Brian Noland

Tennessee Technology Development Corp. provides support to high-growth companies. It focuses on entrepreneurship, commercialization, capital, corporate engagement, and outreach. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Tennessee Valley Authority provides electricity for utility and business customers in the United States. The firm sells power to distributor who then resells power to their customers at retail rates. Its distributor customers consist of municipalities and other local government entities, and customer-owned entities. It also sells power to directly served customers, consisting primarily of federal agencies and customers with large or unusual loads. The firm operates hydroelectric dams, coal-fired power plants, nuclear plants and natural gas-fired power facilities, which generate electricity. The company was founded on May 18, 1933 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

Ballad Health is an integrated community health improvement organization that serves 29 counties in the Appalachian Highlands in Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky. The private company is based in Johnson City, TN, and has subsidiaries in the United States. Ballad Health's system includes 21 hospitals, post-acute care and behavioral health services, and a large multi-specialty group physician practice. The company works closely with an active independent medical community and community stakeholders to improve the health and well-being of close to one million people. Ballad Health is striving to become a national model for rural health and healthcare by leading in the adoption of value-based payments, addressing health-related social needs, funding clinical and health systems research, and committing to long-term investments in strong children and families in the region. The company was founded in 2018, and the CEO is Alan M. Levine.