The Knoxville Chamber’s overall direction and policy stances are guided by our Board of Directors, chaired by Rob Stivers.
A member of the board leads each of the organization’s five councils: Business Climate, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Innovation, and Talent.
Market Executive, Regions Bank
Board Chair
President & CEO, Apex Bank
Past Board Chair
Senior Vice President, Treasury Management Manager,
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Board Treasurer
Member, Bass Berry & Sims
General Counsel
Owner/Broker, Realty Executives- Nikitia Thompson Realty, LLC
Board Secretary
Investor & Commercial Realtor,
Heritage Realty
Vice Chair, Infrastructure
Founder, Boston Government Services, LLC
Vice Chair, Business Climate
President and CEO, PYA, P.C.
Vice Chair, Innovation
Director, CGI
Vice Chair, Talent
President and CEO, Covenant Health
Vice Chair, Economic Development
President and CEO, United Way of Greater Knoxville
Ex Officio - United Way of Greater Knoxville
CEO, Realty Executives
Sr. Vice President, Director of HR, Bush Brothers & Company
Director of Safety
Risk and Environments,
Clayton Homes
Vice President and
Director of Communications,
BarberMcMurry Architects
CEO/Board Chair,
KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.
Executive Director, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center
Ex Officio - Knoxville Entrepreneur Center
President and CEO, Centro Hispano de East Tennessee
Ex Officio - Centro Hispano de East Tennessee
CFO/Co-Chief of Staff, Knox County Government
President, TCAT Knoxville
President and CEO, Muse Knoxville
President & CEO, Cook Bros. Homes
Owner, Spray-Net Knoxville
President, Smart Views, LLC
Senior Vice President Fiber & Chief Technology Officer, Knoxville Utilities Board
Vice President & General Manager, Vision Center, Cirrus Aircraft
Vice President of Learning & Development, Axle Logistics
CEO,
i-O Urology
Director of Partnerships
ORNL
Vice President Business Development, Edison Electric
CEO Emeritus, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
CFO, Tombras
CFO, Partners Development
CEO, PIER Group
Senior Vice President, Business Planning & Execution, Pilot Company
Chief Development Officer, East Tennessee Historical Society
Ex-Officio - Downtown Knoxville Alliance
CEO, Management Solutions, LLC
President, Besco
CEO & Partner, MoxCar Marketing + Communications
Co-CEO, Mollenhour Gross, LLC
President/CEO,
Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc.
President, Magnolia Network, Warner Bros. Discovery
Ex Officio - Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
Senior State Director, Government & Community Relations, TVA
Chief Operating Officer, City of Knoxville
Director of Government Sales, Expoquip, Inc.
President/CEO, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer,
The University of Tennessee
Medical Center
President and CEO,
Knoxville Area Urban League
Ex-Officio - Knoxville Area Urban League
Design Director, Texas Instruments
Chairman,Stowers Machinery Corporation
President/CEO, Avero Advisors
President/CEO, ORNL Federal Credit Union
CEO, The Wakefield Corporation
Vice President External Affairs, Pellissippi State Community College
President/CEO,
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
