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Lauren Crowley Joins Sweetgreen as Chief People Officer

What happened

Adrienne Gemperle will transition out of her role as Chief People Officer at Sweetgreen through the end of the year.

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Sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, today announced the appointment of Lauren Crowley as Chief People Officer, effective October 26, 2026. Crowley will report directly to Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Neman. Lauren Crowley has more than 20 years of experience leading people organizations through growth and transformation at consumer and technology brands, including Expedia Group, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market and Dell. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at OC Sports & Entertainment, where she led the people function. During her seven years at Expedia Group, she led enterprise-wide talent programs supporting 16,500 employees across 56 countries, and at Starbucks, she led U.S. retail HR operations supporting more than 200,000 partners across more than 15,000 stores. “What drew me to sweetgreen is its unique combination of purpose, ambition and a genuine commitment to its people,” said Lauren Crowley, Chief People Officer of sweetgreen. “I look forward to partnering with the leadership team and our restaurant teams to build on the strong foundation already in place and create an environment where our people can grow their careers and help shape what’s next for the company.” “Lauren brings the exact blend of strategic vision, operational rigor and people-first leadership that sweetgreen needs at this...

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Adrienne Gemperle, who has served as Chief People Officer through an extraordinary period of growth and change for sweetgreen, will transition out of her role while working alongside Crowley through the end of the year to support a seamless transition.

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Event
Executive departure

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Person
Adrienne GemperleChief People Officer

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People

  • Adrienne GemperleChief People Officer · Named in the story

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Job title tags

  • directors
  • management
  • human resources

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Oct 8, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
leaves

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