Alissa Partee will be promoted to president and chief executive officer for Restaurant Technologies, effective July 1, 2026. Partee, who currently serves as the company’s chief operating officer, will replace Jeff Kiesel, who will retire from RTI.

This transition is the result of a multi-year succession planning initiative, per a company release.

Partee joined RTI in 2020 as chief people officer. In 2024, she assumed her current role as COO.

Kiesel became CEO in 2005 and during the ensuing years he saw the cooking oil recycling company expand to 41 depots from 12.

Brand Snapshot: Restaurant Technologies
Headquarters: Mendota Heights, Minn.
Owners: Sold from Goldman Sachs Asset Management to Energy Capital Partners in 2022
Products: Provides a closed loop system that delivers, stores, filters, monitors, collects and recycles commercial cooking oil.

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