Leadership Middle Tennessee is proud to recognize the 40 class members in graduation reception this summer. While hitting the pause button on the 2020 program, the determined class of regional leaders powered through the program, eventually completed the extended programming in 2021. For more information Leadership Middle Tennessee that inspires regional leadership, please visit www.leadmt.org.
Leadership Middle Tennessee is pleased to announce the appointment of BG Kurt Winstead (LMT 2015/Williamson County) as the incoming chairman of the LMT Board of Directors. BG Winstead is a partner in the law firm of Rudy Winstead Turner, PLLC, and a Brigadier General in the Tennessee National Guard serving as Director of the Joint Staff.
Leadership Middle Tennessee Board of Directors is pleased to announce the addition of Dalih Suchet and Regina Medlen. Suchet is the co-founder and president of Whitehall Benefits as well as the founder of Finishing Touches. Medlen is the vice president of Franklin Synergy Bank.The mission of Leadership Middle Tennessee is to inspire regional leadership.
Forty community and business leaders from Middle Tennessee have graduated from Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc., a regional leadership institute. The 2019 class is from the 10-county area which includes Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 3, 2018) - Leadership Middle Tennessee is pleased to announce the addition of Mary Poole who will serve as the part-time executive assistant starting Monday, December 3rd. She will report to Leadership Middle Tennessee President, Lee Rucks. Poole is a former Vice President, Commercial Lender in the banking industry.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 13, 2018) - Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc. (LMT), the regional leadership organization that encompasses a 10-county collective of community leaders in Middle Tennessee, announces the 42 members of the incoming Class of 2019. The class is selected by a vetting process within the leadership of the LMT Board of Directors. For more information on LMT, please visit www.leadmt.org.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 24, 2018) - Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc. (LMT), the regional leadership organization that encompasses a 10-county collective of community leaders in Middle Tennessee, is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 officers and newly appointed board members, each serving a two-year term, effective immediately. For more information, visit www.leadmt.org.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 24, 2018) – Thirty nine community and business leaders from Middle Tennessee have graduated from Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc., a regional leadership institute.
The 2018 class is from the 10-county area which includes Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 16, 2017) - Leadership Middle Tennessee (LMT), Inc. the regional leadership organization that encompasses a 10-county collective of community leaders in Middle Tennessee, announces the 39 members of the incoming Class of 2018, as well as the new Board of Directors. The class is selected by a vetting process within the leadership of the LMT Board of Directors that received a record number of applications for the 2018 program. For more information on LMT, please visit www.leadmt.org.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2016) – Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc., the regional leadership organization that encompasses a 10-county collective of community leaders in Middle Tennessee, is pleased to announce that Mrs. Lee Rucks accepted the role as president effective April 18, 2016.
Rucks is a Sumner County resident and graduate of North Georgia College. She is also a graduate of two leadership programs: Leadership Anderson (South Carolina) and Leadership Sumner. Rucks has a strong work history with nonprofits including the Sumner County Family YMCA and the Anderson Area YMCA.
Rucks relocated in 2010 to Sumner County, Tennessee from Anderson, South Carolina. She moved with her husband, Matt and two children, to open Christian Brothers Automotive franchise in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Rucks has been an active part of the Sumner County and Middle Tennessee region since making this region her home. She serves on the Board of Directors of Leadership Sumner County, Sumner County YMCA, and the Hendersonville Rotary Club.
“The Leadership Middle Tennessee Board of Directors recently conducted a region-wide search for its new President, and Ms. Lee Rucks was selected from among dozens of highly qualified applicants. While she certainly has big shoes to fill as she takes the baton from Ms. Patti James, the board is extremely confident in this selection and knows that she will provide the exceptional leadership required to continue to expand both the influence and impact of Leadership Middle Tennessee throughout the Middle Tennessee region,” comments incoming Leadership Middle Tennessee board chair, Dr. Paul Stumb.
In conjunction with Rucks’ announcement, the Leadership Middle Tennessee office will now be located in Wilson County on the campus of Cumberland University, 1 Cumberland Square, Lebanon, Tennessee, 37087.
To learn more about Leadership Middle Tennessee, please go to www.leadmt.org.
