Primary Job Title Member of the Board of Directors Primary Organization 
First Horizon
Location Nashville, Tennessee, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
Mark Emkes joined the CCA Board of Directors in 2014 and was appointed to Chairman of the Board in 2016. In 2013, Emkes retired from his position of Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee, appointed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
Previously, Emkes had served as Chairman and CEO of Bridgestone Americas
Holdings, Inc., in 2010, where he was concurrently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bridgestone Corporation.
He has nearly four decades of leadership experience serving a large international manufacturing, distribution and sales organization. He began his career in 1975 at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and progressed throughout the Bridgestone Firestone companies.
He is a member of CEOs Against Cancer, Tennessee Chapter, and currently serves on the boards of Greif, Inc., First Horizon National Corporation and Clarcor, Inc. In 2011, Emkes was the recipient of the Jennings A. Jones Champion of Free Enterprise Award and was inducted into the Nashville Business Hall of Fame in October 2012.
He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Indiana's DePauw University and a master's degree in business administration from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, located in Glendale, Ariz.
