Certified LGBT Businesses

Passionate about marketing, branding, & technology from a young age, Phil Cobucci knew that he was destined for a career in marketing and communications.  After growing up just minutes from New York City, Phil attended Liberty University in Virginia & received a B.S. in Communications. 

During his college years, Phil held various marketing positions including roles with the university radio station & Warner Music Group, which parlayed into a career in the music business upon graduation. In 08, Phil moved from New York City to Nashville and launched BAM! Social Business, a boutique digital marketing agency.  His agency has grown over the past five years and has thrived thanks to the creative culture and entrepreneur drive seen throughout Nashville. BAM! was one of the first companies in Nashville to become a National LGBT Certified Business Enterprise through the NGLCC.

With over 25 years of experience in Wedding and Event Production, Ron is corralling all of his years of Knowledge into Designing your next Fabulous Event.

Starting Out & About Nashville, Inc., in Oct. 2002, the publication has grown to become Tennessee's largest and most respected LGBT media outlet. With distribution in all Nashville area Kroger stores, and a vibrate online presence, O&AN has more than 45,000 regular readers. As president and publisher, Jerry works with businesses to increase their market share in the LGBT community and guides the editoral staff to keep the Middle Tennessee LGBT community informed on issues that affect them.

Additionally Jerry serves as the public affairs/public relations manger for Vanderbilt LifeFlight. He has worked at Vanderbilt for more than 16 years in various communications roles.

 

Christopher Hodge joined HelmsBriscoe in 2008 as Manager, Global Accounts, was promoted to Director and, more recently, Senior Director.  Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Christopher assists a wide variety of national and international clients with selecting hotel locations for their meetings while assisting in contract negotiations.  With 20 years of experience in hospitality management his skills include sales, front office, restaurant, banquet and catering. Christopher is a six-time HelmsBriscoe President’s Club winner, and earned his Meeting Management Certification in 2014. He is a member of Meetings Professionals International and graduated from the Anderson School of Management with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. 

Robert Anstett is the founder of Southport Solutions, offering clients deep experience as a software architect and engineer. In addition to software engineering, he specializes in product management, database design, project management and IT management. Prior to establishing the firm, he was Lead Project Engineer for A3 Concepts, where he led the full-stack development and deployment of a revolutionary app that improved safety for oil service workers. He has also designed and executed system tests for the Sikorsky CH-53K “King Stallion” helicopters built for the Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.

Raymond holds a degree in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing from Murray State University. He has worked as a Designer in the textile, garment and retail industries with brand leaders including Gap, Inc., The Limited Group, Arden B. and M&L International. In the field of commercial presentation display, his experience as Visual Manager for a $50M flagship store of Old Navy provided unique insight into the process of creating “something from nothing.”

Raymond brings the vision and designs of Abel McCallister to life. He oversees projects from inception to completion, supervising production planning, estimating, sourcing, prop design and production, project management, budgeting, and on-site installations. Raymond's personal attention to quality and detail enables us to produce 90 percent of our brand experiences in-house.

Tennessee Event Designs is here for all of your lighting, draping, AV and custom build needs. We specialize in corporate, conventions, weddings and music events/festivals in Nashville and all major cities. We offer both functional and decorative lighting including string lighting, uplighting, chandeliers, interactive backdrops and so much more. We offer an array of draping services including decorative ceiling draping, room division draping, and custom designs. TED believes in quality customer service and attention to detail. We pride ourselves in our creativity with lighting and draping and making sure that each event we touch is customized to the client's needs. For more information, please email info@tneventdesigns.com

I'm am a Mississippi coast native who lived in Nashville during the early 90's while serving our country's armed services. Most of my life was spent working and living in New Orleans doing law-enforcement, private security and investigation work. Most of my companies work is in South Louisiana and Mississippi so i'm back and forth a lot. I have family in Nashville and love the milder of the fours seasons central Tennessee experiences so decided this is were I want to spend the next portion of my life!.Looking forward to the next chapter of my life in this progress and continuously growing city!

Force 1 Solutions is a private investigation and security firm here to server our communities by protecting our clients most valuable assets. Our clients perform their day to day operations with peace of mind knowing we are always working. 

As a Schooley Mitchell consultant, I help to reduce my clients' business expenses in the areas of telecommunications, credit card processing fees, small package shipping / courier fees, and waste management. Our RISK-FREE services include analyzing a business's expenses to ensure maximum optimization, negotiating with vendors for the best rates possible, identifying possible alternatives that provide better value.

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