Walt Ehmer, the president and CEO of Waffle Area and a member of the board of trustees for the Atlanta Police Basis, has died at age 58, the basis introduced Sunday.
Ehmer joined Waffle Area in 1992 and temporarily rose to senior management, turning into president of the corporate in 2002, and later including the titles of CEO and chairman, in step with data from Georgia Tech College, his alma mater.
Walt Ehmer, president and CEO of Waffle Area, speaks at the telephone after touchdown on the Wilmington airport with an emergency reaction group in Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 17, 2018. AP
“His management, willpower and heat touched the lives of many, each throughout the Waffle Area circle of relatives and past. He leaves in the back of a exceptional legacy,” Mayor Andre Dickens stated in a information unlock.
The board of administrators for Waffle Area issued a observation Sunday afternoon announcing Ehmer died after a protracted sickness.
“He’ll be a great deal overlooked by way of his complete Waffle Area circle of relatives,” the observation stated.
Ehmer speaks about reopening the rustic all through a roundtable with trade executives within the State Eating Room of the White Area, April 29, 2020, in Washington. AP
Ehmer was once chair of the Georgia Tech Alumni Affiliation Board of Trustees from 2012 to 2013 and served a large number of organizations, together with the Georgia Tech Basis Board and the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.
The Waffle Area chain of around-the-clock diners opened in 1955 and now boasts greater than 1,900 places in 25 states.
Ehmer is survived by way of 3 kids, in step with The Atlanta Magazine-Charter.
