Board of Directors

2022 - 2023

Officers

Chair
Robert Higgins
CEO, Barge Design Solutions
Immediate Past Chair
Wanda Lyle
retired Managing Director, General Manager, UBS Business Solutions US LLC | Nashville, Interim President & CEO, Center for Nonprofit Management
Vice Chair
C. Wright Pinson, M.D.

Deputy CEO, Vanderbilt Health Systems | Chairman, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network | Deputy CEO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Secretary
Carol Yochem
President, Middle Tennessee Region, First Horizon
President
Ralph Schulz
President & CEO, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
General Counsel
Kolin B. Holladay
Shareholder, Polsinelli PC
Board Governance Committee Chair
Jeff Drummonds, CPA
CEO, LBMC, PC
Finance & Audit Committee Chair
Terry Hardesty
Managing Partner, Deloitte

Board Members

Missy Acosta
Vice President of Brand Strategy, Delta Dental
Tim Adams
Regional Operating Officer & Senior Vice President, Ascension
Kris Ahrend
CEO, The Mechanical Licensing Collective
Lucinda M. Baier
President & CEO, Brookdale Senior Living
Lee Blank
Middle Tennessee Market Executive, Regions Bank
David Briggs
Tennessee Regional President, Fifth Third Bank, N.A.
Teresa Broyles-Aplin
President & CEO, Nashville Electric Service
Rodney Chester
CEO, Gresham Smith
Daniel Diermeier
Chancellor, Vanderbilt University
David Dill
Chairman & CEO, LifePoint Health
John Eakin
CEO, Eakin Partners, LLC
Rod Essig
Founding Partner of Nashville Office, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Randy Goodman
Chairman & CEO, Sony Music Nashville
Clay Hart
Executive Vice President & Senior Lending Officer, Pinnacle
Tim Hingtgen
CEO, Community Health Systems
Damon Hininger
President & CEO, CoreCivic
Chris Holmes
President & CEO, FirstBank
John Gromos
Vice President & General Manager, Turner Construction Company
John R. Ingram
Chairman of the Board, Ingram Industries Inc. | Chairman, Ingram Content Group LLC
Shanna L. Jackson
President, Nashville State Community College
Christine Karbowiak
retired Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Vice President, Vice Chair of the Board, Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; and retired Executive Vice President, Executive Officer and Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Bridgestone Corporation
Hal Lawton
President & CEO, Tractor Supply Company
Ken Levitan
Founder & Co-President, Vector Management
Andy Marshall
Founder & CEO, A. Marshall Hospitality
Joshua Mundy
CEO, Pivot Technology School
Burke Nihil
President & CEO, Tennessee Titans
Lindsay Porter
Vice President, Enterprise Alliances | Chief of Staff, Bridgestone Americas
Jim Regnier
Managing Partner, FORVIS
William B. Rutherford
EVP & CFO, HCA Healthcare
Brad Southern
Chairman & CEO, LP Building Solutions
Barry Vandevier
retired COO, Asurion
Dave Walton
Senior Vice President, Caterpillar Inc. | President & CEO, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
Sally Williams
President of Nashville Music & Business Strategy, Live Nation Entertainment

Board Members Rolled Off the Board as of July 01, 2023

Doug Brandon
Cushman & Wakefield
Mary Cavarra
Ingram Industries Inc.
Sam Davidson
Batch
Mark Fioravanti
Ryman Hospitality Properties
Alan J. Pramuk
Gresham Smith
Carolyn Wenzel
Sherrard, Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC