Leadership Middle Tennessee names 2010 graduates-Nashville Business Journal
Note: I had the honor to participate in this program and graduated with the class of 2004. I have since been involved with the programming of the sessions and have also served as a board member.
Middle Tennessee operates as a regional economy and the strength of the 10-county region is enhanced when we all work together.
Stay tuned for more information about LMT and other regional issues such as Partnership 2020.
Leadership Middle Tennessee, which represents 10 Middle Tennessee counties, has announced the graduates from its annual program designed to foster a focus on regional issues. The program covers Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson, Rutherford, Maury, Williamson, Cheatham, Dickson and Davidson counties.
For more information on the program, visit leadmt.org.
The graduates are:
Cheatham County
- Joseph Craig, special agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- Dianna Shew, attorney with Stites & Harbison PLLC
- Judith Tackett, owner of Tackett Communication International
Davidson County
- Linda Baskin, retired from Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC
- Doug Brandon, managing principal of Cassidy Turley
- Carlyle Carroll, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s vice president for economic development
- Ed Owens, the Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency’s director of waterfront development
- Michael Skipper, executive director of the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Pam Thomas, residential representative for Piedmont Natural Gas
Dickson County
- Tony Adams, Beacon Federal
- Mark Denney, Brown’s Concrete & Block Co., Inc.
Maury County
- Brenda Pierce, executive director of the Maury County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Montgomery County
- Carol Clark, assistant to president at Austin Peay State University
- Jimmy Durrett, vice president of First Federal Savings Bank
- Jill Nolan Ayers, a partner at Batson, Nolan, Pearson, Miller & Joiner
- Rod Kirk, assistant vice president of economic development for the Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council
Robertson County
- State Rep. Joshua Evans
Rutherford County
- David Bullock, president and managing director of White Bullock Group LLC
- Peter Demos, president of Demos Restaurants
- Bob Grimes, manager for staff and community development, Turner Universal
- Shane Reeves, pharmacist, Reeves-Sain Family
Sumner County
- Scott Foster, mayor of Hendersonville
- Denise Geminden, economic and community development director for Portland
- Jules Wortman-Pomeroy, owner and president of Wortman Works Media & Marketing
- Gayle Zoz, president and CEO of Presentia Inc.
Williamson County
- Kent Cleaver, chief operating officer for Avenue Bank
- Dave Herrell, vice president for marketing and development for the Nashville Sports Council/Gaylord Hotels/Music City Bowl
- Kem Hinton, architect with Tuck Hinton Architects
- Tuan Ta, product specialist for Schneider Electric
Wilson County
- Hale Moss, owner of Moss’ Florist & Garden Center
- Hubert “Buddy” Wootten, III, director of advanced sales for Innovative Financial Group LLC.
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