Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee has appointed four new members to its Board of Directors as the nonprofit continues its work addressing food insecurity across the region.
The new board members are John Cannon, founding partner of Levee Capital Partners; Cameo Carlson, CEO of mtheory; Emily Mitchell, regional executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Nashville Branch; and Brynn Plummer-Chamberlain, global head of community and belonging at AllianceBernstein.
Cannon brings experience in banking and commercial real estate finance. Before co-founding Levee Capital Management in 2026, he worked with several financial institutions, including National City Bank, PNC, U.S. Bank and Pinnacle Financial Partners. At Pinnacle, he helped build and lead the company’s Commercial Real Estate Finance platform. He was named a Nashville Commercial Real Estate Leader by the Nashville Business Journal in 2021.
Carlson leads mtheory, a company that provides marketing and strategic services to artists and their teams. Her career has included work in radio, digital streaming platforms, record labels and artist management. She currently manages Grammy-nominated artist Mickey Guyton and launched Equal Access Development in 2022, an mtheory initiative offering resources, training and networking opportunities for underrepresented artists and managers in country music.
Mitchell serves as vice president and regional executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Nashville Branch. She advises on monetary policy as part of the Atlanta Fed’s leadership group and works with business and community leaders across Middle and East Tennessee. Her responsibilities also include overseeing the Nashville Branch’s board of directors, the Sixth District’s Human Capital Advisory Council and Tennessee-based community outreach efforts.
Plummer-Chamberlain leads AllianceBernstein’s global efforts focused on workplace culture, community partnerships and organizational impact. Before joining the firm in 2022, she served as vice president of equity, inclusion and community at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, where she helped expand opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs. During her tenure, participation among LGBTQ+, Black, women and Latino founders grew by more than 400%.
The Board of Directors provides governance and strategic oversight for the organization, which works with more than 600 partners across 46 counties. Second Harvest distributed more than 50 million pounds of food last year.
Currently, one in seven people in Middle and West Tennessee experiences food insecurity, meaning they do not know when or where they will get their next meal.
“Our Board of Directors at Second Harvest is second to none, and we are honored to have these dedicated and influential leaders join us as we work to address food insecurity in our communities,” said Nancy Keil, president and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.
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