Jack C. Massey Leadership Award Dinner

Marty currently serves as a board member of Pinnacle Bank, retired board chair of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, chair of the board of Lee Company, board member of Smith, Seckman & Reid, and chairperson of the board of Harpeth Companies, an investment banking, consulting, and ventures group. He served as founding chairperson of the Music City Center Coalition in 2003, a community-led effort to build a new convention center and served as chairperson of the Convention Center Authority until 2022 with responsibility for financing, constructing, and operating the new Music City Center. Marty is the past Chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Marty recently retired as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Belmont University after serving 17 years in that role and now serves as emeriti on the board of Trustees. He serves on the executive committee and is a past chair of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee. Since moving to Nashville, Marty has served on a number of community boards including past chair of the Boy Scouts of Middle Tennessee, The Nashville Symphony, past chair of the Adventure Science Center, past chair of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Family & Children’s Service, and past chair of the Baptist Saint Thomas Hospital Foundation Board.  Marty is a native of North Carolina. He and his wife Betty have been married for 50 years, have two sons, two wonderful daughters-in-law, and 6 grandchildren.