Published mark
NOODLES & Co
NASDAQ: NDLS. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f
- SEC CIK
- 0001275158
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 7, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Apr 1, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Joseph ChristinaSince Mar 26, 2026
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 5 / 77 directors published
- Published claims
- 323 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 60 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 3 distinct sources and 6 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CEO CHANGED
Joseph Christina executive of NOODLES & Co, effective 2026-03-26.
EffectiveEffective Mar 26, 2026E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer | Joseph Christina | Mar 2026 | current | Source reportedE3 |
| Chief Accounting Officer | Kathy Lockhart | Mar 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Chief Financial Officer | Mike Hynes | Mar 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
Board of directors
Evidence7 directors published. 5 of 7 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britain Peakes | Independent | 2024 | Audit | Source reportedE2 |
| Drew Madsen | Not independent | 2017 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Elisa Schreiber | Independent | 2019 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| Jeff Jones | Independent | 2013 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE2 |
| Joseph Christina | Not independent | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Shawn Taylor | Independent | 2020 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Thomas Lynch | Independent | 2023 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| Mary Egan | Independent | Not published | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNominating and Governance, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Robert Hartnett | Independent | Not published | AuditAudit; Compensation · ChairCompensation, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Shawn Taylor | Independence not published | Not published | AuditNominating and Governance | Source reportedE6 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Jeff Jones | Jeff Jones, Britain Peakes, Robert Hartnett, Shawn Taylor, Jeff Jones, Britain Peakes, Robert Hartnett, Shawn Taylor, Britain Peakes | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Compensation | Not published | Jeff Jones | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation · Chair | Not published | Robert Hartnett | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Robert Hartnett | Robert Hartnett, Elisa Schreiber, Jeff Jones, Mary Egan, Thomas Lynch, Robert Hartnett, Elisa Schreiber, Jeff Jones, Mary Egan, Thomas Lynch | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Governance | Not published | Elisa Schreiber, Thomas Lynch | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair | Not published | Mary Egan | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance | Mary Egan | Mary Egan, Elisa Schreiber, Shawn Taylor, Thomas Lynch, Mary Egan, Elisa Schreiber, Shawn Taylor, Thomas Lynch | Not described in the published record |
Committee AppointmentJeff Jones: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentBritain Peakes: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentRobert Hartnett: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentShawn Taylor: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Robert Hartnett; Members Robert Hartnett (Chair); Elisa Schreiber; Jeff Jones; Mary Egan; Thomas Lynch
Committee AppointmentRobert Hartnett: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentElisa Schreiber: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentJeff Jones: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentMary Egan: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentThomas Lynch: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Mary Egan; Members Mary Egan (Chair); Elisa Schreiber; Shawn Taylor; Thomas Lynch
Committee AppointmentMary Egan: chair, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentElisa Schreiber: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentShawn Taylor: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentThomas Lynch: member, Nominating and Governance
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo 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 registryWho 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 officerJoseph Christina, Chief Executive Officer, from Mar 26, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
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
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingNDLS (NASDAQ)
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 7, 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
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameNOODLES & Co
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Not yet in this record
CoverageA 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.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Joseph ChristinaChief Executive Officer; Directorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:14, company:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:9
- Kathy LockhartChief Accounting Officercompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:15
- Mike HynesChief Financial Officercompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:16
- Britain PeakesDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:5
- Drew MadsenDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:6
- Elisa SchreiberDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:7
- Jeff JonesDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:8
- Shawn TaylorDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:12
- Thomas LynchDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:13
- Mary EganDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:10
- Robert HartnettDirectorcompany:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:leadership_role:11
- Shawn TaylorDirector (committee appointment)company:88498dd9-8320-42f5-bbfa-682fd083047f:committee_record:17
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 6 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- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Apr 1, 2026. Retrieved Apr 24, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Mar 26, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Mar 26, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Mar 26, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6board_seats. board seats. Cited by 16 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 7, 2026- Joseph Christina executive of NOODLES & Co, effective 2026-03-26.
- Kathy Lockhart executive of NOODLES & Co, effective 2026-03-26.
- Mike Hynes executive of NOODLES & Co, effective 2026-03-26.
- Joseph Christina seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2025-01-01.
- Britain Peakes seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2024-01-01.
- Britain Peakes member of Audit, effective 2024-01-01.
- Thomas Lynch seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2023-01-01.
- Thomas Lynch member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2023-01-01.
- Shawn Taylor seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2020-01-01.
- Elisa Schreiber seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2019-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Governance committee of NOODLES & Co, effective 2019-01-01.
- Elisa Schreiber member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2019-01-01.
- Drew Madsen seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2017-01-01.
- Jeff Jones seat on NOODLES & Co, effective 2013-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Compensation committee of NOODLES & Co, effective 2013-01-01.
- Jeff Jones member of Audit · Chair; Compensation, effective 2013-01-01.