Hala Moddelmog

Hala Moddelmog (born January 3, 1956 in Georgia) became president and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in September 2006. Moddelmog is a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed in 2001. [http://www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v19/i04/04003401.htm] She is responsible for all aspects of management for Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists.

Education

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. [http://www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v19/i04/04003401.htm]

Previous employment

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 1995, 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 evade the biased appearance that some QSR's present toward female entrepreneurs. [http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/hala_moddelmog.html]

Moddelmog has also held executive management and marketing positions at Church’s Chicken, Arbys Franchise Association and BellSouth.

Nonprofit involvement

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. [http://www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v19/i04/04003401.htm]

Awards

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 2003 she received the Women of Achievement Award from the YMCA of Greater Atlanta.

Sources

* [http://cms.komen.org/Komen/NewsEvents/HalaModdelmog Bio on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website]
* [http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/hala_moddelmog.html Hala Moddelmog]
* [http://www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v19/i04/04003401.htm Hala Moddelmog]