Meet our dedicated Board of Directors

President
David Arning
David Arning serves as President of the Lawson Family Foundation. With 20 years in commercial real estate and the nonprofit sector, David has a diverse background in community development, historic preservation, affordable housing, and social services.
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A former officer in the U.S. Navy, David is active in the Knoxville community and sits on the board of directors of the Bijou Theatre and Volunteer Ministry Center.
He earned a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia.
David lives in his hometown of Knoxville with his wife Meg and their son Russell.

Vice President
Kelly Street
Kelly has called Knoxville home for over twenty-five years, and as a life-long music lover, he is proud to serve on the Board of Directors of the Historic Bijou Theatre. He is a father of three and a shareholder at Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, P.C.

Secretary
Justin Hoskins
Justin Hoskins was born and raised in East Tennessee. After graduation from the University of Tennessee, he founded the band The Dirty Guv’nahs and spent the next decade touring venues around the world.
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Upon becoming a dad and making the decision to get off the road full-time, Justin transitioned into the medical device industry working to make new healthcare technology available to patients around the southeast.
In his free time you can catch Justin helping coach his son’s baseball and basketball teams, cheering from the front row at his daughter’s music and theatre performances, still touring with his band part-time, and attending as many UT sporting events as possible.

Treasurer
Cole Renfro
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Inhabit

Chris Barksdale
Senior Vice President, People & Culture, Discovery Network

Shanna Browning
Shanna Browning is the Community Outreach Manager for First Century Bank, and has been in the financial industry for over 25 years.
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She was born and raised in Knoxville.
Hobbies/Passions include teaching about financial literacy, volunteering, sports fan, music lover, spending time with family, and spoiling my 12 nieces and nephews!

Ashley Capps
Knoxville native Ashley Capps has made the promotion of the arts his life’s work. For over forty years, Ashley has contributed to the performing arts in Tennessee. He launched AC Entertainment in 1991 and built it into one of the country’s largest independent promoters, producing the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester and the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville. Ashley has promoted a wide variety of exceptional music in some of Tennessee’s most influential nonprofit venues including the Tennessee Theatre, the Bijou Theatre, and the Laurel Theater in Knoxville. He has also inspired generations of music fans in Chattanooga, Johnson City, and Nashville.
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Ashley’s career began while hosting a jazz show on the University of Tennessee’s WUOT public radio station in 1979. He was approached about setting up a show for an avant-garde cellist named Tristan Honsinger. He booked a small church/performing arts space called the Laurel Theater, made a homemade poster and sold 200 tickets for an artist that few in Knoxville had ever heard of.
In the late 1980s, Ashley opened a club in the Old City of Knoxville called Ella Guru’s. Perhaps Knoxville’s first nightclub to schedule a variety of traveling acts, artists included the Neville Brothers, Bela Fleck, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, and Garth Brooks. Ella Guru’s was the beginning of relationships with artists, managers, and promoters that Ashley continues to this day.
Under Ashley’s leadership, AC Entertainment has primarily been responsible for the continued viability and success of Knoxville’s two historic downtown theaters. The world-class programming and the top quality production that musicians have come to expect from these two venues makes them desirable bookings for a wide range of music performances. As many historic theaters across the country struggle to stay afloat, both Knoxville theaters have flourished. The Tennessee Theatre, just a few blocks down from the Bijou, is home to the Knoxville Symphony and the Knoxville Opera.
Since 2001, Ashley has produced Bonnaroo, the first fan-based, multi-day music festival, which from its inception was marked by a vision for good. Its model, now widely emulated, promotes a community of care and responsibility among festivalgoers, and one that has proven sustainable, allowing the purchase and maintenance of the former farm that stages the annual event. Bonnaroo itself continues to increase in popularity and is an economic boon to Coffee County and Tennessee, bringing a notable increase in tourism dollars and economic impact.
Ashley’s enthusiasm for introducing Knoxville and Tennesseans to artists has defined many of his decisions. The annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brings hundreds of musicians and thousands of people to venues across the city to stretch their minds, open their ears, and experience unique musical and artistic events.
In 2009, Ashley helped launch the Bonnaroo Works Fund, the charitable arm of the Bonnaroo Festival, supporting nonprofit organizations with Tennessee based arts education and environmental sustainability initiatives. To date, more than $7 million has been donated to a wide range of causes, including Musicians on Call, Nashville Children’s Theatre to bring shows to low-income areas, and the funding of solar panels for the Manchester Coffee County Conference Center.
Ashley is a supporter of the Joy of Music School and the Community School for the Arts in Knoxville. Having served on the board of the Americana Music Association, Ashley has helped bring this genre of music to the forefront.

Tim Chandler
Vice President of Marketing, Flatrock Entertainment Group, LLC

Michelle Clayton
Vice President of Development & Strategic Partnerships, Knoxville Area Urban League

Andin Faison
Director of Project Development, Partners Development

Facilities Committee Chair
Shannon McCullock
A business operation executive with over 30+ years of experience, I have a broad knowledge base in both operations and finance within Fortune 100/500 companies. My area of expertise is in strategically aligning operations with corporate objectives by deploying targeted strategies that build brand equity, expand revenue, and establish a culture of excellence.

Jeremy Nelson
Jeremy has 11 years of experience providing consultative, comprehensive wealth management solutions to individuals, families, and businesses small and large. Through in-depth financial planning and open communication Jeremy helps clients assess their unique situations and how to use their wealth to realize their short-term and long-term goals.
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Active in his community, Jeremy has served on numerous boards of directors. He is currently board chair for Legacy Parks Foundation. Prior to that he served as President of the Bijou Theatre board of directors, two terms as Treasurer for Ijams Nature Center and two terms on the Knoxville Museum of Art board.
Jeremy is a founding partner and owner of Three Rivers Angler, LLC a full-service fly-fishing outfitter and guide service in Knoxville established in 2011. When not assisting clients or fishing he can be found mountain biking Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness and spending time with his wife Libby and their three dogs.

Jack Singleton
Born and raised in Hawaii, Jack came to Knoxville in 1970 after earning a liberal arts degree from the University of the Pacific to attend graduate school at UT and never left. Jack is retired from AlcoPro, Inc., the business he founded in 1982. AlcoPro is a leading supplier of drug and alcohol testing products to institutional users throughout the U.S.
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Jack stays active in retirement with wake surfing, paddle boarding, bicycling, and golf – and going to the Bijou to hear live music!

Marshall Stair
Marshall Stair was born and raised in Knoxville. After attending Tulane University, Marshall worked in a number of different cities including New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX; Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, and Mexico City, Mexico.
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Marshall returned home to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law. While attending law school, Marshall worked for the United States Department of Labor enforcing federal employment laws throughout East Tennessee. After graduating Cum Laude from Tennessee, he began working at the law firm of Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C. There he has a general civil litigation practice with a focus on employment law.
With a passion for the community, Mr. Stair served as an elected at-large member of the Knoxville City Council from 2011-2019, serving as Chair of the Audit Committee and Public Property Naming Committee. He has also served on the board of a number of local non-profits including Central Business Improvement District, East Tennessee Historical Society, Bijou Theatre, Legacy Parks, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville History Project, and Appalachian Mountain Bike Club.

Chris Trump
Attorney, Carrasco Trump, PLLC