Tawnya Hanson first joined White Management at age 15 as a Dunkin’ team member in Plattsburgh’s Cornelia Street store. Hanson moved through the ranks, rising to Night Shift Supervisor in 1991, and becoming manager of the Dunkin in Champlain in 1994, which she recalls she agreed to do temporarily because she wanted to find “a real job”. Hanson continued to rise in the operation, overseeing the opening of a third store in Peru in 1999, and then moving into production at the Skyway location where she was responsible for supplying product to seven stores. In 2007, Hanson was named Director of Operations for the White Management Dunkin’ brands, where she has been instrumental in helping grow the business. In 2020, Hanson was promoted to Vice President of Operations, overseeing Dunkin’, KFC, and Taco Bell franchises.

Hanson grew up in Plattsburgh and completed an Associate’s Degree at Clinton Community College. She is the mother of five children—Megan, Buddy (Steven), Dominick, Cameron, and Tegan. Hanson loves the challenge of her work, and the ability to set and meet goals. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her children, grandchildren, her mother, and stepfather.

Brian White holds a BA in Economics and English from Colby College and a MBA from Boston University. Brian held his first job in the restaurant business as a summer dishwasher at the Log Jam in 1992. After earning his MBA, White worked for a short time as a financial analyst for the Atira Group, a ski resort development company based in Colorado. White worked with his father to develop a number of Cold Stone Creamery stores in the Northeast beginning in 2004. He began overseeing the day-to-day operations of most of the full-service restaurants in 2010 and added oversight of the quick-service restaurants in 2019. He was named President of the organization in 2020.

White was captain of the Colby College swim team, is a former Ironman triathlete, a snow and water skier, a kayaker, and competes in mountain bike racing with his family. He lives outside of Albany with his wife Melinda, a veterinarian, their two children, and various cats and dogs.

Priscila Machuca has been working in restaurant management since the age of sixteen. She attributes her success to her bossiness. Machuca’s first job was at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting Hall in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where she grew up. She moved on to manage the Target Food Court for seven years, and then Taco Bell for nine years afterwards. Machuca joined White Management in 2016 as General Manager of Coldstone Creamery in Springfield, MA, and added the Coldstone Creamery/Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store in Albany’s Stuyvesant Plaza in January 2021. When White Management sold their Coldstone Creamery holdings, Machuca rejoined the company as an Above Store Leader for the Quick-Service Restaurants.

Machuca sees her employees as family, and some of them actually ARE her family. Her three daughters (one natural and two adopted) worked for her at Coldstone in Springfield, as did her mother and sister. Machuca loves being a parent to her daughters and a mentor to her employees. While raising her daughters, she was a soccer coach, a softball coach, a theater mom, and a swim team runner. “It’s what fills me up,” Machuca says with a smile.

John began his career in public accounting at BPA Utica, specializing in benefits administration, retirement plans accounting, tax and trust administration. He has worked in senior financial roles for Fortune 500 companies such as Pratt & Whitney and BNY Mellon. John also has experience with smaller, privately-held organizations such as Pyrotek and Power Line Constructors, all within the central New York area. John holds a BA in Accounting and an MBA from NYIT.

John grew up in the Utica area and currently resides in Whitesboro, a suburb of Utica, with his wife and three children (two in college, and one in high school). John and his family have a camp in the Adirondacks (Old Forge) and enjoy boating in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter.  John also enjoys playing golf and watching Syracuse sports.

Josh “Bubba” Kelley joined White Management Corporation in 2001as a team member at the KFC/Taco Bell in Malone, New York. Kelley worked his way up to become General Manager of the store, and ran it for the next 13 years. Kelley was then moved to the Dunkin’ brand, and served as General Manager of Dunkin’ stores in Akwesasne and Chateauguay. Kelley was next moved to the Taco Bell brand as General Manager of Taco Bell in Plattsburgh. In 2020, Kelley was promoted to Above Store Leader (ASL) for the KFC/Taco Bell brands operated by White Management. 

Kelley is a native of Malone, NY, and a graduate of Franklin Academy. He lives in Burke with his wife and three sons. Fun fact about Kelley: he produces a grass-roots online story time on Thursday evenings on Facebook live, often accompanied by one or more of his sons, and in full costume.

