Pleasant Grove Road
& Whitaker Parkway
Meet the Directors
Alex Mason (Coming Soon )
Elaina Bryant
Elaina Bryant grew up near Dallas, TX. She moved to Arkansas to attend the University of Arkansas and studied childhood development. She started working for Jim Bryant at Chick-fil-A North College in 2011. While at North College she was a team member, closing supervisor, marketing director, and executive administrative assistant. The best part of her time at North College was meeting her husband Chris! They moved to Dallas in 2019, and she worked at Chick-fil-A there as a Training Director. Later in 2021, they moved back to Arkansas and she joined the Rogers team. She's the first remote employee working for Jim but does her best to visit the stores every month so she can stay connected to the team. Her favorite part about working at Chick-fil-A is the relationships she develops with the team and guests. Outside of work, Elaina enjoys spending time with her dogs, Penny (Golden retriever) and Stanley (Corgi), baking, gardening, flipping her house, hiking, and traveling.
Evan Hegel
Evan grew up just outside of Boulder, Colorado in a family of 7, and met two lifelong friends at Calvary Bible Church in middle school. The three have been best friends ever since (despite one being a pastor in Phoenix, AZ, a captain in the Airforce and instructor pilot for C17s in Altus, OK, and working for Chick-fil-A in Rogers, AR, respectively). In late 2016, he moved to NW Arkansas to finish school and unintentionally found a wonderful, healthy local church which is the main reason he has stayed in the area after graduating in 2018. He is Pleasant Grove Road's Senior Director and has worked for Chick-fil-A for 6 years. The thing he most enjoys about working at Chick-fil-A is the opportunity to invest in, and develop future leaders in and outside of the restaurant. Evan has one wonderful, well-behaved Siberian Forest Cat named Timber, and if he's not at work will be climbing or reading in his spare time (Evan, not his cat. His cat doesn't have a job)
Garrett Crawford
Garrett Crawford has been with Chick-fil-A for 7 years. He has been married to his wife, Jessi, for 6 years and they have a 1-year-old daughter named Olivia and a dog named Moses. His favorite part of working at Chick-fil-A is the company culture and values, and how we strive to always run the business better. Outside of work, he likes to read, write, and assemble and paint model planes and cars.
Jennie Matlock
Jennie Matlock has been with CFA and Jim Bryant for over 20 years. She and her late husband, Wes, have two sons and one daughter who have blessed them with six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Jennie loves working and learning new things. CFA is a dynamic company and always bettering itself. That has been her goal throughout her life.
John Burkett
Born Texas, Dallas. Spent early childhood. 4 years - Clarksville, AR - 12 years - NWA - 1996 - 1998 FSR Team Member, basketball player. High school student - Homeschooled - NWACC - 2 UofA - Marketing Management. Bachelors. Part-time college - Fridays and Saturdays 12 -15 hours. 2 years TM - Team Leader - Supervisor - December 2008 - Assistant Manager - Mall - by the next year 2008. Loving DT window, Front - Handheld - Grand Openings - 7 LR 1 hot springs fay, Tulsa, Searcy, Joplin MS/ Oklahoma. 2 brothers David army, college Gabriel, Melody. Parents local. Enjoy video games - PlayStation - bowling college credit - Biking - working out - mountain biking - music piano/guitar - calisthenics bodyweight movements. Very much looking forward to the new store. pushing yourself with your career. 20 years total. all with Jim. Enjoys being an uncle, and he enjoys cars and vehicles. Enjoys rollercoasters immensely! Hardworking, highly self-motivated! high achieving.
Matthew Boydstun
Matt was born and raised right here in Northwest Arkansas. Blessed to have two loving parents, and two older brothers (Guy and Kenneth) Matt reflects fondly on his childhood. Matt grew up loving football and played center from 6th grade to graduating from Greenland High School. Upon graduation, Matt went to work full time starting his food service career at Rally's. Matt worked his way up from a team member to a restaurant leader before moving into a kitchen manager role at Corky's BBQ. Shortly after he left Corky's to work for Jim Bryant, and has been here ever since. Matt met his wife Nancy in high school, as they dated nearly 5 years before tying the knot. Today they are proud parents of two sons, Kevin age 16, and Alex age 12. Kevin takes after his mom enjoying both reading and playing in the marching band. Alex is his father's son as he is true outdoors man. However both Kevin and Alex are both heavily involved in boy scouts with their dad. Matt and Nancy attend South side baptist Church where Matt is an ordained Deacon. Outside of that Matt loves to be outside running his small farm of 20 cows and 3 chickens. He is passionate about gun safety and proper shooting techniques. One of his favorite activities is target practice on their 40 acres with his two boys. Matt is a true family man, and loves working with his hands. He helped to build his house where the Boydstuns have lived for the past 17 years. Looking forward Matt would love to see his family continue to grow and prosper, as well as see his two sons grow up to be men of high moral character. Meet Matthew Boydstun!
Sarah Woolridge
Sarah Woolridge has been with Chick-fil-A since 2015. This is her 4th, and hopefully, final Chick-fil-A location, as she traveled with her Navy military husband, before settling down here! They have a baby boy named Luke on the way! He will be here in December.
She's proud to have served Chick-fil-A in Springfield, MO, Killeen, TX, Yuma, AZ, and finally in Rogers, AR! Her Chick-fil-A journey began with a Marketing Internship with Chick-fil-A, one she was very proud of considering it was a paid internship and she really needed the money while finishing her degree! During this internship and some time in Texas,
she was able to assist in the opening of 14 new Chick-fil-A locations! This came at a time when she was able to travel, and she learned so much about Marketing! She is proud to now work for Jim Bryant, as a Marketing Director at her first multiple store location! One of her favorite Chick-fil-A memories is with one of our littlest guests, Grace Ann. Grace Ann loves Chick-fil-A and she especially loved the slide in the play place. Every Cow appreciation day, Action Hero Night, Family Event, or storytime, Grace Ann and her mom would come. They became quite the best buddies, and she always made her smile! Sarah really enjoys working on our social media, because it helps her to know the team! She also really enjoys interviewing potential Team Members, and then guiding them through the onboarding and orientation process once they are hired!
When she's not at work, She is watching t.v. or playing Fortnite with her husband, throwing a ball or bone for her dog, or exploring NWA. She and her husband, Riley, are involved in their church, Springdale First Assembly, and they volunteer on the greeting team, kids team, and video team. They enjoy attending their life group and she attends a women's bible study! Their dog, Scout, will be 2 years old in October. Scout loves going to 7 brews for a pup cup, seeing his favorite groomer, playing in our kiddie pool, and going to get spoiled with treats by "grandma" in Joplin, MO.
