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Team Leaders.

The thirteen general managers, chefs, and hospitality leads running the block every night — the people you'll actually meet in historic downtown Chandler.

Roster

Thirteen leaders

Tenure

Avg. 4.6 years

Venues

Four & counting

Based

Chandler, AZ

General Manager · Black Sheep · Wine Bar & Merchant Black Sheep · Wine Bar & Merchant

Cari Hathway

Cari runs the floor at Black Sheep and the Wine Bar & Merchant — steady, warm, unflappable. Writes the checklists nobody sees and runs the meetings nobody wants to skip.

With Thrive

Since 2020

Known for

A clean close

The whole floor, one photograph.

October 2025 · Chandler, AZ

Group portrait · placeholder

Photograph by Sarah Roberson Shot at 90 W Boston St., 6:18 pm

How we hire

Slow in. Long stay.

We hire for the tenth year, not the first. A full interview runs three conversations, two shifts, and one family-style dinner — and it closes when we've met the right person, not when the posting expires.

"A great general manager is worth five mediocre ones — and we'd rather wait a year than settle for three."

Every leader on this page has equity in the venue they run. Every tip line is a pool; every schedule is written by hand; every promotion is announced before it's posted. The block works because these eleven people make it work.

Careers

We're hiring for year ten.

Seven roles open right now — from line cook to general manager, pastry lead to building superintendent. Openings are posted quarterly and filled slowly.

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