Meet the new captain of the Nashville chamber's economic development team
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Courtney Ross, 39, is the incoming chief economic development officer of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Ross was promoted to succeed Janet Miller, who is leaving the chamber this summer after 21 years.
- Adam Sichko[1]
- Senior Reporter- Nashville Business Journal
- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.[2] | @NSHBIZSichko[3] | LinkedIn[4]
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce[5] promoted from within to find its new chief economic development officer.
Courtney Ross[6] is ascending to that role at a time when Nashville's economy is creating jobs at an almost-unrivaled pace, helping elevate Nashville's national profile to record heights.
Ross, 39, succeeds Janet Miller[7], who is ending her 21-year chamber career. Miller has been named as the new CEO and managing partner of the local operation of Colliers International[8], which brokers the sale and lease of commercial real estate properties.
The chamber represents more than 2,000 member companies in 15 counties. Miller had become one of Nashville's most visible and vocal proponents in her time as the chamber's chief economic development officer.
"While (we) will miss the strong advocacy of Janet Miller[9], we are gaining a compelling leader in Courtney Ross[10]. It is a real tribute to the strength of the chamber staff that the leadership of this organization continues to rise from the ranks," said Milton Johnson[11], a chamber board member and president of HCA[12], the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain.
Johnson and Mayor Karl Dean[13] co-chair Partnership 2020, which is the chamber's regional economic development effort.
Ross has worked at the chamber for seven years. Most recently, she was vice president of existing business, which means she was on Miller's team, in charge of helping grow businesses already located in the Nashville market.
Prior to joining the Nashville chamber, Ross was an associate at an economic development marketing firm. Ross was also director of corporate recruitment for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce[14] — a city many Nashville leaders use as a yardstick to gauge their own growth.
Ross is a Memphis native. She earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Arkansas.
Adam covers commercial real estate and manufacturing.
References
- ^ Adam Sichko (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ @NSHBIZSichko (twitter.com)
- ^ LinkedIn (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce (www.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Courtney Ross (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Janet Miller (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Colliers International (www.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Janet Miller (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Courtney Ross (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Milton Johnson (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ HCA (www.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Karl Dean (feeds.bizjournals.com)
- ^ Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce (www.bizjournals.com)