Marianne Radley

Marianne Radley is the Chief Marketing Officer for Smoothie King Inc. Since joining the company in October 2022, she has made an immediate impact on the organization's business. Marianne spearheaded a comprehensive creative overhaul for the Smoothie King brand, seamlessly blending her strategic vision with innovative design and product development to elevate the brand's identity and market presence, resulting in the company achieving its best sales and traffic growth in its 51-year history. As a member of the company’s executive team, Marianne leads all brand marketing, advertising, sales, and product innovation for the largest smoothie chain in the world. With over 1,350 locations worldwide, Smoothie King is the first health & fitness QSR brands of its kind.

Marianne is a seasoned marketing executive with vast experience across industry-leading companies and a proven track record in marketing, advertising and product innovation. Marianne was the Chief Brand Officer with YUM! Brands overseeing Pizza Hut’s $6.3 Billion U.S. business with direct responsibility for the brand’s advertising, media, marketing, and culinary teams.

Prior to joining YUM! Brands, Marianne served as the Sr. Vice President of Global Marketing for Monster Beverage Company, responsible for all marketing, advertising, product innovation and sponsorship efforts for the $32B global beverage company. While at Monster, she lead the global launch efforts of the company, successfully launching the Monster energy drink brand in 40 countries, including China, Russia, Japan, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil.

Additionally, Marianne spent 15 years at Anheuser-Busch InBev and held various roles in new product innovation, marketing, and sales. Marianne was the first female to lead the Budweiser brand in the company’s history and went on to receive many marketing and product innovation accolades, including Forbes Magazine’s Top 100 Women in Brand Innovation, Adweek’s Top Women to Watch awards and the Cannes Lion Award for Marketing Effectiveness.

Known as a purpose led executive, Marianne most recently served as the CEO for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, having assumed that role during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In that role, she grew the organization from 3 clubs serving 2,100 children annually to 8 clubs serving close to 8,000 youth annually. Additionally, she transformed the organization’s financial outlook, growing their cash-on-hand by over 500% within her first 12 months. Marianne was also instrumental in reshaping the organization’s Board of Directors and leadership teams.

Marianne is a proud graduate of Clemson University, and currently sits on the University’s Board of Directors for the Erwin Center for Brand Communication. Clemson University’s Erwin Center for Brand Communications is a practitioner-based educational program for future brand communications professionals. The Board of Directors were instrumental in building and establishing Clemson’s first student-led creative agency, CADENCY.

Marianne currently calls McKinney, Texas home where she lives with her husband Paul and their four children.