Steven W. Glasgow, CFA, CIMA®, AIF®, CEPA, CPFA
Managing Director / HUB Retirement and Wealth Management Steven is the first born in a family with two younger siblings. While his father worked as an executive for Westinghouse Electric, professional advancement led to frequent relocations; stops in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and ultimately Winter Park, Florida (where he attended high school) helped to shape […]
Tatjana Paterno
Tatjana Paterno is a Corporate/M&A Partner at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC in Nashville, where she counsels private equity funds, portfolio companies, strategic acquirers, and public companies on complex acquisition transactions. She has closed more than $22 billion in M&A deals (and over $25 billion in overall transactions), with particular depth in healthcare, healthcare IT, […]
Walter Blanks, Jr.
Walter Blanks, Jr. is a spokesperson for American Federation for Children and a private school choice program beneficiary. From a young age, Walter recognized that many children are still stuck in underperforming schools and wanted to do something about it. Walter was chosen for the first cohort of AFC’s Future Leaders Fellowship, a year-long advocacy […]
Jim Thien, Member of the Board of Directors
Jim Thien a Beacon Impact Board Member. He is the owner/partner of several different types of The UPS Store locations including Traditional stores, Universities, Hotels and Convention Centers. The stores are located in Nashville, TN / Dallas, TX and Louisville, KY. Jim has been in the The UPS Store network for 21yrs and has several […]
Dr. Dan Smith, Member of the Board of Directors
Dr. Daniel J. Smith is an Associate Professor of Economics at Middle Tennessee State University and the Director of the Political Economy Research Institute. Daniel was raised in Midland, MI, where he also did his undergraduate at Northwood University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. Dr. Smith’s research uses Austrian and […]
Pat Shepherd, Member of the Board of Directors
Pat Shepherd is a co-founder and Senior Managing Partner of Avondale Partners, a boutique investment banking and wealth management firm in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its founding in 2001, Avondale Partners has been recognized on multiple occasions by both national and regional publications for it equity research and trading capabilities. Previously, Shepherd was a General Partner […]
Andrew Scarlett, Member of the Board of Directors
Ken Meyer, Member of the Board of Directors
Ken Meyer has spent a career in the business sector where it intersects with public policy, influencing policy and people towards free market solutions to the policy challenges of the day. He believes in small government, limited taxation and strong national defense and the security of our nation. An economist by education, as a young […]
Bo Johnson, Member of the Board of Directors
Bo Johnson is a founding partner in the Nashville-based lobbying firm Johnson Poss Kirby Government Relations. After working as a lobbyist for a range of corporate and association clients over a 42-year career, Bo retired at the end of 2018. He is a lifelong Tennessee resident who grew up in Camden, Tennessee, and is a […]
Bridget Parkes, Member of the Board of Directors
Bridget Parkes has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a law degree from the University of Tennessee. Bridget has worked as a project manager for commercial construction projects, including multi-family, medical office buildings, parking garages, churches, schools, and office buildings. She also has worked as a construction lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, ranked […]