Staff & Board
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

David Garrett
Board Chair | Partner Cheatham, Palermo and Garrett Law

John Bond
Chair, Downtown Franklin Association | Co-Owner, Twine Graphics

Tyler Borders
Chief Innovation Officer, Carnegie Darlet

Stephanie Farmer
Secretary | Vice President of Commercial Banking, ServisFirst Bank

Chris Knopf
Treasurer | Chief Financial Officer, Stansell Electric

Emily Magid
Philanthropist

Sondra Morris
Chair, Franklin Grove Estate & Gardens | Owner, RNM Management and Properties, LLC

Jennifer Parker
Chair, The Franklin Theatre | CEO, Parker Haven Interiors

Dr. Allen Sills
Neurosurgeon, Vanderbilt Medical Center; Chief Medical Officer, NFL

Ellen Smith
Philanthropist, H Laird Smith Foundation
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Megan Alexander
TV Host, Author & News Correspondent

Jackie Alexander
Philanthropist

Braden Dahl
Marketing & Business Consultant

Tracy Frist
Philanthropist

Hunter Jones
Chair, Next Gen Advisory Board | Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young, LLP

Jeff Ledbetter
Owner | Product Architect, Roundtable Software

Adam Sansiveri
Senior Managing Director & Head of the Nashville Private Client Group, AllianceBernstein

William C. Scales, Jr.
Litigation Attorney, GSRM Law

Bo Segers
General Counsel, The Breakaway League, LLC

Mark Sutton
Chairman, International Paper

Ed Silva
Founding Member; Hartzog & Silva, PLLC

Susan Whitaker
Former Tennessee Commissioner of Tourism

Shea Wood
Vice President SBA Product Specialist, First Horizon
STAFF
Photos by Kevin Wimpy Portraits

Todd McKee
General Counsel
Next Gen Advisory Board

Hunter Jones
Chair

Sydney Ball

Lauren Drury

Samantha Gerken

Caleb Gibson

Tiffany Holland

Michael Malone

David Marshall

Logan Matthews

Claire McInturff

Tom Santaniello

Alyssa Schwartz

Laura Stendel
Jr. Heritage Advisory Board

John Denton
President

Duncan Knopf
Vice President

Evey Knopf
Secretary

Jackson Rowley
Treasurer
Downtown Franklin Association Advisory Board
The Franklin Theatre Advisory Board
Previous Executive Directors

Debbie Shelton
1974 - 1976

Edwin LeJeune
1976-1978

Rudy Jordan
1978-1986

Mary Pearce
1986-2017