The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) recently announced that Christopher Edwards, Director of Store Operations for Wawa, has joined the PFMA board of directors.
Edwards brings more than 20 years of hospitality and retail leadership experience to the board. In his current role, he leads Wawa’s Pennsylvania store operations across a large region stretching from Delaware County through Central Pennsylvania.
Edwards joined Wawa in 2014 and has held several leadership positions across the organization. His experience includes operations leadership as well as serving as manager of implementation, where he supported enterprise-wide rollouts of new products, technology initiatives, and regulatory compliance programs across the company’s store network.
Before joining Wawa, Edwards worked in foodservice leadership as a district manager for Potbelly Sandwich Works, overseeing operations in the Maryland and Washington, DC markets. He earned his degree in hospitality management from Penn State University.
“Chris brings a deep understanding of both operations and the evolving needs of today’s food and beverage industry,” said Alex Baloga, president and CEO of PFMA. “His leadership experience and perspective from Wawa will be a tremendous asset to PFMA’s board of directors.”
