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title: "Nation's Restaurant News: MOD Pizza adds president to COO Paul Twohig’s role"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b257a706-0b91-4ed2-8bc6-5a0fa1ee562d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-mod-pizza-adds-president-to-coo-paul-twohigs-role-2706252
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2018-04-12T14:09:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:44:41.742Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/9c91344bf3c9a67f993a0697eff4f50c6238.jpg
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# Nation's Restaurant News: MOD Pizza adds president to COO Paul Twohig’s role

**TL;DR:** MOD Pizza promotes Paul Twohig to president, a new role within the company, in addition to other leadership changes. The position is new to Mod Pizza making Twohig the first to hold it.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-04-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-mod-pizza-adds-president-to-coo-paul-twohigs-role-2706252).*

## Story

Mod Pizza has promoted chief operating officer Paul Twohig. According to a recent article in Nation's Restaurant News , the executive will now take on the role of president of the company. The position is new to Mod Pizza making Twohig the first to hold it.

This was not the only change in the brand's leadership structure. Other promotions included Megan Hansen as senior vice president of people and Lisa Luebeck as senior vice president of legal and general counsel.

“Each of them has been integral to our success over the past few years. Most importantly, they each exemplify MOD’s core values and are strong champions of our mission to use the business to make a positive social impact,” said co-founder Ally Svenson.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- leadership change (topic)
- promotion (topic)
- MOD Pizza (company)
- company restructuring (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-mod-pizza-adds-president-to-coo-paul-twohigs-role-2706252). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b257a706-0b91-4ed2-8bc6-5a0fa1ee562d).