TL;DR
GoTo Foods has appointed Ama Romaine as Executive Vice President, General Counsel to strengthen its executive leadership team. Romaine brings franchise, governance, and operational expertise from her previous roles at Pretium Partners, Progress Residential, and other companies.
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.
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.
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. “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.”
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This story was originally published in Franchising.com on June 8, 2026. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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