Susannah Frost has been named President of Chick-fil-A, making her the sixth person to hold the leadership role since the company’s founding in 1967. The announcement came Thursday from the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew T. Cathy.
“Susannah has demonstrated tremendous leadership throughout the business and has the range of expertise that will help the company continue growing with care and confidence,” said Cathy. “Having served as the CEO for three years, the timing is right to expand our leadership capabilities to include a president who will work closely with me and our executive committee to steward our domestic and global expansion.”
Frost, who graduated from Gainesville High School, currently leads Restaurant Development and Field Operations for Chick-fil-A, overseeing the company’s real estate portfolio and leading field operations for more than 3,000 restaurants domestically. Prior to joining Chick-fil-A, she was a real estate attorney at Troutman Sanders in Atlanta.