Tera Fountain joined White Management as a teenager, first working for the Dunkin Donuts store on Cornelia Street in Plattsburgh. Fountain moved up the ranks, becoming an assistant manager, and then store manager. In 2008, Fountain was promoted to Above Store Leader (ASL) where she oversaw five Dunkin’ locations in the Plattsburgh area. Fountain was promoted to Director of Operations for the eighteen Dunkin’ stores in 2020. Fountain is known among colleagues for her razor-sharp mind and dry sense of humor. She lives in Plattsburgh with her husband, and has two grown children.

Candy Poirier joined White Management Corporation in 2003 for the opening of the KFC/Taco Bell in Malone, NY.  A native of Malone, Poirier had previously worked on the grand opening of Taco Bell in Malone’s Mountain Mart store, which was one of the brand’s largest grand openings of that time. “I was hooked!” Poirier remembers. 

Poirier started working at age 14. Her first job out of high school was for a photo electronics company out of Glens Falls, NY, where she stayed for eighteen years.

Poirier is inspired to try to be the best at what she does, and finds that the constant changes in the business force her to be on top of her game and have an intimate knowledge of the operation. Her work philosophy is simple: “Give respect, get respect.” 

Poirier loves to travel and is a photography enthusiast. She enjoys spending time with her family. Fun fact about Poirier: she is a fierce bowler.

Kevin Collins is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, who moved to Massena, New York in grade school.  Collins’ first job in the restaurant business was at the local Burger King, just after graduating from high school. Collins attended college for two years, and then decided to pursue a restaurant career full-time. Collins held several management positions with Pizza Hut until another opportunity surfaced: fatherhood. He took a work hiatus to be a stay-at-home-father for several years. Collins re-entered the restaurant world as a line cook for Downtown Steak & Seafood at Massena’s Quality Inn, and then joined Subway as a District Manager, where he remained for the next seven years. Collins joined White Management in 2013.

Collins leads by example—he won’t ask a team member to do anything he hasn’t done himself— and aims to recognize and exploit each employee’s unique skill set. He is also inspired by his relationships with his many guests, and looks forward to seeing his regular customers—many of whom he knows by name—and getting to know new customers.

Collins is the father of four children—two sons and two step-daughters—and lives at home with his wife.  When not working, Collins may be found enjoying the outdoors, and the peace that brings, on his road or mountain bike.

Don Stone joined White Management in June 2019. Originally from Boston, Stone started his restaurant career with Papa Gino’s Pizza in 1982. He worked through the ranks from the dish area to customer service to cooking and eventually to running a Papa Gino’s in Chelsea, Ma. in 1986. He has been in the restaurant business ever since, spending time as either a General Manager or Area Manager for Papa Gino’s, Sbarro, and Panera Bread prior to joining the White Restaurant family. One of Stone’s greatest pleasures has been cultivating the many talented people he has had the good fortune to work with over the years. 

In 1989, shortly after their wedding, Stone and his wife Leona moved to Glens Falls, NY.  They have three wonderful children, twins Sean & Meagen, and their youngest daughter Faith. Don is a hardcore Red Sox and Bruins fan. In the winter, Don enjoys skating with Faith, and in the summer, he can be found taking divots on local golf courses any chance he can get.   

Sherwin Maralit first joined White Management in 2005 as General Manager for
Coldstone Creamery in Stuyvesant Plaza, as well as for two other locations. When the company downsized their Coldstone store count, Maralit accepted a position with the brand to manage Coldstone Creamery in Times Square, New York. While in the New York area, Maralit spent another five years with Atlanta Bread Company in White Plains, and then moved into the full-service restaurant world with Applebee’s.

When Maralit and his wife had their first child, Finnegan, in April of 2020, they decided to move back to upstate New York, closer to family. (Maralit’s parents, three sisters, nieces and nephews are all in the area.) Maralit returned to White Management in January 2021 to open Bountiful Bread on State Street in Schenectady that spring.

Maralit is a graduate of Shaker High School, and attended Siena College for a year before leaving to pursue restaurant management. He and his wife Caro spent a year living in Germany, where he discovered his love of running, among other things. (He has completed several half marathons.) As for Maralit’s management philosophy, he works to treat his employees as equals, to nurture teamwork, and recognizes that every single position in this business is essential to its success.