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title: "GoTo Foods Names Ama Romaine EVP, General Counsel"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1a3c01c8-604e-4782-87df-8088a9d7e750
source: "QSR Magazine"
original_url: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/goto-foods-names-ama-romaine-evp-general-counsel/
author: "Ben Coley"
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2026-06-08T17:20:17.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:17:28.638Z
image: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/amaromainegotofoods.jpg
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# GoTo Foods Names Ama Romaine EVP, General Counsel

**TL;DR:** GoTo Foods, the parent company of seven major franchise brands, has named Ama Romaine as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Romaine brings nearly 20 years of senior legal and executive leadership experience to support the company's multi-unit growth strategy.

*By Ben Coley, originally published in QSR Magazine on 2026-06-08. [Read the original](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/goto-foods-names-ama-romaine-evp-general-counsel/).*

## Story

GoTo Foods, the Atlanta-based enterprise behind seven iconic foodservice brands, announced the appointment of Ama Romaine as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, effective immediately. Romaine brings nearly 20 years of senior legal and executive leadership experience across hospitality and real estate, with deep expertise supporting complex franchise systems, brand operations and multi-unit businesses.

Romaine’s appointment further strengthens GoTo Foods’ executive leadership team as the company continues advancing its enterprise commercial strategy, accelerating scalable growth and investing in the operational and governance capabilities needed to support long-term franchisee success. Her appointment also reflects the company’s continued focus on building a high-performing corporate leadership team equipped to support a growing, increasingly complex business.

**Extensive Experience Supporting Franchise and Multi-Unit Businesses**

Most recently, Romaine served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Government Relations & Public Policy at Pretium Partners. Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President, General Counsel at Progress Residential, where she built the company’s first compliance and enterprise risk management functions, strengthening legal operations to drive better business outcomes. Romaine has also held leadership roles with Blackstone, G6 Hospitality, Hilton Worldwide, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab and Choice Hotels International.

**Driving Strategic Legal Leadership Across a Multi-Brand Portfolio**

In her role as EVP, General Counsel, Romaine will join the executive leadership team and provide strategic counsel across the enterprise, overseeing a team of attorneys, paralegals, contract managers and franchise administration professionals while strengthening collaboration across brands and functional teams.

“Ama brings a powerful combination of franchise, governance and operational expertise that will help strengthen our enterprise as we continue scaling the GoTo Foods portfolio and supporting long-term franchisee success,” said Omer Gajial, Chief Executive Officer of GoTo Foods. “Her experience leading complex organizations and building strong operational and compliance foundations will be instrumental as we continue driving disciplined growth, enhancing franchisee returns and positioning the business for the future.”

## Entities

- franchise growth (topic)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- Finance (sector)
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- Ben Coley (person)
- Choice Hotels International (company)
- Blackstone (investor)
- GoTo Foods (company)
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (company)
- G6 Hospitality (company)
- legal counsel (topic)
- Omer Gajial (person)

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Originally reported by Ben Coley, QSR Magazine (https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/goto-foods-names-ama-romaine-evp-general-counsel/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1a3c01c8-604e-4782-87df-8088a9d7e750).