Rebecca Hurst

Meet Mrs. Rebecca Hurst; she is the loving and caring wife of Mr. Blaine Hurst, the President & CEO of Panera Bread. Rebecca’s husband took the CEO reigns after former CEO, Chairman, and founder Ronald Shaich announced he was stepping down in November 2017.

• Mrs. Hurst was born Rebecca J. Zimbicki on April 25, 1957, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• She graduated from Charle Valley High School, and subsequently studied mathematics at Grove City College, in Grove City, Penn.
• Rebecca and Blaine Hurst were both 23, when they were married on June 28, 1980, in  Dallas, Texas.

• Rebecca is a die-hard Steelers fans
• They live in Waxhaw, North Carolina, with their son David.