EO NASHVILLE, with 347 members as-of May 5, is recognized as the largest EO Chapter in the United States and the third-largest in the world.

Moreover, the local chapter -- which was formed in 1993 -- reports it has more female members than any other U.S. chapter and is perennially one of the fastest-growing groups under the EO umbrella.

Surely, those facts will be celebrated when EO Nashville has its annual "All Members" meeting, June 3, at The Pinnacle in Nashville Yards.

EO Nashville Current President: Jay Graves. The 2025-26 board listed here.

Executive Director Sameera Lowe.

Virtually all the EO Nashville members we've met over the years have used superlatives in describing the value they gained by membership. Here's the current statement of the benefits of EO Membership.

The first item you'll see in that benefits statement is the one for which we've heard greatest applause: EO Forums. EO says, "Each member will be trained and placed in a forum, which is a group of 6-10 of your local entrepreneurial peers who will gather once/month for experience sharing. Each meeting is highly confidential and based on the Gestalt Method of sharing."

Not everyone who applies to EO gets in. Fortunately, EO provides very clear guidance regarding hurdles-to-clear for all who consider this route.

For instance, they spell out qualifications for consideration for membership for both 'Standard' and 'Non-Standard' members.

We had to chuckle reading that one of several criteria for Standard membership is that you can prove you are "Responsible for Making Payroll" and you "Cannot Be Fired."

Read the membership Standards fact sheet we captured today here in a PDF or visit the EO site.

Particularly if you think you have a fledgling scalable-tech company in your hands, you should know that the 'EO' street name has been further burnished by EO Nashville's now-longrunning Catalyst program.

Catalyst is designed to enable small business owners not yet qualified for regular EO membership to grow their businesses to $1MM annual revenue. Much of the Catalyst activity takes place in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.

A May 5 press release from the Nashville Chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) carried word of the newest members:

• Caroline Beauchamp, Lindsey Amonette McCarter Beauchamp + Glassford
• John Bolton, Super Hi-Fi
• Patrick Burke, Sidecar Capital
• Justin Caldwell, Downtown Band Enternainment
• Shirin Charkhkar, BNA Imaging
• Stephen Davis, SE Davis and Associates ??
• Jared Egli, Red Egg Technology
• Michael Ferri, InSight Recovery and Wellness
• Brady Fry, Fry Classic Construction
• Meredith Garrett, Stay Minty
• Helene Harvey, A New Leaf School Nashville
• Tony Milliken, Milliken Corporation
• Ross Moffitt, Moffitt Builders
• Chris Parker, CITY Construction
• Robert Romeo, Romeo Entertainment Group
• Adam Rosenberg, AGB Real Estate
• David Schmutz, Smarter Scapes
• Melissa Tash, Spoiled Rotten Photography
• Buddy Teaster, Soles4Souls
• Chaz Vetter, Vetter Professional Services

More EO Nashville FAQs are listed here. Also: You might recognize some of these EO Members' names. VNC

.last edited 1500 16 May 2025