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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.

NASDAQ: FWRG. First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. oversees and licenses restaurant operations under the First Watch brand.

US

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e
SEC CIK
0001789940
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 10, 2026
Newest evidence
Apr 8, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Christopher A. TomassoPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Chair
Ralph Alvarez
Independent
Not published8 directors published
Published claims
232 distinct sources
Evidence records
30 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 2 distinct sources and 3 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Rachel Tipograph seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2025E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
President and Chief Executive OfficerChristopher A. TomassoNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Development OfficerEric HartmanNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Financial Officer and TreasurerHenry Melville HopeNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and SecretaryJay WolszczakNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief People OfficerLaura SorensenNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Brand OfficerMatt EisenacherNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Information OfficerRobert ContiNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2

Board of directors

Evidence

8 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Charles JemleyIndependence not published2024None publishedSource reportedE3
Irene Chang BrittIndependence not published2023None publishedSource reportedE3
Jostein SolheimIndependence not published2023None publishedSource reportedE3
Mel HopeIndependence not published2021None publishedSource reportedE3
Michael FleisherIndependence not published2024None publishedSource reportedE3
Rachel TipographIndependence not published2025None publishedSource reportedE3
Stephanie LilakIndependence not published2022None publishedSource reportedE3
William KussellIndependence not published2019None publishedSource reportedE3
Christopher A. TomassoNot independentNot publishedChief Executive Officer and DirectorSource reportedE2
Ralph AlvarezIndependentChairNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
Chief Executive Officer and DirectorNot publishedChristopher A. TomassoNot described in the published record

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerChristopher A. Tomasso, President and Chief Executive Officer
Source reportedE2
company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e:leadership_role:17
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingFWRG (NASDAQ)
Source reportedE1
company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e:security_listing:24
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 10, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
Source reportedE1
company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e:entity_status:3
Published FactConsumer Cyclical
Source reportedE1
company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e:published_fact:5
Published FactRestaurants
Source reportedE1
company:9982e259-2b13-4d1c-9093-ac699ce25f6e:published_fact:6

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
3 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    SEC DEF 14A 0001789940-26-000048
    sec def 14a. Published Apr 8, 2026. Retrieved Sep 6, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    DEF 14A fwrg-20260408.htm
    sec proxy. Published Apr 8, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 10, 2026
  • Rachel Tipograph seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
  • Charles Jemley seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.
  • Michael Fleisher seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.
  • Irene Chang Britt seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2023-01-01.
  • Jostein Solheim seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2023-01-01.
  • Stephanie Lilak seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
  • Mel Hope seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2021-01-01.
  • William Kussell seat on First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.
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  9. Governance0
  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
  12. Legal0
  13. Compensation0
  14. Other published claims5
  15. Coverage gaps17
  16. Linked people16
  17. Subject and corrections6
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    First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.Company
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  • Henry Melville HopePerson
  • Jay WolszczakPerson
  • Laura SorensenPerson
  • Matt EisenacherPerson
  • Robert ContiPerson
  • Charles JemleyPerson
  • Irene Chang BrittPerson
  • Jostein SolheimPerson
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    OverviewFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
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  • Control and votingFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
  • Authority to actFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
  • FinancialsFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
  • GovernanceFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
  • RiskFirst Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
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