Papa John's International, Inc. promoted Edmond Heelan to senior vice president of North American operations and global operations support and training.

In his new role, Heelan will oversee all corporate and franchise operations as well as global operations support and training.

Heelan joined Papa John's in 2000 as training coordinator and steadily grew into positions of increased responsibility over the years.

In addition, Papa John's promoted Robert Thompson to senior vice president of marketing.