Join other CEOs and business leaders in Middle Tennessee who are building great businesses for a greater purpose.
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It can be lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to be.
We know leaders limit their potential when they lead from isolation. But, when surrounded by trusted advisors with a common goal and a biblical worldview, they can maximize performance and energize cultures. With faith as the foundation, this powerful group of peers meet in an exclusive, confidential forums in Nashville and Bowling Green to have their questions answered and their answers questioned.
Chairs
Business Forum Leaders in the Middle Tennessee Area
DEWEY GREENE
Friends called them Ken and Barbie with kids. From the outside looking in it was true. Dewey and Jeannie were…
DEWEY GREENE
DUANE MURRAY
Duane started his twelve-year career in healthcare developing a statewide management services organization for private and Baptist-owned practices in Central…
DUANE MURRAY
TRENT MESSICK
Trent has had the privilege of serving business owners, CEOs and Presidents as a C12 Chair for the past 9…
TRENT MESSICK
CRAIG WARNER
Born in Australia, Craig began his professional career as a CPA. In 1999, Craig together with his wife Debbie and…
CRAIG WARNER
ALLEN POWELL
Originally from Southern California, Allen spent 20+ years in Executive Sales and Marketing roles within the networking and technology industries. …
ALLEN POWELL
MIKE HUGHES
Mike grew up in the New York metropolitan area. He graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Industrial Engineering….
MIKE HUGHES
Mike grew up in the New York metropolitan area. He graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Industrial Engineering. God gifted him with Karen, his wife and soulmate of over 42 years shortly after graduating college. They moved ‘south’ to Starkville, MS where he began his 45-year career in the electrical business and also received an MBA at Mississippi State University. He worked for ten years for electrical manufacturers in various sales and marketing positions in Mississippi, New Jersey and Georgia. In 1990 he had the opportunity to buy into a electrical manufacturers representative company and a partner wholesale distribution business. He has stewarded those businesses for over 30 years. For eleven of those years as a business owner Mike built a great business for a greater business as a C12 member in Middle Tennessee. He has been involved in transformational small group programs such as Cursillo, Exodus 90 and groups tied to local Church activities. Mike’s business and small group experiences have uniquely prepared him to become a C12 Chair. Karen and Mike have been gifted with three adult children who are all married: Aaron (Kylie), Josh (Ashley) and Kate (Todd). God has blessed each of those unions with children blessing Mike and Karen with nine amazing grandchildren. All their children have an entrepreneur’s heart and a love for God and people. The boys own their own businesses and Kate is a counselor who writes and hosts workshops while being a mom. Aaron is a C12 member up in Chicago.
“C12 is everything I was looking for and more of what I didn’t know I needed. My peers challenge me in my blind spots, love me in hard times, and encourage me to glorify God in the way I lead my team. It’s a home for business leaders.”
