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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