John Carnagio
Owner/Operator
John opened his first restaurant in Channahon after being turned down twice. He cooked, took orders and scrubbed floors alongside his crew, and he still says the business is about people first.
Leadership
The People Who Run JJCStarted Where You'd Start.
Our leadership team has more than 175 years of combined experience under the Golden Arches. Many of them began as crew, and all of them still know their way around a kitchen.
Ray Kroc Award winner, 2025
Ten Years Ago,Maribel Was Crew.
Maribel Rodriguez started at McDonald's a decade ago. A few years back she took over a struggling restaurant in Bourbonnais and turned it around, so John asked her to do it again on North Fifth Avenue in Kankakee.
Today she leads a team of 52 there. In 2025 she received the Ray Kroc Award, which McDonald's gives to the top one percent of its restaurant managers in the world.
“I've been in their shoes. This all starts with a crew.”
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They LearnedEvery Station First.
Owning a McDonald's means operating it. John and Joe have both worked every job in the building, and you'll still find them on the floor.
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Joe Carnagio
Owner/Operator
Joe grew up working in the restaurants, spent a few years at ESPN, and came back to train station by station. He oversees all of JJC's restaurants and led their move to digital.
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Joanne Carnagio
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“At the end of the day, McDonald's is a people business.”
The team
The Team BehindEvery Restaurant.
These are the people who support our restaurants every day. Where a leader started as crew, we've shown the path they took.
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Claudia Hernandez-Dominguez
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Sean Cisco
Senior Supervisor
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Alejandro Noguera
Technology Supervisor
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Tery Polk
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Jennifer Jump
Employee Experience Manager
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Johnny Carnagio
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In our restaurants
Every Restaurant Has a LeaderWho Earned It.
Our general managers run their restaurants like their own. Most came up through the crew, and they're the ones who train the next group to do the same.
- Ray Kroc Award, 2025
Maribel Rodriguez
Kankakee, North Fifth Avenue
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How it works
We'd Rather Promote YouThan Replace You.
We train on the floor.
Every leader here learned the stations first, and so will you.
We name the next step.
Crew trainer, shift manager, general manager. You'll always know what comes next and what it takes.
We help pay for school.
Archways to Opportunity helps with high school completion, college tuition and English classes.
Your Name Could Beon This Page.
Every leader here started with a first shift. Yours could be this week.