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For additional information contact:
Jordan Osborne, 615.545.6760; josborne@robertsonchamber.org Executive Committee Member/Volunteer
Lee Rucks 615.934.8262; president@leadmt.org President - Leadership Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 14, 2016) – Thirty five community and business leaders from Middle Tennessee have graduated from Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc., a regional leadership institute. The 2016 class is from the 10-county area which includes Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson.
The 2015 Leadership Middle Tennessee (LMT) graduates and their respective counties are: CHEATHAM COUNTY: Stacy Pennington, Community Outreach Director, AARP; Dr. Tara Watson Tiller, Chief Academic Officer, Cheatham County School Board; DAVIDSON COUNTY: Fabian Bedne, Metro Council Member, Metropolitan Government of Nashville; Dr. Katherine Y. Brown, President/CEO, Roberta Baines Wheeler Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Group; Mark Cleveland, Owner/CEO, Hobby Express; Maura Cunningham, Founder/ Executive Director, Rock The Street, Wall Street ; Laura Moore, Education Liaison, Mayor’s Office, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; Keith Simmons, Vice Chair, Cumberland Region Tomorrow; Douglas Small, CEO, Blue Dog Merch; Patricia Smith, Director of Public Affairs, Tennessee Housing Development Agency; Blaine Strock, Executive Vice President & Middle Tennessee Market President, Bank of Tennessee; Donna Yurdin, President, Credo Management Consulting; DICKSON COUNTY: Heath Larkin, Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Dr. Arrita Summers, Director, Tennessee College of Applied Technology- Dickson; MAURY: Doug Burgess, Director of Power Operations, Columbia Power and Water Systems; Wil Evans, President, Maury County Chamber & Economic Alliance; Chaz Molder, Attorney, Mounger & Molder, PLLC; MONTGOMERY: Keith Lampkin, Director of Housing and Community Development, City of Clarksville; Jeff Truitt, Chief of Staff, Montgomery County Government; Joel Wallace, Attorney, Cunningham, Mitchell & Rocconi, and Clarkesville City Councilmember; ROBERTSON: Kathy Raglin, Executive Director, YMCA Middle Tennessee; RUTHERFORD: Anne Davis, Director, Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation; Veronica Terrell, Sr. Manager-Engagements, Deloitte; Carolyn Tumbleson, Development Director, Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University; SUMNER: Kee Bryant-McCormick, Attorney, Bone, McAllester, Norton; Leisa Byars, Franchise Owner, The Goddard School; Daisy Casey, Community Bank President, First Tennessee Bank; Dewayne Scott, President/CEO, SRS, Incorporated; WILLIAMSON: Matthew Bourlakas, President/CEO, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee; Galen Hull, Consultant, Hull International; Justin Lowe, Principal/ Owner, Centric Architecture, Inc.; Tara Myers, Sr. Design Manager/ Risk Manager, Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.; Michael D. Williams, Jr, Senior Vice President/ Relationship Manager, Renasant Bank; WILSON: W. Paine Bone IV, Owner, Wilson County Hyundai; John Lancaster, Chairman & CEO, First Freedom Bank.
The nine month program highlights historic and contemporary perspectives on relevant regional themes and features presentations by leading experts and key community leaders. Sessions employ a mix of interactive presentations, facilitated dialogue, behind-the-scenes visits and more.
Leadership Middle Tennessee was formed in 1999 as an initiative of Partnership 2000 to contribute to future planned and sustainable economic and community growth and development in the fast-growing 10-county area through the participation of community leaders in an annual regional leadership program. According to Deborah Varallo, LMT chair of the Board of Directors, “Leadership Middle Tennessee was founded before the word ‘regionalism’ was incorporated into the middle Tennessee leaders’ vocabularies. We are very pleased to have been at the forefront of encouraging our business, government, community and nonprofit leaders to collaborate, support and work together on regional issues.”
Leadership Middle Tennessee is overseen by a regional board that is comprised of the Leadership Middle Tennessee alumni and business and community leaders. Leadership Middle Tennessee operates through the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at MTSU. Patti James is executive director. Deborah Varallo, founder of Varallo Public Relations, is chair of the Board of Directors. Visit www.leadmt.org for more information.
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2016 Commencement photos: VIEW HERE Photo credit: Beth Gwinn Photography
For additional information contact: Patti James 615.904.8207; Email: Patti.James@mtsu.edu Executive Director, Leadership Middle Tennessee
