Advisory Panel Member Profile

Aaron Lyons

Founder & CEO

Areas of Expertise:

How to Transform from Manager to Leader, Leading Your New Team – The One You Just Inherited, Leading Your Team Through Change

A native of Austin, Texas, Aaron Lyons has carved out his place as a hospitality leader through unconventional means. As a young business consultant with Deloitte Consulting, he traveled to cities across the country and noticed a distinct lack of quick, affordable options for fresh, healthy meals. A lifelong athlete, he longed for restaurants where he could dine regularly without compromising his health or his budget. While it was easy to find fast food or thoughtful meals at pricier, sit-down venues, no one was combining the two, so Lyons set out to do just that.
 
In its first six years, Dish Society has grown to six locations, now serving the Galleria area, The Heights, Memorial, Katy, West University, and Downtown, and will continue to expand throughout Texas and nationally in the coming years. Dish Society has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Top 30 Emerging Restaurant Chains” by FishBowl Marketing, as well as one of QSR Magazine’s “40 Under 40 Concepts.”
 
For his efforts, among the many accolades and critical praise garnered by the brand both on a local and national scale, Lyons has been named to Houston Business Journal's 40 under 40 Class of 2016, and as the Greater Houston Restaurant Association's 2017 Restaurateur of the Year. Lyons has served as a Board Member of both the Greater Houston and Texas Restaurant Associations and currently serves as a Board Member of The D10.
 
Lyons received his bachelors as well as his MBA from The University of Texas and currently lives in Houston with his wife Stefanie, their son and twin daughters.

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