Timothy Lynn Burchfield
Franchise Owner, Chick-fil-A
Honorary Consul Guatemala
Johnson City, Tennessee
Timothy Lynn Burchfield worked as a buyer for the Delhaize Group (majority owner of Food
Lion) (www.delhaizegroup.com) in Atlanta, Georgia, before he joined Chick-fil-A (www.chick-fil-a.com) in 1984 as owner of Chick-fil-A in Johnson City, Tennessee (www.cfajc.com), where he still serves.
Burchfield is the owner of The Leadership Passage (www.TheLeadershipPassage.com). The
Leadership Passage is a trademarked marketplace seminar on Character, Talent, Trust,
Teams and Courage. Burchfield is coordinating international leadership training for LifeShape International (www.lifeshape.org) in the Caribbean and Latin America. He currently serves on the Presidents Executive Board of Milligan College. Burchfield received a four-year appointment from Governor Bill Haslam in 2015 as an Executive Board Member of the Tennessee Department of Labor. Burchfield serves on the Board of Directors for Serving Orphans Worldwide (www.soworldwide.org). In January 2018, Burchfield received an appointment from Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales. Burchfield was approved by The
United States Department of State as Honorary Consul to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala and oversees the Guatemalan Consulate in Johnson City, Tennessee. In addition, Burchfield is the International Coordinator for the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. for the countries of the West Indies and Latin America.
Burchfield is a 1974 graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he received his
Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing Education. Burchfield received six Executive Certificates in Global Leadership from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2013. Married for 44 years to Molly. Four children: Drew, Jessie, Jamie, and Mary Grace. Five grandchildren Isis, Weston, Walker, Rhodes and Ty.
Timothy Lynn Burchfield
4336 Summerfield Drive
Piney Flats, Tennessee 37686
tim@timothylynnburchfield.com