an advisory board member for Red Lobster, LLC and for Incept AI, a restaurant technology firm. He previously served as a member of the Crummer Business School Board of Overseers at Rollins College, and was a founding board member for the nonprofit A Gift For Teaching.