Nick Davis, 61, is President, CEO, CMO and majority shareholder of Momma G’s, Inc., the franchisor of Momma Goldberg’s Delis. He is also President, CEO and sole shareholder of The Progressive Companies, headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, which includes Progressive Restaurants, Inc., PRI-Miami, LLC, PRIC, LLC, and MG Holdings. The Progressive Companies owned and operated 32 Taco Bell Restaurants throughout the state of Florida until the sale of the restaurant business in 2010 – the company retained the real estate on 22 parcels with a triple net 20-year lease. Nick is President, CEO and primary shareholder of Vision Restaurants, Inc. which operates six Taco Bell Restaurants in South Georgia and the panhandle of Florida. Nick is also the President, CEO and primary shareholder of Davista Holdings, LLC which owns and manages several real estate holdings in Florida, Alabama and Georgia as well as Paradise Lake Properties which owns real estate holdings in Alabama. Nick formed ML Restaurants, Inc. in 2009 which purchased two Momma Goldberg’s Delis and had grown to a total of five in the state of Alabama before selling 4 of the delis back to the franchisor in 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from Auburn University (1984).

Upon graduation, Nick joined Taco Bell Corporation as a Manager Trainee serving for seven years in positions of increasing responsibility including operational and financial turnarounds of critical markets including Atlanta, Birmingham, Jackson, MS and Charleston, SC. In 1991, Nick joined WenSouth Corporation, a 46 restaurant Wendy’s franchisee as a Regional Director. His responsibilities included Marketing, Capital Spending and Employee Motivation for the entire corporation.

Nick founded Progressive Restaurants, Inc. on October 1, 1997, and purchased the first 14 Taco Bell restaurants. In July 2007 Nick formed PRI-Miami, LLC which purchased seven restaurants in the greater Miami area. The Companies continued to grow in new construction and acquisitions growing to 32 Taco Bell, Pizza Hut Express and Kentucky Fried Chicken before the sale in 2010.

Nick has also been active in the communities in which he has lived including serving on the Board of Directors for the Greater Tallahassee Advertising Federation. Nick has given extensively of his time and talents to Auburn; he has served as President of the Tallahassee Auburn Club and as a Board Member of the National Auburn University Alumni Association Board of Directors. He is a member of Auburn University Athletics’ Tigers Unlimited at the Heisman Society Level and a longtime Executive Suite Holder in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Nick also served on the Auburn University Harbert College of Business Dean’s Executive Advisory Committee after serving a three-year term on the Advisory Board and is currently an emeritus member of that Board. He served on the college’s capital campaign committee for the Because This is Auburn Capital Campaign. In addition, Nick was recognized as one of the top forty graduates by the Auburn University Harbert College of Business on the fortieth anniversary of the college.

Nick currently serves as the Chair of the Gogue Performing Arts Center Engagement Council after serving on the inaugural Development Council. He also serves as the Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Human Sciences. And serves on the Auburn University EAGLES Program Engagement Council.

Most recently, Nick has stepped up to serve Auburn in the Name, Likeness & Image arena serving as a founding Member of Friends of Auburn who owns and manages On To Victory – THE NIL for Auburn.