Jim Brown is the Tennessee State Director for the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), Tennessee’s and the nation’s leading small business advocacy association. Responsibilities include lobbying on behalf of NFIB’s Tennessee members, as well as overseeing small-business grassroots activity across Tennessee and serving as NFIB’s Tennessee media spokesperson. He has been with the organization for over 21 years. Jim also authored Ending Our Uncivil War. Prior to NFIB, Jim worked with Gaylord Entertainment Company, The City Paper, and JC Bradford Investment Company, and Robert Orr Sysco Foods. He was also the Supply Officer for USS Bainbridge.