JIM BROWN

Tennessee State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

Brown joins The Housing Hour this week to discuss Tennessee’s number one ranking for small business job growth! Jim explains several factors that make up the top ranking.

Show topics include federal and state political issues, corporate taxes reform, national health insurance debate and much more.

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is the nation’s leading small-business advocacy association.

Jim assumed his role in 2007 after serving as NFIB Senior Media Manager in 10 states across the South, including Tennessee, since 2004. His responsibilities as State Director include lobbying on behalf of NFIB/Tennessee’s members, as well as overseeing small-business 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.

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