Vance Burgess
Executive Director, Chick-Fil-A, Inc.
College Park, GA 30349
Phone (404) 765-8000
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Property Types
Land, Retail
Markets
Atlanta
Languages
English
Bio
Vance Burgess is an Executive Director in the Legal Department at Chick-fil-A, Inc. where he provides legal oversight in connection with Chick-fil-A’s new restaurant development. Prior to joining Chick-fil-A as an in-house attorney, Vance was in the real estate practice group of Troutman Sanders LLP, an international law firm, specializing in retail development transactions and representing regional and national real estate developers, including Chick-fil-A. In between undergraduate school and law school, Vance honed his real estate focus as a CPA in the Real Estate and Construction Practice Group of KPMG, an international accounting firm. Vance graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and from The University of Georgia School of Law with a J.D.
Vance is an active volunteer for Meals on Wheels Atlanta and currently serves on its Board of Trustees, having previously served as Chairman and as Treasurer. He serves as Vice Chairman on the board of Airport West CID. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees, and a graduate, of The Paideia School in Atlanta. He’s President of the Jackson Lake Association and frequent contributor to the Jackson Lake Sun.
Vance and his wife Leigh, who is also an attorney, have two children, ages 14 and 18. They live in the City of Atlanta not far from where he grew up and attended Paideia. When he is not working or spending time with his family, Vance enjoys golf, fishing, paddle boarding and running.
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