Jim Taggart

Jim has been a Wendy's franchisee since 1987 and leads the day-to-day operation and administrative functions for Mountain West Wendy's. He has served on the National Restaurant Association Board and currently serves as the President of two DMAs.

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Jim holds a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University, a M.S. in Applied Economics from Cornell and a management certificate from Stanford. At Cornell, he taught undergraduate accounting and marketing and later, taught marketing and strategy at BYU.

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Jim and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 23 years and live in Draper, Utah. They have four children and two grandchildren.