UPDATE: Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A To Speak in Alpharetta

Updated 10:56 a.m., Aug. 7, 2012

Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, will speak at the August North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Eggs & Enterprise Breakfast in Alpharetta. The event is set for Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Event info:

Eggs & Enterprise Breakfast

• Tuesday, Aug. 28, 7:30 a.m.
• Alpharetta Marriott, 5750 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta.
• Registration deadline is Friday, Aug. 24
• Register online or by calling 770-993-8806, ext. 306.
• Sponsored by Georgia Power

Since 2001, Cathy has served as president and chief operating officer of the 1,638-plus unit chain with its 61,000 employees. The company has two restaurants in Suwanee.

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Rather than leading from his corporate office in Atlanta, Cathy chooses to spend the majority of his time traveling to the chain’s restaurants and interacting with Chick-fil-A’s team of restaurant operators and team members.

The majority of his travels include participating in grand-opening ceremonies for new Chick-fil-A restaurants. 

Also recently, Dan Cathy, son of Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, has been in the news for comments he made in an

Dan Cathy's recent comments made national news and also prompted several demonstrations at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide.

Among the demonstrations: a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day (on Aug. 1) and a national Same Sex Kiss Day (Aug. 3).

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