NEW JERSEY— A Cuban-born enterprise proprietor who owns a number of McDonald’s eating places in Essex and Hudson counties lately earned a Ladies of Achievement Award from the Tri-County Scholarship Fund.
Ana Madan, who’s now the proprietor/operator of 9 McDonald’s in New Jersey, was honored throughout a particular luncheon ceremony on the Park Avenue Membership in Florham Park earlier this month.
The award acknowledges “excellent girls whose profession accomplishments and group service make them leaders locally and function fashions for the group’s scholarship college students.”
Madan’s first McDonald’s restaurant was positioned on the McCarter Freeway in Newark. Along with different areas within the Brick Metropolis, she additionally has eating places in Bayonne, Belleville, Bloomfield and Jersey Metropolis.
“I’m so thrilled to obtain this recognition and alongside many excellent, hardworking girls,” Madan stated.
Born in Havana, Madan’s household immigrated to the USA in 1960. She started her McDonald’s profession as a crew member, and was accepted as an proprietor/operator in 1986, when she grew to become one of many youngest girls on the time to be accepted within the system.
All through her years with the corporate, Madan has held a number of positions, most lately because the nationwide chair of the McDonald’s Hispanic Proprietor/Operator Affiliation, turning into the primary girl to carry that put up within the group’s 50-year historical past.
She was additionally the primary girl and the one particular person of Hispanic heritage to function president of McDonald’s New York Metro Coop.
Along with proudly owning and working her eating places, Madan and her staff maintain weekly occasions for households in want, feed individuals experiencing homeless, and supply instructional actions for school-age youngsters. She has additionally served on the board of the Ronald McDonald Home Charities within the New York area.
Madan and her household additionally help the McDonald’s Hispanic American Dedication to Training Assets (HACER) scholarship program within the New York Tri-State space, which offers younger Hispanic college students with the chance to grow to be the primary particular person of their household to attend school.
Based on a information launch from McDonald’s USA, 95 % of McDonald’s 14,000 U.S. eating places are independently owned and operated by businessmen and ladies. There are greater than 560 McDonald’s eating places, owned by 65 franchisees, positioned all through the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut space.
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