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Pinnacle Financial Partner

Pinnacle Financial Partners is a bank and financial advisory firm operating in 11 primarily urban markets in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Pinnacle is the No. 1 bank in our hometown of Nashville, according to FDIC deposit data. As a company, we care about the causes that are near and dear to our team and we are proud of our track record of financial support in the communities we serve. Several of our financial advisors specialize in the financial needs of nonprofit organizations. Our services include everything from deposits and loans to advice on investment policy and giving programs.

Pinnacle Can Help You With

• Business checking & savings accounts

• Loans and credit

• Corporate retirement

• Treasury management

• Financial planning

• Asset management

• Trust & insurance

Get to Know Kathy Nelson

Financial Advisor, Senior Vice President

d: 615.252.6981    

m: 615.864.4134

kathy.nelson@pnfp.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-nelson-2b91a3b2/

Kathy brings over 20 years of experience in Commercial Banking in market segments ranging from small business to publicly traded companies with an emphasis on building long-term relationships with closely held businesses and their owners. Kathy serves a wide range of industries with a special focus on clients in manufacturing and distribution.

LBMC

A top-50 accounting and business consulting firm, LBMC has become the largest professional services solutions provider in Tennessee. Our belief in delivering dedicated personal attention to every client allows us to maintain the responsiveness of a regional firm, while offering the expertise of a national provider. Whether you’re looking for a comprehensive fix or to outsource a single function, we provide the business solutions you need to thrive.

LBMC Can Help You With

• Accounting

• Finance

• Human resources

• Technology

• Information security

• Audit & assurance

• Wealth advisory

Get to Know Leisa Gill, MSM

Client Experience

Leader, LBMC Private Companies Segment

d: 615-309-2231   

m: 615-473-3235

lgill@lbmc.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leisagill/

Leisa is a customer service leader and advocate who has been with LBMC 25 years. Having served 22 years as the Director of Marketing, Leisa now leads the LBMC segment team and helps privately held middle market companies optimze their operations, financial position, growth strategies, people needs and areas of risk to drive value and make an impact.

Scott Insurance

Scott Insurance has helped companies embrace risk and achieve peak business performance for over 150 years. As an employee-owned company, Scott Insurance’s team of risk advisors, underwriters, program specialists and service professionals have a passion for proactively serving their clients’ needs. Scott Insurance goes beyond offering off-the-shelf solutions, creating fresh—and sometimes new-to-the-market—solutions to meet your risk challenges. We believe that by embracing risk as a tool to improve culture and performance, you can experience a stronger, healthier company with employees who are empowered to live well and do their best work. We're proud to share that Scott Insurance has been recognized again by Business Insurance magazine as one of the Top 100 insurance brokers in the United States.

Scott Insurance Can Help You With

• Property & casualty insurance

• General & management liability insurance

• Workers comp insurance

• Risk management programs

• Cyber liability protection

• Employee benefits

• Contract & licensed bonds

• Association health plans

Frost Brown Todd

Frost Brown Todd’s growing presence in Nashville is anchored by almost 30 attorneys counseling the region’s current and future business leaders.  

 Frost Brown Todd’s Nashville lawyers continue to be recognized by their peers and the press as leading providers of employment, restructuring, litigation, government affairs and international advice to their clients.  Additionally, Frost Brown Todd is active in the community and civic engagement. 

Frost Brown Todd's attorneys are experienced in a wide range of legal issues, some of which are highly specialized. Frost Brown Todd regularly counsels Fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, financial services firms, manufacturers, media companies, health care providers and hospitals, energy companies and utilities, and entrepreneurs and emerging businesses.

Frost Brown Todd Can Help You With

• General counsel services

• Mergers & acquisitions

• Employee benefits law

• Corporate governance

• Labor & employment

• Land use & zoning

• Trucking & commercial transportation

• Workers compensation

Get to Know Mekesha Montgomery

Attorney at Law

d: 615.251.5585   

m: 615.618.6112

mmontgomery@fbtlaw.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mekeshamontgomery/

Mekesha is a member of Frost Brown Todd’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, and serves as Chair of the firm’s Manufacturing Industry Team. She represents management in the areas of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge, union negotiations and arbitration. Mekesha regularly provides advice and counsel to management responding to union-initiated grievances and has represented management in numerous labor arbitration. She also has significant experience dealing with issues arising from covenants not to compete and with ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation.