With 20+ years of progressive business and sales leadership in the Nashville market, Teresa attributes her drive and success to the people she meets. She not only meets them, but she naturally connects them to an idea, a resource, or business professional to gain knowledge or further their desires. She is known as Nashville's ‘Networker Extraordinaire'.

Teresa's sales, marketing and business development acumen evolved with such stellar Fortune 500 companies as Hyatt Corporation, Loews Vanderbilt Plaza, Kraft, Xerox, and Club Corporation (Nashville City Club). Her experience provides keen insight into a variety of industries, as well as an intuitive understanding of their staffing and management needs.

Bringing people together is Teresa's forte’. She is a market leader in recruiting and placement, having earned distinction as "Top-Producing Recruiter of the Month" for a Nashville-based recruiting firm dozens of times. Teresa was the visionary and founding principal of Nashville's successful "Third Thursday" network of seasoned sales professionals and business owners.

Teresa is also staunchly committed to giving back to the community. She serves on the Boards of Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts of America, the Arthritis Foundation, Tennessee Foreign Language Foundation, Womens' Executive Board (WEB) and Women in Numbers (Win).  In addition, she has served as a Board Member of Friends of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, as well as served on committees or in orgainzations such as:  American Heart Association, Nashville Red Cross, Cystic Fibrosis and the Nashville Junior Chamber of Commerce.  

Teresa is actively involved with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce committees:  CEO Rountable and the Small Business Council, and Tennessee Recruiters Associateon. She also mentors students at Lipscomb University in the areas of career development and job market preparation.   

Teresa attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, earning both a Bachelors of Arts in Communications and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a minor emphasis in Spanish. Prior to that, she earned an Associate of Arts in Fashion Merchandising from Bauder College in Miami, Florida, and was awarded "Outstanding in the Field of Merchandising." 

In her spare time, Teresa enjoys cycling, hiking, golf and snow skiing.