Birds of a Feather

Meet Chris & Dean Hogan of Chick-fil-A Raleigh Hills

When you know, you know. Right? That’s what Chris and Dean Hogan both said when asked about how they got together. Now, this wasn’t one of those connections that happened in early elementary school… kind of. And it could never have happened at all. The two did live near each other on the Oregon coast, but Dean is a couple of years older than Chris, and his family moved inland to Vancouver for a while. So the odds were a bit long for them ever meeting. Then, Dean’s family moved back to the coast, where he was enrolled at Seaside High, where Chris went to school. 

Dean was a standout on the Seaside High baseball team, where he had a knack for hitting homers. Remember that old Nike commercial with the Atlanta Braves pitchers and Mark McGwire? The one that coined the phrase “Chicks dig the longball”? That phrase was on point in this case. Those homers caught Chris’ attention. And so Chris would walk past the gas station where Dean worked to get a look at him. Eventually, she wandered in and the two struck up a conversation. When you know, you know, right

Not long after that they were engaged and on their way to a life together. Now life has a habit of throwing curve balls at you. And that happened with Chris and Dean. But it taught them about adversity and how to hit those curves and put priorities in the right direction to take care of one another, their family, and their community. 

Links

• Chick-fil-A Raleigh Hills 
• Dean Hogan LinkedIn 
• Chris Hogan LinkedIn 

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