Tennessee

Jim Brown 
NFIB Tennessee State Director

Jim Brown is the Tennessee State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Tennessee’s and the nation’s leading small-business advocacy association.

Brown’s responsibilities include lobbying on behalf of NFIB Tennessee’s members, as well as overseeing the organization’s grassroots activity across Tennessee and serving as NFIB Tennessee’s media spokesperson.

Before joining NFIB, Jim was the corporate communications director at Gaylord Entertainment and the business editor of The City Paper in Nashville. Jim served in the U.S. Navy as a Supply Officer on a nuclear cruiser out of Norfolk, Virginia, overseeing four separate divisions.

Jim is active with Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, a cancer support group dedicated to ensuring no one faces cancer alone, serving on their Advisory Board of Past Chairs and Founders.

53 Century Boulevard, Suite 140
Nashville, TN 37214
615-874-5288

Additional NFIB Contacts

Jamie Cobby
Senior Grassroots Manager
217-523-5471
[email protected]

ML McGinty
Grassroots Manager
615-830-5354
[email protected]

Todd Pack
Senior Media Manager
615-872-5897
[email protected]