Romaine’s Appointment Strengthens Enterprise Leadership Team as GoTo Foods Continues Scaling for Long-Term Growth and Franchisee Advantage

ATLANTA – June 8, 2026 – GoTo Foods®, the Atlanta-based enterprise behind seven iconic foodservice brands, today 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.”

About GoTo Foods  
Atlanta-based company GoTo Foods (formerly known as Focus Brands) is a leading developer of global multi-channel foodservice brands. As of December 28, 2025, GoTo Foods, through its affiliate brands, is the franchisor and operator of over 7,300 restaurants, cafes, ice cream shoppes and bakeries in all 50 states and in 71 countries and territories under the Auntie Anne’s®, Carvel®, Cinnabon®, Jamba®, Moe’s Southwest Grill®, McAlister’s Deli® and Schlotzsky’s® brand names, as well as the Seattle’s Best Coffee® brand on certain military bases and in certain international markets. The iconic GoTo Foods brands benefit from strong enterprise growth engines, including marketing, digital, technology and franchise sales & development to propel growth and brand performance. Please visit www.gotofoods.com  and connect with us on LinkedIn to learn more.

GoTo Foods is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®, the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition, and the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience for the second consecutive year.