Board of Directors


Led by a 48-member board of directors composed of the region's business elite, the Greater Memphis Chamber has more than 2,400 members. Including Fortune 500 giants FedEx, ServiceMaster, and AutoZone, the Greater Memphis Chamber's diverse Board of Directors is the driving force behind Memphis' economic and social well-being.

 

Larry Cox 
Chairman of the Board
President and CEO
Memphis Shelby County
Airport Authority

Calvin Anderson
Vice Chairman
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Terence Lewis
Vice Chair of Finance / Treasurer
Trust One Bank

Arnold Perl
Secretary / General Council
Partner
Glankler Brown PLLC

John Moore
President and CEO
Greater Memphis Chamber

Nick Clark
Immediate Past Chair
Partner
Clark & Clark

Calvin Anderson
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Meri Armour
President and CEO
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Ken Badaracco
General Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.

Steve Bares, Ph.D.
President and Executive Director
Memphis Bioworks Foundation

Greg Barnes
Managing Partner
KPMG LLP

Martha Perine Beard
Senior Branch Executive
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Memphis Branch

Lodie Biggs
Shareholder
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Charles Blatteis
Blatteis Law Firm, LLC

Natasha Bowen
President
The Growth Coach /
National Association of Women Business Owners

Doug Browne
General Manager
The Peabody Memphis / Peabody Hotel Group

Greg Campbell
President of Business Operations
Memphis Grizzlies

Dave Carlson
Director of Internal Communications & Community Relations
Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Wei Chen
Chief Executive Officer
Sunshine Enterprise, Inc.

Jerry Collins
President and CEO
MLGW

Les Dale
Retired Chairman

Joe DiNicolantonio
West Tennessee Area President
Regions Financial Corporation

Julie Ellis
Senior Counsel
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada, PLLC

Steve Fracchia
Chief Financial Officer
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.

Mark Giannini
President and CEO
Service Assurance

 Bob Gordon
Executive Vice President and CAO
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.

Bill Griffin
Senior Vice President of Global Operations
Wright Medical

Carolyn Hardy
President and CEO
Chism Hardy Enterprises

Charles Hill
Attorney
Glankler Brown, PLLC

Bruce Hopkins
President, West Tennessee Region
First Tennessee Bank

 Odell Horton, Jr.
Attorney
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

 Kevin Kane
President
Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau

Doug King
Senior Vice President of Medtronic Spinal and Biologics
Medtronic

Terence Lewis
President and CEO
Trust One Bank

Greerson McMullen
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
The ServiceMaster Company

Johnny B. Moore, Jr.
President and CEO
SunTrust Bank Memphis

Tinamarie Newman
Chief Operating Officer
Mallory Alexander

Ray Pohlman
Vice President, Government and Community Relations
AutoZone

Dorothy Pugh
Founding Artistic Director and CEO
Ballet Memphis

Jean Reid
Assistant Secretary to the Board of Directors
Greater Memphis Chamber

Rick Shadyac
President
ALSAC St. Jude

Leigh Shockey
Chairman and CEO
Drexel Chemical Co.

Richard Smith
Managing Director, Life Sciences and Specialty Services (LS3)
FedEx

Jack Soden
Chief Executive Officer
Elvis Presley Enterprises

Blair Taylor
President
Memphis Tomorrow

Chuck Thomas III
Regional Director, External Affairs
AT&T 

Renee Trammell
Vice President, Regional Development
UT Medical Group

Duncan Williams
President
Duncan Williams, Inc.

Roby Williams
President
Memphis Black Business Association

Luke Yancy
President and CEO
Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum