Board of Directors

The Sports Council Board of Directors is a volunteer board of business and community leaders who generously donate their time in helping to provide the vision and direction for the organization in order to bring positive economic and social growth to the Middle Tennessee area.

Jim Murphy - Chairman – Boult Cummings Conners & Berry
Evette White - Immediate Past Chair, White Thompson LLC

Jim Armistead, Regions Bank
Bob Bedell, Coca Cola Consolidated
Reno Benson, First Horizon Insurance Group, Inc.
Kenny Blackburn, AT&T
Shannon Bowles, Nashville Marriott
Bobby Brannon, Franklin American Mortgage
Scott Brunette, Metro Schools
Gregory L. Burns, O’Charley’s
Dr. Thomas Byrd M.D., Nashville Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center
Vic Campbell, HCA
Dave Carter, Comcast Spotlight
Chase Cole, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
Dave Cooley, Cooley Public Strategies
Jaynee Day, 2nd Harvest
Wilie Diehl, Bank of America
Randy Drake, BB&T
Tim DuBois, Chairman - Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Hank Dye, University of Tennessee
Melissa Eads, Kroger
Emmett Edwards, The Sports Authority of the Metropolitan Government and Davidson County
Dick Evans, Landscape Florida
Pete Ezell, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Patrick Franzone, Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
Darrell Freeman, Chairman-Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Jim Fyke, Tennessee State Parks
David Garfinkle, CCA
Howard Gentry, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Aubrey Harwell, Jr., Chairman – Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Gerry Helper, Nashville Predators
Dan Hogan, Fifth Third Bank
Kolin Holladay, Adams & Reese/Stokes Bartholomew
Susan Huggins, DirectLink, Inc.
Patti James, Bridgestone/Firestone
Tom Jurkovich, Mayor’s Office
Joe Kelley
Susan Lanigan, Dollar General
Hugh Lombardi, The Sommet Center
Tommy Lynch, Nashville Metro Parks
Don MacLachlan, Tennessee Titans
Rand McFarlin, McFarlin Huitt Panvini Architects
Rob McNeilly, SunTrust
Donnie Mingus, Team Construction
Dianne Neal
Blake Parks, Bank of Nashville
Marty Paslick, HCA
Jeff Pate, On-Sight Senior Care
Teresa Phillips, Tennessee State University
Pat Pierce
Dale Polley
Rick Regen, RSR Sales
Bo Roberts, NetCom, LLC
Ronald Roberts, Dye Van Mol & Lawrence
Rip Ryman, Metro Council
Ron Samuels, Avenue Bank
Brenda Sanderson, Broadway Entertainment
Scott Snoyer, FastSigns
Butch Spyridon, Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, Ohio Valley Conference
Nick Taras, Robert Orr SYSCO
Ed Temple
Kent Thomas, Delek US
Carter Todd, Gaylord Entertainment
Reed Trickett, Trickett Honda
Terry Turner, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Ed White, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Tim White, Purity Dairies
Brian Whitfield, The Sommet Group
Vice-Chancellor David Williams, Vanderbilt University

*Bold denotes Executive Committee member. Italicized directors are past Chairs.

PAST CHAIRS (1992-present)

Fiscal Year/Chair
1992-1993 Chase Cole
1993-1994 Chase Cole
1994-1995 Dick Evans
1995-1996 Dick Evans
1996-1997 Dianne Neal
1997-1998 Ron Samuels
1998-1999 Dale Polley
1999-2000 Joe Kelley
2000-2001 Gregory L. Burns
2001-2002 Hank Dye
2002-2003 Vic Campbell
2003-2004 Shannon Bowles
2004-2005 Terry Turner
2005-2006 Carter Todd
2006-2007 Evette White

** The Nashville Sports Council's fiscal year runs annually from July 1-June 30