Kathleen Gosser, PhD

Yum! Brands Associate Professor of Franchise Management Practice at University of Louisville

Kathleen Gosser, PhD, is the Yum! Brands Associate Professor of Franchise Management Practice at the University of Louisville College of Business and director of the university's Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence, where she was named inaugural endowed chair. She joined the College of Business in 2019 after a 35-year career at Yum! Brands, where her final role was director of learning and organizational development and chair of the KFC Foundation. She co-created and leads UofL's online franchise management certificate programs and holds a PhD in educational leadership and organizational development and an MBA from the University of Louisville, and a BA in journalism from Indiana University.