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In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson to speak at Pepperdine President’s Speaker

Business leader will discuss faith, family legacy, and guiding an iconic California brand

By ELIZABETH HICKCOX Special To The Malibu Times

American businesswoman Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, owner and president of In-N-Out Burger, will appear at Pepperdine University as part of the school’s prestigious President’s Speaker Series on Tuesday, March 31, at 5 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse.

During the event, Snyder-Ellingson will sit down in conversation with Pepperdine president Jim Gash (JD ’93) to discuss the role faith plays in her personal life and leadership, as well as the responsibility of guiding one of California’s most recognizable and beloved restaurant brands.

From the day she was born in Southern Cal

ifornia, In-N-Out Burger has been central to Snyder-Ellingson’s life. Her grandparents, Harry and Esther Snyder, founded the company in 1948, introducing California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand. Nearly eight decades later, the company remains privately owned and family operated — something Snyder-Ellingson has pledged to preserve.

Snyder-Ellingson began working for the company as an associate in 1999 and eventually rose to become its owner and president. Today, she remains closely involved in nearly every aspect of the business, from daily operations and marketing to store design, training programs, company culture, and expansion. Under her leadership, In-N-Out Burger has grown into a major employer with more than 44,000 associates across several western states.

Beyond the business, Snyder-Ellingson also plays a leading role in the company’s philanthropic initiatives. She helps oversee charitable efforts through the In-N-Out Burger Foundation — originally established by her grandmother Esther, her uncle

Rich Snyder, and her mother Lynda Snyder — as well as two foundations she and her husband, Sean Ellingson, founded: Slave 2 Nothing Foundation and HIS EYES Foundation.

The couple are also the visionaries behind Army of Love, a ministry focused on equipping volunteers and uniting the body of Christ through service and spiritual outreach.

In 2023, Snyder-Ellingson published her book, “The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California’s First Drive-Thru and How It Became a Beloved Cultural Icon,”which explores the history of the family business and its rise to become a cultural staple across the West.

Rooted in her Christian faith, Snyder-Ellingson has often spoken about balancing her many responsibilities while striving to remain a faithful steward of the company and its people.

The Pepperdine event is free and open to the public, though advance registration is required. More information and registration details can be found on the President’s Speaker Series website.

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Pepperdine track athletes run to record times

Men’s and women’s relay squads deliver historic performances, with standout times in the 4x400, 4x800, and 1,600 sprint medley relays

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The Pepperdine Waves’ men’s and women’s track and field relay teams made history March 7, shattering multiple program records in standout performances.

The men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relay team, men’s and women’s 4x800 team, and women’s 1,600 sprint medley relay team each set new Waves’ records for their events.

Waves head coach Lauren Floris said most of the records were beaten handily and called the performance a banner day for Pepperdine.

“I’m so proud of how everyone ran today and how far our program has come in recent years,” she said.

The Waves women’s team finished fourth at the meet, while the men’s team placed fifth. UC Santa Barbara, the host team, won both divisions, which also included athletes from ATHLETE.X, Cal Poly, El Camino, Speed Collective, UC Los Angeles Club, and Westmont.

Waves senior Mia Skuraton and sophomores Annie Trapp, Lia Cooper, and Lexi Thomas finished the 4x400 in 3 minutes, 50.91 seconds. The time earned second

place and broke the previous program record by 9 seconds.

Skuraton and Thomas, along with freshmen Adison Moore and Leah Heckman,

finished the 1,600 sprint medley relay in fourth in 4:15.00, beating a previous record in the event set at last year’s Gaucho Relays by 36 seconds.

Junior Lizzy Crawford, senior Ashley Eagan, freshman Brielle McClamon, and sophomore Kennedy Duralde ran a record-setting time of 9:12.18, finishing second in the 4x800 relay. UCSB beat the Waves in just over two seconds.

The men’s 4x400 relay group of freshmen Kian Alton, Giovanni Coronado, and Beckett Sullivan, and graduate student Parker Buchheit placed second in their event in 3:16.13, blazing by the previous program high mark by 4.59 seconds.

Sullivan and Buchheit teamed with sophomore Alex Nield and senior Ryan Fabian to set a new record of 7:33.91 in the 4x800, while finishing first in their event. They beat second-place UCSB by nearly two seconds.

Moore completed the women’s 100 in 12.17, placing eighth out of 19 sprinters, while Alton finished the men’s 100 in 11.13, finishing 11th out of 23 runners. Additionally, Trapp completed the women’s 100 hurdles in 15.85 for eighth out of 14 athletes.

The record-setting performances happened days after the Waves broke three program records at the two-day Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships in Reno, Nevada.

Skuraton, Trapp, Cooper, and Thomas set a record in the 4x400 relay of 3:55.20 before shattering that record in Santa Barbara.

Crawford broke her previous record of 16:58.63 in the 5K. At the MPSF event, she finished the race in 16:51.31, garnering second place. Eagan set a record of 2:15.52 in the 800.

Floris said the Waves were impressive.

“It was also great to see Lizzy, Ashley, Annie, Mia, Lia, and Lexi come away with new school records,” she said.

Waves rally from doubles deficit, earn sixth consecutive win as Grechkina clinches decisive singles match

The Pepperdine Waves women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to six matches on March 7 with a 4-2 road victory over 10thranked California.

Sophomores Anastasiia Grechkina and Duru Söke, graduate student Chantal Sauvant, and freshman Sonja Zhiyenbayeva snagged singles victories to claim the Bay Area win for Pepperdine.

Cal gained an early lead by securing the match’s doubles point with a pair of wins, but the Waves responded in dominant fashion.

Söke evened the score with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Sophia

Hernandez on court six, improving to 7-0 this season.

Cal regained the lead with a victory on court one, but Sauvant downed Mille Johanna Moerk 6-3, 6-1 on court four to tie the match again.

Zhiyenbayeva, ranked 122nd in singles, then improved to 9-1 this season by beating Mao Mushika, ranked 57th, 6-2, 6-2 on court two.

Grechkina, ranked 10th in singles, lost her first set 2-6 to Laura Cilekova but responded with wins of 7-5 and 6-2 to clinch the match for Pepperdine on court three.

Pepperdine’s winning streak began with a 4-0 win over sixth-ranked USC on Feb. 22 and was followed by a 4-3 victory over 68th-ranked Washington State on March 3, a 4-0 rout of Gonzaga on March 4, a 4-1 win over No. 24 Stanford on March 6, and a 7-0 trouncing of Santa Clara the day before beating Cal.

The Waves had a 9-3 record heading into their home match against second-ranked Ohio State on Wednesday. Pepperdine hosts Cal on Sunday at 1 p.m. and then welcomes NC State, ranked ninth, on March 19.

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