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The day we joined the Chamber, we got a call from a prospective client who found our business listed in the Chamber's online business directory. The Builders Exchange of Tennessee subsequently became an important client for us. Hundreds of people use the online directory every day to find a specific service or product, which is why it's so important to be a Chamber member and be on that list!

- John Taylor - President & CEO
JTMarCom

Board of Directors

Below is the listing of the 2009-2010 Board of Directors for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

  • Ron Samuels, chairman, president & CEO
    Avenue Bank
    (Chairman)
  • Bert Mathews, president
    The Mathews Company
    (Vice chairman)
  • Darrell S. Freeman, Sr., chairman & CEO
    Zycron, Inc.
    (Immediate past chairman)
  • Ralph Schulz
    Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
    (President)
  • Bob Grimes, marketing manager
    Turner Universal Construction Company
    (Secretary)
  • Robert Wood
    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
    (General Counsel)
  • Tom Aaron, partner
    Deloitte & Touche
  • Dennis Alpert, senior manager for public affairs
    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  • Kenneth Blackburn, vice president, external affairs
    AT&T
  • Doug Brandon
    Cassidy Turley
  • David Briggs
    Bank of America
  • Alison Brown
    Compass Record Group
  • Teresa Broyles-Aplin
    Nashville Electric Service
  • Ramón Cisneros, president & CEO
    La Campana – Nashville's Premier Spanish Newspaper
  • Ron Corbin
    RBBC Holdings
  • Tom Foster, president
    Interior Design Services (IDS)
  • David Fox, partner
    McNeely, Pigott & Fox
  • Rick Frost, CEO
    Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
  • Marcela Gomez, president
    Diversity Brands/Hispanic Marketing Group
  • Kate Herman, publisher & president
    Nashville Business Journal
  • Keith Herron, regional president
    Regions Bank
  • Orrin Ingram, president & CEO
    Ingram Industries, Inc.
  • Clay Jackson, senior vice president and regional agency manager
    BB&T Cooper, Love, Jackson, Thornton & Harwell
  • Dr. Melvin N. Johnson, president
    Tennessee State University
  • Christine Karbowiak, executive vice president, community and corporate relations
    Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
  • Larry Kloess, president
    HCA TriStar Health Systems
  • Ellen Leifeld
  • Rob McNeilly, president & CEO
    SunTrust Bank
  • Tom Negri, general manager
    Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
  • Tom Oreck, chairman
    Oreck Corporation
  • Wayne Riley, M.D.
    Meharry Medical College
  • Michael Shmerling
    Choice Food Group, Inc.
  • Wayne Smith
    Community Health Systems, Inc.
  • Charles Sueing, president
    The Sueing Agency, Nationwide Insurance & Financial Services
  • Steve Turner
    Marketstreet Equities Company
  • Uzi Yemin
    Delek US Holdings, Inc./MAPCO Express
  • Nick Zeppos, chancellor
    Vanderbilt University