Our Leadership

Claudia San Pedro served as head of the Limited Service Category and president of SONIC Drive-In, part of the Inspire family of restaurants. Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes nearly 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, Rusty Taco, and SONIC Drive-In restaurants worldwide.

San Pedro set the strategic direction for SONIC and was responsible for overseeing the brand’s marketing and operations teams. She was also responsible for the growth and success of SONIC’s company-owned restaurants as well as the brand’s relationship with its franchise community, driving a more than 30% increase in sales volume during her tenure as president.

San Pedro assumed her role in January 2018. She joined SONIC in 2006 as vice president of investor relations and treasurer before being promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2015.

Prior to joining SONIC, she served as the director for the Oklahoma Office of State Finance (OSF). Appointed by Governor Brad Henry in 2005, San Pedro was the first female and first Hispanic to serve as director of state finance for Oklahoma.

For her leadership, San Pedro was honored with a Maestros Award for Professional Achievement in 2024 by Latino Leaders magazine. In 2022 she was named Restaurant Leader of the Year by the editors of Restaurant Business. She was also included on the HERoes Women Executive Role Model List 2021, powered by Yahoo! Finance; honored as part of Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2021 Power List: Women of Influence; named one of LATINA Style’s 2020 Corporate Executives of the Year; and featured on Entrepreneur’s 100 Powerful Women 2020 list.

San Pedro presently serves on the Board of BOK Financial, Dot Foods and the Smith College Board of Trustees.

San Pedro holds an undergraduate degree from Smith College in Massachusetts and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma.

Born in Mexico City, San Pedro resides in Oklahoma City with her family.