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As a new member with the Nashville Chamber, we're impressed with the level of networking opportunities available to small businesses like ours, and we intend to take advantage of as many as possible. The Regional Business After Hours event allows us to connect with other local businesses and market our services in a relaxed environment. We definitely expect to generate business as a direct result of this exposure.
- Floyd DePalma - CEO
NetEffect Services
Board of Directors
Below is the listing of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
- Bert Mathews, president
The Mathews Company
(Chairman) - Kenneth Blackburn, vice president of external affairs
AT&T
(Vice chairman) - Ron Samuels, chairman, president & CEO
Avenue Bank
(Immediate past chairman) - Ralph Schulz
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
(President) - Tom Negri, general manager
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
(Secretary) - John Tishler, partner and chairman
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC
(General counsel) - Tom Aaron, partner
Deloitte & Touche - Dennis Alpert, senior manager for public affairs
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Doug Brandon
Cassidy Turley - David Briggs
Bank of America - Alison Brown
Compass Record Group - Teresa Broyles-Aplin
Nashville Electric Service - Ron Corbin
RBBC Holdings - Tom Foster, president
Interior Design Services (IDS) - David Fox, partner
McNeely, Pigott & Fox - Darrell S. Freeman, Sr., chairman & CEO
Zycron, Inc. - Rick Frost, CEO
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation - Bob Grimes, director of staff and community development
Turner Universal - Kate Herman, publisher & president
Nashville Business Journal - Keith Herron, regional president
Regions Bank - Carol Hudler, publisher & president
The Tennessean - Orrin Ingram, president & CEO
Ingram Industries, Inc. - Clay Jackson, senior vice president and regional agency manager
BB&T Insurance - Cooper, Love, Jackson, Thornton & Harwell - Dr. Melvin N. Johnson, president
Tennessee State University - Christine Karbowiak, chief administrative officer & executive vice president
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. - Larry Kloess, president
HCA TriStar Health Systems - Rob McNeilly, president & CEO
SunTrust Bank - Tom Oreck, chairman
Oreck Corporation - Nelson Remus
MEDIAmail Packaging and Fulfillment - Wayne Riley, M.D.
Meharry Medical College - Jean Rush
Cigna Government Services - Michael Shmerling
Choice Food Group, Inc. - Wayne Smith
Community Health Systems, Inc. - Charles I. Story, president
ECS Group, Inc. - Charles Sueing, president
The Sueing Agency, Nationwide Insurance & Financial Services - Steve Turner
Marketstreet Equities Company - Maria Teresa “Tera” Vazquez, president
Guy Brown Products - Uzi Yemin
Delek US Holdings, Inc./MAPCO Express - Nick Zeppos, chancellor
Vanderbilt University