Hala Moddelmog (born January 3, 1956, in Georgia, U.S.A.) is President of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., effective May 20, 2010, reporting to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group President and Chief Executive Officer Roland Smith. Previously she was president and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure since September 2006. Moddelmog is a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed in 2001. [1] She was responsible for all aspects of management for Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists.
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Moddelmog earned a bachelor of arts in English at Georgia Southern University and a master of arts in journalism and mass communications from the University of Georgia. [2]
In 2004, prior to joining Komen, Moddelmog founded Catalytic Ventures, in Atlanta, a private equity firm that consulted and invested in the food service industry.
In 2011, Moddelmog was appointed as president of Church's Chicken, a division of Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises, making her the first female president of a quick service restaurant chain (also known as fast food restaurants).
During her leadership of Church's Chicken, more than 19 percent of Church's Chicken franchises have become owned by female franchisees. This is due in large part to the company's attempts to network female investors and would-be female franchisees together to combat the biased appearance that some fast-food franchises present toward female entrepreneurs. [3]
Moddelmog has also held executive management and marketing positions at Church’s Chicken, Arbys Franchise Association and BellSouth.
Besides her experience with Komen for the Cure, Moddelmog has served on the boards of the Atlanta Police Foundation, Clark Atlanta University, Leadership Atlanta, the B.B. King Museum Foundation and Women Looking Ahead magazine. [4]
She earned a salary of $456,367 per annum as CEO for Susan G. Komen. [1]
Moddelmog is a recipient of the Women’s Foodservice Forum Emerging Leader Award, the International Franchise Association Bonny LeVine Award, the Restaurant Hospitality Rising Star Award and the Roundtable for Women in Foodservice Pacesetter Award.
In [year?] she received the Women of Achievement Award from the YWCA of Greater Atlanta.
In [year?], Hala received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). As an alumna of Georgia Southern University, Hala was the first from her alma mater to win the award and joins past winners including former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw.