BOARD MEMBERS
(Updated January, 2012)
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mr. Donald W. Abel, Jr., Chairman
Fifth Third Bank
Mr. Jim Schmitz, Vice Chairman
Regions Bank
Mr. Ronald V. Gobbell, FAIA, Secretary
Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc.
Ms. Becky Harrell, Treasurer
KraftCPAs PLLC
Mr. Robert R. Campbell, Jr., Immediate Past Chairman
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Mr. Robert C. H. Mathews, III
CBID Chairman
The Mathews Company
Mr. Bill Barkley
City Development Company, LLC
Mr. Kirby Davis
First Management Services, Inc.
Mr. Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Mr. Phil Ryan (CBID)
Metro Development & Housing Agency
Ms. Brenda Sanderson (CBID)
Broadway Entertainment Venues
Mr. Greg Sligh
CBID Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer
The Hermitage Hotel
Mr. Thomas D. Turner
Ex Officio
Nashville Downtown Partnership
Mr. Matt Wiltshire
Ex Officio
Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development
Mr. Jack Wood
Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc.
DIRECTORS
Mr. Kenneth Blackburn
AT&T
Mr. Mike Blosser
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Mr. James H. Bond
Central Parking System, Inc.
Mr. C. Allen Bradley, Sr.
Nashville Electric Service
Ms. Jennifer Cole
Metro Arts Commission
Mr. George V. Crawford, Jr.
Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC
Ms. Sheila Dial-Barton
Ex Officio
2012 Chairman, The DISTRICT
EOA Architects
Mr. John Fleming (CBID)
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Mr. Richard Fletcher (CBID)
511 Group, Inc.
Ms. Beth Fortune
Vanderbilt University
Ms. Libby Funke (CBID)
Mr. Tony Giarratana (CBID)
Giarratana Development, LLC
The Honorable Erica Gilmore (CBID)
Ex Officio
Metro Councilwoman, District 19
Mr. William Glaus
The Bank of Nashville
Mr. Nate J. Greene
Colliers International/Nashville
Mr. Ronny L. Greer
Work & Greer, PC
Mr. John Gupton (CBID)
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell& Berkowitz, PC
The Honorable Thelma Harper (CBID)
Ex Officio
State Senator
Mr. Aubrey B. (Trey) Harwell
Neal & Harwell, PLC
Mr. William Hastings
Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC
Mr. Sean Henry
Nashville Predators
Mr. Charles Holmes
FirstBank
Ms. Jenneen Kaufman
Tennessee Titans
Mr. Kris Kemp
Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner
The Very Rev. Timothy Kimbrough
Christ Church Cathedral
Dr. Frank Lewis
First Baptist Nashville
Mr. Mark McNeely
McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations
Ms. Deborah Merrell
SunTrust Bank
Mr. Matthew C. Moore
American Constructors, Inc.
Mr. Stephen H. Price
Stites & Harbison PLLC
The Honorable Mary Pruitt (CBID)
Ex Officio
State Representative
Mr. Hugh M. Queener
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Mr. Brackney J. Reed
Gresham, Smith & Partners
Mr. Charles Robin
Robin Realty Co., LLC
Ms. Tasha Ross
FiddleCakes
Mr. Ralph Schulz
Ex Officio
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Mr. J. Ronald Scott
JRS Investments Incorporated
Mr. Butch Spyridon
Ex Officio
Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau
Mr. T. Stephen C. Taylor
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Ms. Carrie Banks Teaford
Baptist Hospital
Mr. Tony K. Thompson
First Tennessee Bank
Mr. James S. Turner, Jr.
MarketStreet Enterprises
Mr. Alan Valentine
The Nashville Symphony
Mr. John Van Mol
DVL Public Relations & Advertising
Mr. Ray Waters
Hilton Nashville Downtown
Ms. Sally Williams
Ryman Auditorium
Ms. Shirley Zeitlin
Zeitlin & Company, Realtors
