Business Forum to Feature OBU Alumnus and Lawton Chick-fil-A Owner Jonathan Pickett

Jonathan Pickett, an Oklahoma Baptist University alumnus and now a very successful Chick-fil-A owner-operator, will speak at the OBU Business Forum at 10 a.m. on Oct. 2. The forum, which is open to the public, will be held on the OBU campus in the Tulsa Royalties Auditorium of the Bailey Business Center.

Pickett graduated from OBU in 1999 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing concentration. He went on to get his master’s degree in Christian education from Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary.

Pickett has been married to Michelle for 26 years and they have five boys: Bryson, Chase, Deacon, Easton and Max. Bryson is married and is pursuing his Doctor of Chiropractic from Parker University. Chase and his wife Kenley are completing their degrees this fall at OBU. Deacon is a sophomore construction management major at OBU. Easton is a senior in high school and Max is a sophomore in high school.

Pickett spent 12 years serving in the local church in student ministry. That time included serving in Garland, Texas, Capitol Hill Baptist, Oklahoma City and First Baptist, Edmond.  In 2010, Pickett felt the Lord leading him to serve outside the local church. That prompting led him to Chick-fil-A where, in 2011, he was hired as a manager at Chick-fil-A Yukon. In 2014, Pickett was selected as the owner/operator of Chick-fil-A Quail Springs Mall. On April 1, 2016, Pickett was selected as the operator of Chick-fil-A Cache Road in Lawton. In November 2025, he opened his second location, Lawton West, in Lawton.

The seed was planted in 1999 when Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, was the commencement speaker at Pickett’s graduation from OBU in Raley Chapel.

“Chick-fil-A‘s corporate purpose is to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and have a positive influence on all that comes in contact with Chick-fil-A,” Pickett said.

Pickett enjoys serving the community of Lawton and developing and growing his organization of 180 team members.