About Forward Sumner

Volunteer Leadership

2013 Board of Directors

  • Chairman - Regina Bartlett, Hendersonville Medical Center
  • Incoming Chairman - John Puryear, Puryear Farms Nursery & Landscaping
  • President & CEO - Jimmy Johnston
  • Immediate Past Chairman - Paula DeBerry, Commerce Union Bank
  • Secretary / Treasurer - J.D. Elliott, The Memorial Foundation
  • Tim Ellis, City of Goodlettsville
  • J.R. Ernst, Ernst-Western Corporation
  • Mayor Scott Foster, City of Hendersonville
  • Frank Freels, Jr., Volunteer State Bank
  • J. Michael Fussell
  • Danny Hale, Halo Realty
  • Stan Hardaway, Hardaway Construction Company
  • Chuck Harper, Windham Professionals
  • David Ace Harrington
  • Anthony Holt, Sumner County Executive
  • John Sheley, Hendersonville Industrial Development Board
  • Randy Smith, STR Global
  • Mike Stanton, Goodall Homes & Communities
  • Rick Turner, Rogers Group, Inc.