Tim Tassopoulos is senior vice president of Operations and is responsible for coordinating the activities of Field Operations, Operations Services, Training & Development, Human Resources, and Purchasing and Distribution.  Tim began his career at Chick-fil-A in 1977 as a restaurant team member and joined the home office staff as a business consultant in 1983.

In 1985, Chick-fil-A initiated the move from a Mall restaurant concept and began the development of a new Free-Standing Unit concept.  Tim was assigned the development responsibilities of this project and the expansion of the Free-Standing Unit concept for the first 50 locations.

In 1990 when the Free-Standing Unit concept was merged with Mall operations, Tim was assigned to be one of four directors of Operations.  In 1995 Tim was appointed vice president, Field Operations and in 1996 he was appointed to the Executive Committee.  In 1999 Tim was appointed to his current position, senior vice president of Operations.

Tim graduated from Oglethorpe University in 1981 with a BA in history and political science and was Valedictorian and an Oglethorpe Cup award winner.  He received his MBA from Georgetown University in 1983 and was recognized with the Graduate School Service Award.  

Tim currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe University and on the Board of Advisors at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.  He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Atlanta Area Council for the Boy Scouts of America.  Tim attends Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church where he teaches Sunday School to high school students.

Tim is a native of Atlanta and has been married to the former Maria Copsis for 18 years.  Tim and Maria have two sons, Luke and Nicholas.

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