Operator Bio

John Spenst is the Owner/Operator of the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Chenal & Markham as of January 1, 2021. Prior to that he was the Operator of the Chick-fil-A restaurants at Markham & University and inside the Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as an Operator since his first free-standing restaurant opened on June 28, 2007. Thanks to a hardworking and dedicated team, his Chick-fil-A has been in the top 4 highest grossing restaurants in Little Rock every year since 2009. Prior to his work with Chick-fil-A, John served as a fellow at the Milestone Leadership Center in Northwest Arkansas. During his tenure at the Milestone Leadership Center, John had the opportunity to work with organizations in Hawaii, Guatemala and American Samoa helping to host leadership conferences and to facilitate leadership development sessions. John earned his Master of Science in Leadership & Ethics from John Brown University. He also completed his undergraduate work at John Brown University in the Fall of 2003. John and his wife Carol have four children: three daughters, Lily (1/9/2009), Bella (10/11/2010) and Violet (4/22/2013) and a son, William (4/22/2013). In his free time, John loves to travel or put in some miles on his road bike...bicycle, not motorcycle.